“Zhanna Arkadyevna, you are so nervous, and I adore you!” - With such an exclamation, her fan once threw herself into the arms of the Honored Artist of Russia Olga Prokofieva. Although in the sitcom "My Fair Nanny" the actress played the bitchy careerist Zhanna Arkadyevna, her heroine is very much loved! And the Mayakovsky Theater, where Prokofiev has been playing for more than twenty years, is now constantly visited by fans of the series. They already know for sure that in life Olga Prokofieva is the exact opposite of her popular heroine. Sweet, sincere and tactful. She refuses to discuss her personal life. But he happily talks about his son, theater and new projects.
Blitz Poll
Are you friends with the Internet?
Yes.
What is an unaffordable luxury for you?
Rest twice a year!
What animal do you associate yourself with?
I look like a fox.
Did you have a nickname as a child?
Was. Zebra.
What is your mental age?
84 in the morning, 37 in the afternoon, 17 in the evening.
What turns you on?
In men - humor, charm.
Are you an owl or a lark?
Owl in a square!
Do you have a talisman?
Some. For example, if I'm filming a movie, I always take a piece of a plate with me.
How do you relieve stress?
Work!
Where did you spend your last vacation?
In Greece.
Olga Prokofieva, you are now practically unreachable in Moscow. So much touring, filming?
I now have a large and stable job. This is a twelve part feature film. One might say, a mystical-historical detective story. I play leading role and that's why I have a lot of shooting days. And they are not all in Moscow. We shoot in Belarus, in the wonderful city of Grodno. It is very beautiful there and there is all the necessary surroundings: a river, lakes, a swamp, a river ... So you have to constantly go there.
Do you have a dramatic role in this project?
Yes, perhaps so. My heroine's name is Varvara Andreevna. She is a writer and a very strong person. She writes fairly light romance novels and thrillers, but she is also an employee of a certain Interpol department that works with some strange phenomena on the planet. I don't want to retell the whole story now. I can only say that there will be such an interesting historical sidebar. When Napoleon retreated from Moscow, a lot of his convoy with treasures was lost. Just somewhere in Belarus. Until now, this gold haunts people, everyone is digging, looking ... Someone finds, but then all sorts of strange things happen to these people.
Intrigued! When does this movie start?
Well, it's a long process. Now filming, then editing, voice acting, so I don't think that the audience will see this film until the fall of 2008.
Olga Prokofieva, you just said that your film is a bit mystical. Do you tend to believe in some superstitions?
I am a superstitious person, I believe in some signs, but this has nothing to do with mysticism.
I don't like a black cat when she runs somewhere, sniffs under my feet. She keeps me busy all the time. Before the premiere, I don’t wash my head for a day so that everything turns out well. Some absolutely ridiculous things. I don’t gnaw seeds in the theater, I don’t knit socks. I don't eat seeds, though. Signs are nothing, some pranks. I believe in some, not so much in others. And everything that concerns mysticism - no, I don’t let myself in. No thoughts, no reasoning. I can read literature, but it is necessary to just get some information, and not let it into my life. Yes, a lot of this is interesting to me, but I try not to get into it, because it is very addictive, and if you start believing in something, you get into some kind of addiction. Therefore, I try to keep a certain ring around me from all this.
You became known to most viewers thanks to Zhanna Arkadyevna. Have you acted in films before this role?
Yes, I have worked in films. I had small roles with very good directors. Alla Surikova, Abdurashitov, but these were episodic roles. Well, the show is something else. One hundred and forty episodes! Every day on TV. Who doesn't even watch, but just switching channels, will stumble upon my "Beautiful Nanny".
Olga Prokofieva, the series "The Beautiful Nanny" brought you insane popularity. After that, you began to understand why famous Hollywood actors wear caps and half-face glasses?
Yes. Now it is clear to me. The series is still running to this day. Therefore, we are recognizable faces.
It's good to be popular, but it's like saying, you can eat a spoonful of honey, half a glass, but not a three-liter jar. I mean, too much attention.
There is a certain arrogance of the public. You can sit somewhere to eat, and strangers come up to you, sit down, pat on the shoulder, ask for autographs, take pictures on the phone ... And all these paparazzi who follow life famous people? Therefore, in order to pass quietly somewhere and not to be clicked on the street, you have to put on dark glasses like Hollywood stars. It's not because I'm tired of everything, but just too much attention. After all, an actor can be tired after work, or he just ran out for bread, for this it is not necessary to paint his eyes, do his hair. But then they recognize you and say: “Oh, children, come here, we will take pictures!” And children are sacred, I can’t refuse them ...
Yes, you seem to be very sensitive to children. Are you a strict mom?
I'm different. Since I sometimes think that I don’t give something to my son, because I’m always at work, terribly busy, something starts to gnaw at me from the inside. Like, I'm not a real mom. But I know that wherever I am, I always know where my son is, what he does, whether he is fed. My mother adores and loves me and my sister very much, so I think I learned this.
Olga Prokofieva, are you proud of your son?
You know, I practically don't go to parent-teacher meetings, because they take place at seven o'clock in the evening - during my very working hours. Since I have practically no free evenings: I am either not in Moscow, or I work in the theater, I don’t get to them. It was lucky that Sasha always had good class teachers who knew and understood all this. We either call each other, or they send me SMS, and I am aware of all school problems. Sasha missed something, a problem in the subject or some kind of event for which you need to donate money. I always find out about it in time.
Is there one thing you won't allow your son to do?
Yes. He has no lawlessness in some dreams.
Because, for example, Sasha has been asking me for a laptop for four years now, and I thought it was too early for him. So the laptop was bought only this summer, when the son passed the exams for the ninth grade. We do not have such that Sasha asked for something and immediately received it. Well, sometimes he stutters about the moped. I also think that for the time being it is not safe for his age to cut somewhere on a scooter. So I don't buy it yet.
Olga Prokofieva, many famous women say that the secret of their youth and beauty is at least eight hours of sleep. Do you think so too?
Of course, sleep restores, relaxes, gives strength ... I need nine hours to sleep. If I sleep five or six hours, I need a lot of effort to get through the day. So, of course, I stuff myself into bed early if possible. Or somewhere I steal another hour. If there is an opportunity to lie down somewhere and fall asleep for twenty minutes, this gives me strength for the second half of the day. It doesn't always work, but it does.
And then if everything is going well and things are going well, then the situation itself pleases. This is the working rhythm.
You go to the shooting - you manage to sleep for five hours. Then you go by car and sleep for another three hours. So, you need to force yourself to sleep for another hour. Sometimes you force to have strength, to have energy. Sometimes you don't get enough sleep, but I don't like to grumble. This is my profession, and I chose it myself, I chose this work schedule for myself. It's not the schedule that chooses me. I filled it all in myself. She herself put crosses, checkmarks, hooks. So Olya, jump, jump, come on!
What is more important to you: looking good or cooking well?
For actresses, looking good is part of the profession. Other women decide for themselves: this week I will not take care of myself, but next week I will be especially beautiful. It depends on her mood. And we are a bit of a hostage. We must look great, we are public people, we must be in shape. What is more pleasant: to look at an actress who is well built, or one who, excuse me, has a belly hanging or something like that? Well, there are complete actresses whose appearance reflects the essence, character, but we will not talk about them. In general, public people need to put in a lot of effort and time to look good.
Olga Prokofieva, any model can envy your figure. Share the secret of how you manage to stay so slim?
Maya Plesetskaya gave an ingenious recipe: “If you want to lose weight, don’t eat!” This advice works for me. I don't really go on diets, but I always eat very little.
In the morning I like to eat bread, I can make myself baked toasts with cheese. I can have a tasty bun with dairy products. But neither in the afternoon nor in the evening I already do not allow myself bread. Dinner ... I have such moving performances: I have to move a lot, dance ... I can leave a kilogram or a half on stage for one performance. Therefore, I always have dinner, but lightly. Obviously, I don't eat fried potatoes. I can boil myself shrimp, make a salad.
It is clear that with such busyness as you have, there may not be time for cooking ...
I cook, I'll tell you honestly. Because I am a mom. It happens from three types I twist meat cutlets and put them in the freezer. Because I often go on tour, and my son Sasha will be able to fry them. I cook for him, basically, and cook for myself - practically not.
Olga Prokofieva, what gifts do you like to receive?
I love different things… Now, thanks to the My Fair Nanny project, I have got a lot of all sorts of friends and admirers. They are very creative! They compose all sorts of clips for me from my theatrical works, voice them. One girl gave me such a wonderful puzzle. They took my photo and made 150 parts out of it. So now I can collect myself. I say, well, if I live to old age, I will have something to do. And they can also arrange a plate with a frame from a film, write poems or make a calendar for the whole year with my photos, from some magazines. These are such original gifts, and they are very nice to me, I like them. And as for close people, they try to give something they need, well, it’s not necessarily some Appliances because it's not a particularly feminine gift. They try to give, for example, some good perfume.
Some are sure that Zhanna Arkadyevna from the TV series "My Fair Nanny" she "made" her everyday life. In fact, actress Olga Prokofieva is completely different in life - unlike her heroine, she does not like diets and does not seek to win men ... Although she also follows her figure and even considers losing weight a remedy for many diseases.
- Olga, looking at you, it's hard to believe that once this slim woman had problems with overweight…
- Were. At University. True, I was still quite young, 18 years old. And the reason is malnutrition. Our classes went from 9.30 am to 11 pm, almost without breaks. First, general education disciplines, and then the directors were released from theatrical rehearsals and came to us. And a long creative process began. And I wanted to eat something ... I remember a bakery on Herzen Street (now Bolshaya Nikitskaya). Everyone just burst in there to swallow anything. I bought a huge block of halva, immediately ate it - I was very hungry! - and rushed on to do it. When I came after college, my mother was always waiting for me at home with a lovingly fried chicken ... Of course, I could not resist, frantically ate and fell asleep, got up in the morning and ran without breakfast immediately to the train, and so every day.
- Probably, the result of such a "diet" was not long in coming?
“I didn’t even notice how much I got better. Once we worked out in the pool, got on the scales and saw ... 62 kg. For me it was terrible! In addition, in women, the weight is rarely evenly distributed: some from below, some from above, their cheeks swell ... and their eyes turn into such funny slits.
- Especially for actors, unlike people of many other professions, it is absolutely contraindicated to get better!
- We had a teacher Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov, who noticed such things very well. Once he said to my classmate: "You have the role of a heroine, and you still take care of yourself! If you are getting better, put on at least heels!" He could put pressure on pride very painfully, and it worked. Besides a slim body really part of the profession. You have to be in shape - just like you need to learn the text, know the mise-en-scenes.
- But what about, for example, Natalya Krachkovskaya?
- She is an exclusive actress, there are only a few of them.
TO BE FAT IS HARD WORK
- But it happens like this: a person eats whatever he wants, and does not get fat.
- Happens. I myself often say: "You're lucky, you're not getting better, you have such a constitution!" To this I answer: "No, my dears! Look at my mother, who, due to excess weight and large physical activity earned myself problems with my legs, joint diseases ... "So I have to limit myself, and I advise all women who are already closer to forty to watch their weight, lose weight. Not even with the goal of pleasing someone, but in order to to make it easier for the legs and in general to feel good!
- That is, losing weight is, in fact, a panacea for all diseases?
- From many - for sure. This is especially true for women. The main thing for us is to get enough sleep and eat less. It's no secret that every woman has her own weight in which she is comfortable and feels feminine. And if she gets fat, then you have to constantly control yourself - for example, put your hands on your stomach so that you can’t see how it sticks out, or don’t forget to unbutton the button when you sit. Or buying special slimming underwear... It's all such hard work! One of the satirists said that a woman first spends a lot of money on food - to fill the refrigerator, and then an even bigger pile to buy drugs for weight loss.
IS OR NOT IS?
- Does Zhanna Arkadyevna care about her figure?
- Yes, sure. There are episodes in which she is on a diet, does not allow herself something, limits herself in some way, etc. In this regard, she has many problems ... For example, she once said: "Oh, my God ! I quit smoking! I want to eat more! .. " In general, she is a woman who takes care of herself, possessing remarkable willpower.
- And how does actress Olga Prokofieva feel about diets?
- A synonym for the word "diet" is a restriction, a rejection of something very beloved. And since there are not so many joys in our life now - either we have forgotten how to rejoice, or really a lot of negative information falls on our heads - we are looking for something that would give us pleasure.
That's why we eat too much...
– Indeed, for most women, food is a joy. Many foods that contain carbohydrates help produce "hormones of joy." So, sitting down on a carbohydrate-free diet, you can, along with extra pounds lose all your optimism, become nervous, angry, irritable. Therefore, I do not like diets, I prefer to simply limit myself in quantity.
- Do you allow yourself to eat at night?
- Yes, I do. Because I am an actress, I have a specific job and very dynamic performances in the evening. I checked it on the scales: for one performance I lose about one and a half kilograms. In addition, I spend a lot of calories running up and down stairs during the day. Therefore, if I am very hungry, I can come in the evening and eat something that is not the most high-calorie.
- And what about a variety of chocolate cakes? Love sweet?
- Not now. Earlier, in times of general shortage, when cakes had to be "caught" in a bakery, I even learned to make one cake from boiled condensed milk myself, butter, cookies, chocolate. Delicious extraordinary! But at some point I realized that I needed to tie it all up, because excess weight did not keep you waiting. And then I ... forced myself to stop loving all the "unfavorable" products, first of all - pasta and potatoes. And sweet, of course.
HOUSE MATTERS
- Olga, confess, do you like to cook?
It's not difficult for me, but I don't enjoy it. Probably no talent. But since I'm a mom, I cook. Is it often? I don't know, it's a relative term. Of course, I always cook for a child. I myself eat on the set, and in the theater we have a wonderful buffet.
- Do you and Sasha have different tastes?
“Now they are completely different. Recently I have become absolutely "fishy", and he is a meat person - probably because he is a boy. So I fry chops for him, he is more indifferent to soups.
Your son is already 13 years old. But you probably remember how much you gained weight during pregnancy?
- No, not much - 6-7 kilograms. Probably, these are the features of my body.
– Is it easy to get back in shape?
- I didn't even think about it! During childbirth, doctors brought me an infection, blood poisoning began. Then for a month I was continuously injected, operated on again, so the question was about life, not about the figure.
- And now, when the question about the figure is still there, what is included in your daily diet?
- I really like seafood, I don’t perceive meat at all. Garnish - only vegetable. I love fat-free cottage cheese and kefir. I love ice cream - there is always a white ice cream in my refrigerator.
FITNESS AS AN ELEMENT
- Do you do anything special to stay slim?
You know, I just don't eat much. On the set, when lunch is brought, I always take fish with buckwheat - much more useful. I will gladly eat fresh salads, cabbage or carrots with cucumber. And all my performances are very emotional and dynamic: I jump, dance - such a charge.
- Do you do sports?
- You know how it happens - a shoemaker without boots. So am I. Right next to my house, on Tulskaya, stands the Palace water sports. Somehow I honestly went, bought a subscription for a month ... In this subscription I have not a single visit. A certain time is indicated there: for example, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday from 10 to 14. But I never get there at this time, although, probably, you can come up and agree. Or you can’t ... in general, I don’t get there.
- So you don’t really strive for fitness?
- All my fitness is spontaneous. When on tour we are offered to go to the pool, sauna - I always agree, even if I get very tired. After all, there is no need to rush home, put Sasha to bed ... in the sense, tear him away from the computer.
- Do you remember the story of Charlize Theron when she gained 20 kg for the role. Would you agree to this?
- You know, this is such a question ... Because there are different roles. Sometimes, for example, they offer low-budget films, but you read and just fall in love with the script, with the heroine. If, for example, they call me to voice cartoons, I will agree to do it for free, because I love it. If I read a script in which the heroine gains 20 kg, but the twists and turns of her fate are extremely interesting to me - that’s it, consciousness just doesn’t turn on here, you fall in love with the role, and ...
TRY
MULTILAYER DELICATE
I love making herring under a fur coat. It's quick and easy: you cook vegetables - potatoes, beets, carrots. You can do it the day before. The hardest part is cleaning it all up. Then quickly throw into a food processor, no grater is needed. We buy herring already peeled, without bones. And the onion must be cut by hand. The main thing is to lay out in layers. The first layer of potatoes, a little onion on it, then herring, beets with carrots, pour all this with mayonnaise directly from the cut bag, and repeat everything again. Because when there are two layers, it turns out much tastier. By the way, some do not put potatoes, but without it, the "fur coat" does not come out at all! I get such a huge dish, and then Sasha always paints it with mayonnaise patterns.
MY BEAUTIFUL… ZHANNA
- How do you take care of your face, because makeup ages the skin?
- Yes, his face is very tired, it's true. So I try to arrange for him" fasting days", when you can not leave the house, respectively, do not use cosmetics. I make masks with a lifting effect, I use a moisturizing cream.
The very word "diet" has always scared me away. I prefer to eat less.
Do you prefer any particular brand?
– When it comes to skin care products, I don’t have any addictions. I love changing everything. Only domestic factory creams do not suit me very well, they are somehow “crowded” for me, the skin is still tightened under them.
- Do you like to experiment?
- Yes! To do this, I go to one beauty salon, they sell a lot of all kinds of masks in bags, it seems, Japanese. I take, I put. Most importantly, I always believe that this remedy will suit me. I advise all women to tell a little fortune over their face, putting on a mask: "My God, it's good, tomorrow it will be so beautiful!"
- What do you like to wear?
- I prefer a feminine style, clothes with a twist - brooches, scarves, sometimes bows. Although in some cases I may prefer something else. For example, I like jeans with holes ... But still, at my age, you can’t have fifteen of them - you can afford one of some funny holes. So that there is no overkill.
– Does it matter to you whether this is a designer thing or bought in the nearest passage because you liked it?
- Of course, I don’t buy clothes in the passage. But it's not like I'm going to go crazy and buy "it" only from Laurent or from someone else. Thank God, there is no dependence on labels. I buy what I like.
It is always useful for a woman to conjure a little, to bewitch - this is internal help to herself!
- Are you consulting with Zhanna Arkadyevna?
- Yes, because my heroine from the very beginning declared herself such a fashionista, she wanted to appear in a new outfit every time, constantly change clothes.
- Judging by the series, she is a very temperamental person. It seems that she knows absolutely everything about the representatives of the stronger sex. Perhaps you also know how to win a man competently?
- To be honest, I'm not a conqueror ... They say that the way to a man's heart lies through his stomach. Indeed, it has long been noted that a man's character gets better when he eats. It is not for nothing that this scheme was invented ... Probably, I am not a very wise person in this regard. Perhaps this is my big puncture, but I have never had to win a man in this way ...
Interviewed by Tatyana KHAZANOVA
Olga Prokofieva is a brilliant actress whom any Russian TV viewer knows by sight as Zhanna Arkadievna from the popular TV series My Fair Nanny. After participating in the sitcom, the artist received offers to play in a similar role for a long time, but Olga tactfully refused the directors.
The actress considers herself primarily a theatrical performer. For more than 30 years she has been devoted to one metropolitan group - the theater. .
Childhood and youth
Olga Evgenievna Prokofieva was born in the town of Odintsovo near Moscow. The girl had an interesting pedigree. As the actress herself later said in an interview, her father's ancestors served as priests, and on the maternal side were landowners and horse breeders. However, family happiness did not work out for the parents of the future star of the scene. Olga and her older sister Larisa were raised by their mother Sofya Prokhorovna without a father.
There were few entertainments for children in a provincial town, so little Olya took the cultural program into her own hands. She wrapped herself in a pillowcase, wound a curtain on top, stood on the tips of shoes with stiff soles and portrayed a ballerina. A lively, spontaneous girl, barely learning to walk, dreamed of one day going on the stage of the theater.
With difficulty waiting for the last call, yesterday's schoolgirl hurried to take the entrance exams to the theater and failed them. But immediately Olga made a vow to herself to enter the acting department in a year. In order not to sit at home in vain, Prokofieva went to work, choosing an unexpected profession for a girl who had dreamed of becoming an actress all her life - an accountant on a local TV channel. But, working on television, the future actress did not stop preparing for exams, and all her relatives, friends, acquaintances and even acquaintances of acquaintances knew about it.
One day, a friend of her mother, who worked as a traffic inspector, stopped the violator and, in a conversation with him, found out that he was studying at GITIS. Remembering Olya's cherished dream, the inspector offered the driver a deal: he does not take away his license, and he, as a thank you, prepares his girlfriend's daughter for exams. The violator agreed and faithfully fulfilled his promise. It was the future media magnate and founder of the NTV channel, and then a 4th year student of the directing department Vladimir Gusinsky.
Gusinsky diligently taught Prokofiev everything he knew, but she still failed the entrance exam. Applicant Prokofieva tried her best, but she initially had no chance, because she did not like the selection committee outwardly.
After the exam, the same teacher, who was the first to speak out against Olga's admission to the acting department, saw the genuine grief of a girl who had just broken the dream of her whole life, and advised her to try herself in directing. The applicant wiped away her tears and went to study at the course of the famous Soviet theater director.
GITIS Olga Prokofieva graduated with honors, delighting all the teachers with her graduation production of the play “Tomorrow there was a war”, where she brilliantly played a teacher twice her age.
The talented graduate began to vying to invite 2 of her former teachers to her at once. Andrey Goncharov called to the Mayakovsky Theater, and to Lenkom. The choice was not easy, but Olga decided not to part with her classmates, who almost all went to Goncharov.
Theater
at the Moscow Academic Theatre. Mayakovsky Olga Prokofieva has been on the stage for almost 30 years. In her youth, she played Mei in Tennessee Williams' play "The Cat on a Hot Roof", Rosalina in the play "A Plague on Both Your Houses", Lydia Varavka in a production based on the novel "The Life of Klim Samgin" and others.
For creating the image of Maria Moskaleva in the play "Uncle's Dream", the actress received one of the most prestigious theatrical awards "Crystal Turandot".
Now you can enjoy the acting of Olga Prokofieva by buying a ticket to the production of "Children spoil relations", where she embodies the image of Polina, or to "Banquet", where she is Mariette Livier. "Uncle's Dream" is also still on at Mayakovka, and the artist still plays Maria Moskaleva in it.
In 2016, with the participation of the actress, the performances "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" and "All My Sons" were released. And a year later, Prokofiev was already delighting fans with her performance in the play Pygmalion.
Movies
Olga Prokofieva made her film debut, having already established herself as a serious theater actress. invited her to the psychological melodrama "Humiliated and Insulted". The role of Prokofieva was episodic. But she was lucky to get into the frame with such stars as Anastasia Vyazemskaya, and they had a lot to learn.
The characteristic actress has not yet developed a relationship with a serious full-length movie, but they vied with each other to invite her to star in TV shows. Popular fame was brought to Olga Prokofieva by "", where she played with, and even shared one dressing room with.
The acting quartet worked together so well that after "The Nanny" the artists played together in the adventurous vaudeville "Shakespeare never dreamed of."
Later, the artist's filmography was decorated with the projects "Adjutants of Love", "League of Deceived Wives", "Abnormal", in which Olga managed to move away from the image of a bitchy lady. Prokofieva also played in the melodrama "Time of Happiness" and the detective story "I'm going out to look for you."
In the late 2000s, she appeared in the top-rated sitcoms Krysha and Anzhelika, and also starred in the Russian-Belarusian TV series Margot. Fire Cross. In the last picture, the heroine Olga is an employee of the Russian Interpol, who manages to unravel the mystery of the magic tablets and prevent a catastrophe.
In 2013, with the participation of Olga, the comedy "Three in Komi" was released, where the actress became partners,.
And 2 years later, the artist appeared in the film "Between the Notes, or the Tantric Symphony." The latest works in Prokofieva's creative biography include a supporting role in the comedy Love and Sax, where and shone in the foreground.
Personal life
The friendship of the applicant Prokofieva with the tutor Gusinsky did not result in anything serious. Then Olga was too passionate about the dream of becoming an actress. The novel began only when the girl graduated from GITIS. The future media mogul left the family for her sake. He showered his beloved with flowers and even bought her an expensive car, persuading her to marry him, but Olga did not dare. After living together for 4 years, they broke up.
The reason for the break with Gusinsky was Prokofieva's colleague, actor Yuri Sokolov. They played lovers on the stage of "Mayakovka" in the play "Tomorrow there was a war."
The gallant handsome man stormed the fortress, which turned out to be impregnable for the future media mogul. Olga was not even embarrassed by the fact that her new lover already had 2 ex-wives and one daughter. She left Gusinsky and almost immediately married Sokolov. 4 years later, Olga gave birth to Yuri's son Alexander, and 12 years later life together the spouses divorced.
Yuri left like a man, leaving his ex-wife and son an apartment in Moscow on Vernadsky Avenue. But then he married for the fourth time, having adopted the child of his young wife from his first marriage, they had two more children, and the issue of living space became an edge. Ex-husband demanded that Prokofieva return the apartment, and when she refused, he went to court.
The litigation continues to this day.
Now the actress is not officially married, but she answers questions about her personal life with a smile that she is doing well. According to Olga, she prefers the European model of relations, when a woman finds happiness not in marriage, but with loved ones. Rare photos of her relatives also end up on Prokofieva's page in "Instagram", which is entirely devoted to her creative activity.
On stage and in the frame, Olga always looks elegant and young. Viewers note the special flexibility that the actress does not lose over the years. With a height of 168 cm, its weight does not exceed 55 kg. The artist herself assures that in order to maintain her figure, she resorts to various diets, since she is actually inclined to be overweight. The performer does not eat after 4 p.m. and does exercises every morning. She tries to spend her weekends outside the city, where her family has a large plot of land.
Olga Prokofieva now
2018 brought the actress a role in the comedy Between Us Girls. Continuation". This is a series beloved by many viewers, in which the main characters were introduced, and. Three generations of women of the same family, each of which is endowed with leadership qualities, are trying to get along under one roof.
Olga Prokofieva in the show "Save me, I can't cook" in 2019In January 2019, the actress became a guest of the culinary show "Save me, I can't cook." On the air of the program, Olga Prokofieva cooked 2 dishes - lean cabbage soup with sauerkraut and mushrooms, as well as champignons stuffed with salmon in a creamy sauce.
Filmography
- 1991 - "Humiliated and Insulted"
- 1995 - Moscow Holidays
- 2004 - "Children of the Arbat"
- 2004 - 2008 - "My Fair Nanny"
- 2005 - "Adjutants of Love"
- 2006 - "Abnormal"
- 2007 - "Shakespeare never dreamed"
- 2009 - “Margot. Fire Cross"
- 2013 - "Three in Komi"
- 2015 - "I'll Get Married Urgently"
- 2018 - "Love and Saks"
- 2018 - "The first guy in the village"
- 2018 - “Between us girls. Continuation"
"AIF". Health: - Olga, when I see you on stage, I am amazed: how do you maintain such an excellent physical shape for so many years - you almost perform acrobatic stunts there ...
O.P.:- Every day I do exercises. And I really follow physical form and I fight for the figure. I try not to eat after 4pm. I am very obese, as is my mother. However, some foods cannot be excluded from the diet. For example, glucose in its pure form must be consumed without fail: it is indispensable for nourishing the brain.
We now drink and eat everything “chemical”. Currants grow in our country house. There is nothing tastier than tea brewed with currant leaves! But mother laziness interferes, and you buy everything flavored in supermarkets!
"AIF". Health: - What do you think about plastic surgery?
O.P.:- Oh, I'm afraid! I only did Botox. I think that you can grow old with dignity and beauty. In general, the guarantee of good appearance- the correct mode of the day and positive emotions.
Metamorphoses of life
"AIF". Health: - In the play "Female Divorce", where you play one of the main roles, the phrase sounds: "I'm not cynical, I'm wise." Do you think a little cynicism won't hurt a woman?
O.P.:- It seems to me that everything should be in the character of a person. I remember I was on the set of a TV show, where I was asked about the bitchiness of Zhanna Arkadyevna, and one cameraman could not stand it, jumped out from behind the camera: “In a delicious borscht, you definitely need a piece of red pepper!” But, of course, moderation is important in everything. Do you know this famous story, as a woman approached Einstein and asked: “I am not from the scientific community, but can you explain to me in three words what the theory of relativity is?” - “In three words? Three hairs on the head is not enough, but three hairs in the soup is a lot.”
You can't be an amoeba. Especially for us women. You have to be a person and be able to stand up for yourself.
"AIF". Health: - You are still associated with Zhaba Arkadyevna ... But you have played so many other roles. Isn't it embarrassing?
O.P.:- I am glad that my heroine is so fond of many ... I “peeped” Zhaba Arkadyevna from many rich women. The profession of an actor is this: you watch people and then “string” these traits onto your characters. Over the past 20 years, the country has changed a lot ... Before, we had the same salaries, everyone saved up for furniture, for a car. Women were happy to buy boots that were the same for everyone. But then we knew that we had a "brotherhood" in the USSR. Everyone is equal. And now everything has changed so much, the society is divided: someone has remained on budgetary salaries and cannot even afford to go to the theater, while someone has managed to navigate, rushed up, bought a house in a prestigious suburb.
Yesterday, a friend of mine was sitting in my kitchen. It was an absolutely squeezed and downtrodden creature, and I shared the last sausage with him. And today he is a prominent figure in show business. And there was a look from above. Although before the person was absolutely normal. Where does all this fanabery, arrogance come from, it is not clear. It is funny and sad to watch such a mutation... After all, true intelligence, it seems to me, lies in the fact that you can communicate with a person all evening and only then find out that you were talking to a Nobel Prize winner.
In his role
"AIF". Health: - Olga, aren't you annoyed that many of your colleagues became famous in the cinema at an earlier age?
O.P.:- My teacher Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov said that before the age of 30, an actress is filmed for her youth and beauty. And after 30 - for talent. I console myself that I fell into the category of talented. But seriously, no, it's not annoying. I am a very sought after theater actress. I often had such moments when I had to choose between theater and cinema. If it was necessary to go on a film expedition for two months, I most often refused the role. Firstly, I knew that Goncharov would not let me go (head of the Mayakovsky Theater). Secondly, I myself did not want to leave the theater for two months. Now I think: it was necessary, of course, to spin and spin more, find compromises and keep up with everything.
"AIF". Health: - If you are offered another role in a sitcom series, would you agree?
O.P.:- If you like the script, I will agree. Recently, Ingeborga Dapkunaite came from London to Moscow to audition for a role in a sitcom. I say: “Inga! Are you on the sitcom too?” - "Olya, in London, actors who work in a sitcom are considered very rated."
Although, on the other hand, after the role of Zhanna Arkadyevna, some of the directors perceived me exclusively in this role, many even said: “Can you play a heroine like that?” I answered: “Thank you, but I have already played this lady for 180 episodes!” No need to sit on one skate and ride it all your life, collecting dividends.
Components of happiness
"AIF". Health: - Is there a place where you completely relax, where you rest your soul?
O.P.:- Dacha is our favorite place, because my mother lives there all the time. There are two houses on the lot. Thank God, the second house was recently completed. Inside, everything is equipped, imported furniture. Now our friends live there. And the first building is over 20 years old. This is mom's world. There is furniture from the 80s, which is outdated, but it has family value, like a talisman. The house is large, built for the whole family. A third floor was even built on, where they put a billiards table (my mother's husband loved this game very much). The billiard table even had to be lifted through the window on ropes: it did not go up the stairs. It was an unforgettable sight!
True, now few people get to the third floor. In the summer we mostly live outside. When we all get together, there is always a sense of celebration. We put the brazier, fry kebabs, turn on the fountain. At this moment, you understand that there is happiness on earth.
You won't be left without work in the countryside. Lawns to be mowed, vegetable garden, orchard. In the house, you constantly need to wash something, vacuum it ... The water from the well is not very good quality, so we go to the spring. In the garden - apple trees of very good varieties. Mom every year asks my sister and me: “What are we going to do with the harvest? Bring your friends, we will collect and give them buckets of apples.”
"AIF". Health: - You have an adult son. Given your busy schedule, have you ever felt guilty about him?
O.P.:- There is such a wise saying: you can not devote your life to someone. Even to the most precious being! You can love endlessly, always be there, but you can’t devote yourself to anyone, be it a husband or a child. So that later, God forbid, you do not have a situation to ever present an account for this. I often had and still have feelings of guilt towards my son. It seems that he lacks maternal attention. But my tuning forks - my mother and sister - say: “Olya, you are doing everything right. Just like any normal mother, you have an exaggerated sense of responsibility. A friend once said: “My son will soon be 50 years old, but it still seems to me that I don’t give him something.”
My son has been familiar with the smell of backstage since childhood, Sasha played in three theaters. Everyone who knew him told me: “Don’t even worry about the question of where to send to study. He is an absolutely theatrical child, besides, both dad and mom are artists. I think he will also become an artist.
"AIF". Health: - Nothing is known about your personal life ...
O.P.:- Personal life? I have a complete family. But I'm not officially married. For me personally, the seal in the passport means little. But this is only my subjective opinion.
It is easy enough to keep yourself in constant shape when you do not have a tendency to be overweight. It is enough just to be on fresh air, visit the gym and swimming pool, regularly use the services of a massage therapist. Lead a healthy and active lifestyle.
But for people who are prone to fullness, this is not enough. They need to constantly monitor their diet. It is quite often to stand on the scales and not eat after 18-00. Be mindful of drinking regimen and low-calorie foods. Such people just need to switch to a separate diet and enrich their menu with raw vegetables and fruits.
Prokofieva Olga belongs to such people. Since she is a very popular person, sometimes she even has to follow a very strict diet.
The star of the screen sat on the same water for a whole week and every day underwent a bowel cleansing procedure. This helped her reduce her weight to eight kilograms. But this result disappeared very quickly. And for a short time returned back those eight kilograms. Therefore, Olga believes that strict diets useless. Because they just exhaust and exhaust the body.
But one diet is not only pleasant for Prokofieva. It helps to get good results in a short time.
Four days you can eat in any quantity the agreed list of products without all kinds of seasonings and salt. The taste, of course, is not very pleasing. But the result is worth it. Drink at least two liters of water.
The first day Olga eats boiled rice and drinks it with apple juice. On the second day, he allows himself fat-free cottage cheese with kefir. On the third day, you can already treat yourself to boiled chicken and fresh pineapple. We celebrate the fourth day with red or white wine, and have a snack with hard cheese.
When seductive thoughts about high-calorie foods appear, Prokofiev recommends at that moment to approach a large mirror and, completely undressing, skeptically examine yourself to your full height. This procedure quickly drives away all cravings for excesses in food.
Best of the day
Dietitian, Voronkova Elena, recommends systematically arranging fasting days for your body. To do this, it is enough to stock up on raw and baked apples. On this day, the body, in addition to unloading, will receive minerals and fiber. Not only the body will lose weight, but the vessels will also be cleaned, swelling will subside and naturally cleans the intestines. In addition, treat yourself to nuts and prunes daily. Then the body will have enough vitamins and calories for an active lifestyle.
On fasting days, you must strictly observe the regimen and get enough sleep. In the morning, be sure to take a contrast shower with a scrub. To do this, just apply a little scrub on the surface of a hard washcloth and thoroughly rub it all over the body.
