Maria Shvetsova: actress, photo, biography of Maria Sergeevna Shvetsova

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

All viewers have long been fond of the cult series about the famous St. Petersburg investigator named Maria Sergeevna Shvetsova. It is she who has been unraveling criminal cases and finding dangerous criminals for many years. And what is Anna Kovalchuk really like, who played this strict and fearless woman? According to the actress, this character helped her gain fame and win the hearts of the audience.

Childhood and youth

Unlike her heroine, who is Maria Shvetsova, Anna Kovalchuk's biography began not in St. Petersburg, but in the German city of Neustrelitz, where she was born on a warm June day in 1977. There, the girl spent her entire childhood with her older brother Pavel. Her parents and other relatives were teachers. Grandfather was a school principal, grandmother was a teacher, mother was a kindergarten worker, and father was a military teacher.

A little later, the Kovalchuk family moved to Yerevan, then to the capital, and then finally settled in St. Petersburg. There, Anya went to a regular school and grew up as a very timid and modest child, not at all with the same temperament as her heroine, Maria Shvetsova. The actress preferred more exact sciences and had an analytical mind. The parents of the future screen star tried to developher daughter comprehensively, so Anna attended gymnastics, dance and music school.

After graduating from school, the future actress was going to enter the Polytechnic Institute and study cybernetics, so viewers might not know who Maria Sergeevna Shvetsova is, so talentedly played by Kovalchuk. But the girl's friend persuaded her to go with her to the entrance exams to the theater institute, which Anna successfully passed only on the second attempt.

Theatre

The future star of TV screens began to play in theatrical productions in her student years. At first, she was taken only in episodes in various performances. After successfully graduating from high school, Anna Kovalchuk became part of the troupe of the famous Leningrad City Council Theater. The first serious production of the aspiring actress was the play "The Imaginary Sick".

After that, the actress played a touching role in the theatrical drama Anna Karenina. Vronsky”, followed by one after another productions of various genres. The most famous on the theater stage for the girl was the play "Bed for Three", where she played Lilith.

Today, in addition to the fact that Anna Kovalchuk is the famous investigator Maria Shvetsova, the actress also plays in many plays.

Most famous role

In the cinema, the girl first appeared in 1998 in the lyric film of the comedy genre "Love is Evil", but this film did not bring her great popularity. The real fame overtook the actress in 2001, when she appeared on TV screens as Maria Shvetsova in the detective series"Secrets of the investigation".

In order to get this stellar role, Anna Kovalchuk went for a little trick. She gave herself eight extra years. The actress acted in this way because, according to the scriptwriters, Maria Shvetsova is a thirty-year-old woman, while the girl at that time was only 22 years old. To do this, the future star made herself a bang, which, in her opinion, gave a more adult look.

As a result, it was difficult for the aspiring actress to get used to such an image. In real life, Anna Kovalchuk is not only younger, but also much more cheerful than Maria Shvetsova. The screenwriter Elena Topilskaya, who is a kind of prototype of the main character of the series "Secrets of the Investigation", helped her in this. As a result, the role was a success, and Anna played the investigator so superbly that she even received an award for the excellent embodiment of the “good character” on the screen.

Movies

In addition to her starring role, the actress starred in many other great films:

• From 2001 to 2015 in "Secrets of the Investigation". To date, there are 15 parts of this detective series, and Maria Shvetsova remains its permanent main character.
• In 2003, the wonderful comedy "Peculiarities of National Politics" was released, where the heroine of Anna is a TV presenter.
• In 2004, in the detective series Against the Current, Kovalchuk plays Anna.
• In 2005, the excellent television series "The Master and Margarita" was released, in which the actress became Margarita Nikolaevna.
• In 2008 Anna played Sofya Fyodorovna Kolchak in the historical feature film "Admiral".

• In 2009, two films were released with her participation: “And there was a war” and “Personal file of Captain Ryumin”, in which she plays the main roles.
• In 2010, the audience saw a small series "Peter I", the actress in it performed Princess Anastasia Trubetskoy-Kontemir.
• in 2016 a new film with the participation of Kovalchuk called "About Love" should be released.

The variety of genres Anna plays in shows what a versatile and talented actress she is.

Private life

The young girl met her first husband when she entered a theater university. Thanks to his help, she was able to pass the exams and get into the same course with him. But soon after graduation, this couple broke up, and they went to different cities. A year later, the lovers realized that they could not live without each other, so Anna moved to Moscow, where they signed.

When Kovalchuk already played in "Secrets of the Investigation", she realized that she was in an interesting position. Therefore, it was decided that Maria Shvetsova would also be pregnant according to the scenario. Photos of Anna Kovalchuk from the set show that it was simply impossible to hide this. As a result, her daughter Zlata was born in the frame of one of the series and from the first minutes of her life she already became an actress.

In 2005, Anatoly and Anna divorced, after which she soon began dating businessman Oleg Kapustin. Two years later, he became the second husband of Kovalchuk, and they had a son, Dobrynya.

Interesting facts

In 2009, the actress took part in the TV project "Dancing with the Stars", and the following year she made her debut in the morning program called "Subbotnik", where she took place as a host. In this TV show, Anna went to visit all the famous residents of St. Petersburg.

Besides the fact that this talented actress is a movie star and a great mother, she still manages to knit and read various literature. Kovalchuk independently designed the interior of her own house, which she also did excellently.