Natalia Golovko is familiar to Russian viewers in several roles in Soviet films. After completing a film career in the mid-80s of the last century, the actress focused on other areas of activity. Today Natalya Arsenievna directs the student theater at MGIMO. In addition, she is a deeply religious person and a successful businesswoman.
Children's years, family
Natalya Arsenievna Golovko was born in Moscow on February 12, 1953. Her mother was People's Artist of the RSFSR Kira Golovko (nee Ivanova), her father was an outstanding admiral Arseny Golovko, who led the Northern Fleet of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War. Natalia has an older brother Michael, born on November 17, 1949. He continued his father's career and devoted his life to the Navy, rising to the rank of captain of the 1st rank.
Mom Natalia Golovko came from an impoverished noble family. She was the daughter of an officer of the tsarist army, Nikolai Ivanov, who was re-qualified after school as a school teacher. And the great-granddaughter of the famous architect Wilhelm Langwagen, whose buildings still adorn the streets of St. Petersburg. In addition, Natalia is a distant relative of the poet of the Silver Age Vyacheslav Ivanov. The father of the actress was born in Kabardino-Balkaria. His ancestors were Cossacks of the Terek Cossack army.
Natalia’s early childhood was spent in an elite apartment building located on the Bersenevskaya embankment of the Moscow River. The parents of the future actress were intelligent people. They never yelled at the children and did not raise their hand at them. The neighbors of the Golovko family were representatives of the CPSU, famous scientists and writers. Pope Natalia was personally acquainted with the entire party elite of the USSR, including I. Stalin. After the war, he led the Baltic Fleet, and since 1956 he served as First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. When Natalia was 9 years old, her father died of radiation sickness. Since that time, only the mother raised the girl and her brother.
First steps to the cinema
Natalia Golovko dreamed of becoming an actress since school times. For the first time on the set, she appeared in adolescence, playing a cameo role in the famous film by S. Bondarchuk "War and Peace." Her mother brought the girl to the shooting, who played the role of Countess Rostova in this film. After school, Natalia entered the Moscow Art Theater School for the course of Alexander Karev. The girl completed her studies in 1974. By this time, in addition to her episodic role in “War and Peace,” she managed to star in the A. Saltykov film “And It Was Evening, And It Was Morning ...” (1970). In the film, which tells about the revolutionary events of 1917, the girl played a small role as a guest.
The heyday of a creative career
After completing her studies, Natalya Arsenievna was enrolled in the acting troupe of the Moscow Art Theater. Her mother played in the same theater. In 1975, the creative biography of actress Natalia Golovko was replenished with the role of the wife of the Decembrist in the film V. Motyl "Star of captivating happiness." The following year, the girl was invited to star in the film by Y. Boretsky, “My Love in the 3rd year,” where she managed to bring to life the image of the main character, Maria Scriabinoy.
In 1977-1978, Natalia again returned to episodic roles, playing in "Portrait with the Rain" and "Sweet-Bird Bird of Youth". In 1980, director V. Shilovsky invited Golovko to the role of Ksenia Patsynko in the film "Rebellion". Partners of the actress on the set were Yuri Bogatyrev, Lev Zolotukhin and Galina Kindinova.
Recent movie roles
In 1981, Natalia Arsenyevna was busy filming a two-part film-play "Ivanov", created based on the play of the same name by A. Chekhov. In it, Golovko played the role of a young lady.
In the children's musical film "I do not want to be an adult," filmed in 1982, the actress appeared in front of viewers in the image of Makarushka’s mother. In the same film, the acting debut of the son of Natalia, Cyril Golovko-Sersky, took place in which he played the main role of Pavlik. Mom and son starred in a family duet in the film “Morning Without Marks”, which was released in 1983. Here, Natalya Golovko played a teacher, and Cyril the main character, the boy Gleb.
The film "Favorite of the public", shot in 1985 based on the work of A. Kuprin's "White Poodle", was the last in the acting career of Natalia Arsenyevna. Performing the role of a governess in it, Golovko left the cinema, but did not leave the world of cinema. For a long time, she has been the permanent leader of the amateur theater, in which talented students from MGIMO play.
Husband and children of the actress
The personal life of actress Natalia Golovko has developed more successfully than her career in the movie. Her first husband was actor Alexander Sersky. He, like Natalya Arsenyevna, studied at the Moscow Art Theater School on the course of A. Karev. It was there that the couple met. In this marriage, the actress in 1975 had a son, Cyril. The second husband of Natalia Arsenievna was the actor of the Moscow Art Theater Nikolai Bolotov. The actress gave birth to his daughter Alexandra in 1993.
The son of Natalya Arsenievna followed in the footsteps of her parents and also became an actor. Today, the name of Cyril Golovko-Sersky is known to all lovers of domestic cinema. Of the adult roles of the actor, the most striking are Gosha in the "Afghan Ghost", Maxim in "Margosh" and Konoshin in the "Department". In addition, over the past 20 years, Cyril has been playing on the stage of the Sphere theater. Golovko-Sersky was twice married. He gave his mother a granddaughter Maria and grandchildren Arseny and Artemy.
Actress's life today
Recently, photos of Natalia Golovko rarely appear in the media, because she does not like to attend social events and practically does not communicate with journalists. After completing her film career, the actress managed to build a successful business at the Mary Kay cosmetics company. Natalya believes that every woman, regardless of occupation, should be able to use decorative cosmetics in order to emphasize her beauty and look confident.
Passion for the cosmetic business does not prevent Natalya Arsenyevna from going to church. The actress calls herself the spiritual daughter of the bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Panteleimon. She helps parishioners and is on duty at the hospital church every week. Today, Natalia Arsenievna calls her faith in God and family her main values in life. The actress considers herself a happy person and is confident that she was able to understand the true meaning of her mission in this world.