On the account of actress Evdokia Germanova more than a hundred roles in theater and cinema. Her career began in the early 70s, when she played a small role in the film "Waiting for a Miracle." In 2014, she made her directorial debut. Biography of Evdokia Germanova - the topic of the article.
Childhood and youth
Evdokia Alekseevna Germanova was born in 1959 in Moscow. Her parents had nothing to do with cinema. But Evdokia, like many girls, from an early age dreamed of becoming an actress. She did not miss a single film and, sitting in the cinema, often presented herself on the other side of the screen.
Evdokia was very small when her father left the family, however, she always maintained a warm relationship with him. The family lived poorly. After the divorce, the mother tried to arrange her personal life.
Evdokia Germanova was 16 years old when her dreams began to come true - she first starred in a movie. A huge role in her life was played by Oleg Tabakov, who first took her to his course at GITIS, and then to the famous "Snuffbox". But Evdokia Germanova entered the theater university not at the first attempt. And not even from the second.
Carier start
Germanova’s film debut took place in 1975. The following year she played in two films. One of them is the film of Vladimir Menshov, "Draw". And then there were the films “A Gift of Fate,” “The Return of the Son,” “The Intern,” “Portrait with the Rain.”
It would seem that having such a rich cinematic experience, Evdokia Germanova should, on the first attempt, enter a theater university. But neither in the VGIK, nor in the Shchukin school did not take her. For five years, Evdokia Germanova tried to become a student of a theater university, and perhaps she would not have become her if not for Oleg Tabakov, who discerned the talent of the young actress and enrolled her in his course.
After graduation, the actress for two years played on the stage of the Taganka Theater. And then she went to the Snuffbox.
Joan of Arc
In 1987, the premiere of the performance "Lark". Initially, Oleg Tabakov saw in the main role only Evdokia Germanova. But the actress seemed that it was impossible to play Joan of Arc. The main director of the theater sent her on vacation so that she prepared for the role.
For two months, Germanova read all kinds of literature about Joan of Arc, represented herself in the image of the national heroine of France. The performance "The Lark" was highly appreciated by Moscow theater critics.
Other theatrical works
In the theater-studio of Oleg Tabakov, the actress worked for more than 30 years. She played in the productions of The Examiner, At the Bottom, and many others. At the same time, she was involved in the productions of the Chekhov Theater "Cherry Orchard", "Mozart's Last Mistake."
Once Evdokia Germanova went abroad, promising Tabakov to return in a certain time. However, she was late, disrupting the rehearsal of a new performance. Tabakov fired her. True, a few years later restored. Soon, the actress received the title of Honored Artist.
"Raffle"
At the beginning of her cinematic career, Evdokia Germanova played a schoolgirl in the film of Vladimir Menshov. This film glorified the young Dmitry Kharatyan, Natalia Vavilova. Thirty years later, Andrei Kudinenko made a remake of the Soviet film. In the 2008 “Draw”, Evdokia Germanova also played. This time she played the role of the mother of one of the schoolgirls. Dmitry Kharatyan also starred in this film.
"New Yankee Adventures at the Court of King Arthur"
The film, based on the work of Mark Twain, was released in 1988. Evdokia Germanova played here far from the main role, but after the release of this film, recognition came to her. In this film, the young actress played with such masters of domestic cinema as Albert Filozov, Evgeny Evstigneev, Anastasia Vertinskaya.
"Muslim"
It is believed that a real actress should not be a classic beauty. With the help of the ability to transform, as well as the work of make-up artists, she can turn into any kind of heroine. Evdokia Germanova has just such a type. In the film "Niagara", the actress played a whacky woman, accustomed to an idle, almost bohemian life. Four years later, in the film "Muslim" the actress appeared before the audience in the image of a simple village girl.
The film of Vladimir Khotinenko has collected five prestigious film awards. The film was played by Evgeny Mironov, Alexander Baluev, Nina Usatova. This is one of the best films in the filmography of Evdokia Germanova.
In the 90s, the actress starred a lot. During this period, the following films were released: "Hammer and Sickle", "Killing Method", "Cherry Orchard", "Kicks", "Inner Circle", "Fall Up".
Film career of Evdokia Germanova in the 2000s
“The directors don’t invite me,” the actress once said. Probably misleading, because only in the last 18 years she has played in the movie for more than forty roles. Among them, mostly secondary, but still ...
In 2005, the military drama Time to Collect Stones was released, in which one of the roles was played by Evdokia Germanova. The following year, viewers saw her in the films "The Hunter", "Color of the Sky." In the film "Vanechka", which tells about the fate of an orphan boy, Germanova played the director of the orphanage.
The actress also played in the films Lilac Branch, Legacy, Roof, House of the Sun, Two Winter Three Summer.
The directorial works of Evdokia Germanova: "The Unholy", "Skok to bed", "Wake yourself up", "Express California".
Personal life
About Evdokia Alekseevna Germanova colleagues speak of as an actress who gives her business all herself without a trace. And therefore it is not surprising that she does not have a family. She tried to arrange her personal life only once, and this attempt was unsuccessful.
Sergey German was born in 1957. Graduated from GITIS. He played thirteen roles in the movie. The actress met her almost namesake in 2010. There was no wedding. Evdokia and Sergey lived in a civil marriage for several years. It is known that in their life there were many scandals, and one of them led to physical injuries. The actress accused her civil husband of assault and sued him.
Sergei German argues that everything was not as told by Evdokia. In fact, she herself attacked him, and he had no choice but to fight back.
Very soon, a new scandalous news appeared in the media related to the name of the famous actress.
Evdokia Germanova has no children of her own. In 2001, she adopted a boy. His name is Nikolai. He is already 18 years old, and he has not been the son of an actress for a long time. Germanova issued an adoption when the child was only a year and a half. In the press appeared photos of a happy mother and little Kolya. Everything was fine until the boy went to school.
Germanova bought toys for her adopted son, at first she spent a lot of time with him. At least, so say the actress herself. Nikolay, in an interview, assures that the adoptive mother almost did not deal with him, she spent all the time filming or rehearsing in the theater.
When Kolya went to school, problems began. The teachers complained about the boy. And when he began to show aggression towards peers, teachers and even his adoptive mother, she decided to collect information about his biological parents. It turned out that both Kolya's mother and father used drugs.
Why Evdokia Germanova did not try to collect information about the boy earlier is unknown. However, upon learning that he was the son of drug addicts, she decided to abandon him. First, Germanova identified him in a psychiatric hospital, where he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. And then, a few months later, she formalized the abandonment of the child.
This story has become interested in television. The matured Kolya took part in several talk shows in which he told the public about the psychological trauma caused to him by his adoptive mother. The actress herself does not comment on her act.