Olga Budina

A woman with Bambi eyes, but with a steel bar inside. The star of the screen, who declined an invitation to Hollywood and went into the shadows, instead of shining at social events. Olga Budina once made a choice between her career and her personal life.

Olga was born in Odintsovo near Moscow on February 22, 1975 in the family of an accountant and builder, Russian by nationality. The fact that the girl is a 100% creative person became clear at an early age. At school, she was often appointed responsible for special events, held holidays, learned to play the accordion and piano, was a soloist in the choir and orchestra, and performed at discos with an amateur vocal and instrumental ensemble. But this was not enough.

She began to study acting skills in the drama club, and in high school she gathered a group of like-minded people and created a theater. The guys staged classical performances and musical comedies, the most famous of which was the fairy-tale musical The Princess and the Pea. By the way, Olga wrote scripts for performances and sewed costumes for artists.

Philology became another hobby of Budina. She graduated from the School of Young Philologists at Moscow State University and even received the specialty of a tour guide. Then she entered the pedagogical institute, but soon realized that her main passion was still the stage.

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The choice fell on the department of folk singing of the Gnessin Academy. During a break from classes with teachers, Olga wandered into the courtyard of the Shchukin school and saw there a group of applicants who, as it seemed to her, were behaving defiantly. She, without thinking twice, decided to take away one place from the upstarts.

There was no time to prepare sketches, Budina recited poems by Federico García Lorca. It was not difficult to pass the strict selection of the examination committee, headed by Vladimir Etush: the girl was the only one in the group who scored the maximum points. And the study was hard, after the first session the question of expulsion arose. But perseverance and perseverance took their toll, and in the 2nd year Budina received the highest mark in acting.

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The creative biography of the actress began in her student years. Olga played the quickly forgotten heroines in Detective Dubrovsky's Dossier, Directory of Death, appeared in one of the first Russian TV series, Simple Truths, and was waiting for the finest hour. And this hour has come in the form of the role of Grand Duchess Anastasia in the film by Gleb Panfilov “The Romanovs. Crowned family. "

The end of filming coincided with the end of his studies. Budina missed the shows in the theaters of the capital, so she did not find a permanent job. Later in an interview, the artist will say that her freedom-loving nature would be cramped in a repertoire theater, where strict discipline reigns and a person is forced, against his will, to participate in the life of the troupe.

Before leaving the profession, Olga played in entreprise, but even then she chose projects in which there is no other's dictate.

Now the main man in Budina's life is the son of Naum. She divorced the boy's husband and father, businessman Alexander Naumov, when he started having problems at work. Olga admitted to Boris Korchevnikov, host of the show "The Fate of a Man," that at that time the spouses existed separately from each other. The painting "Stalin's Wife" is a reflection of the atmosphere in the family, except that it did not come to beatings.

Alexander plunged headlong into solving his own problems and completely ignored the problems of his wife and child, did not want to provide basic amenities. The actress decided that it was not worth continuing the relationship further. Leaving the house, Naumov took everything he could, including the jewelry donated by Budina.

The man left the country, but it never occurred to the mother to tell her son that his father had died or was sailing in a submarine. She hopes that Alexander will someday remember his loved one.

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This situation opened Olga's eyes to a lot, it was interesting for her to observe how those who were called friends yesterday were eliminated. Today she has completely different priorities, not the same as in her youth. Even the experience of carrying a baby described in the book "Talking Pregnancy" is unlike anyone else's. The woman is proud that she herself earned an apartment, a summer residence and a car, travels a lot, pays for her son's education.

Naum studied at the British International School "Atlantic" at the University of Cambridge, at the music school at the Gnessin School. Budina took him from an institution that promotes Waldorf pedagogy and transferred him to home schooling, because she believes that the current education only harms children.

Olga limits her son's contact with TV and gadgets, although Naum dreams of becoming a programmer.

Trying to build a new relationship, the actress put the question at the forefront of whether the boy would accept a stranger in the house. The unnamed gentleman found a common language with Naum and courted Budina for 2 years. She honestly said that she felt nothing but sympathy, but agreed to try. Life together did not work out, the principle of "endure - fall in love" did not work. Olya is now friends with a candidate for husbands.

Budina is half vegetarian, since, in addition to the usual vegetables and fruits, she uses fish and seafood. After giving birth, the actress changed beyond recognition, not a trace remained of the former harmony. The extra 25 kg left quickly, but then the offer came to play Nadezhda Alliluyeva. And the wife of the leader of the peoples is a puffy lady. Only at the end of filming Olga returned to her previous parameters (weight 51 kg with a height of 164 cm).

In 2015, the paparazzi, hunting for new photos of a celebrity, caught a recovered woman at a social event. Budina appeared in closed clothes, but critics still considered her figure.

Olga explained that she was always inclined to be overweight, and if the problem worsened, she added white cabbage, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower to the diet. With such a diet, the weight quickly returned to normal. Completeness did not prevent her from becoming an official of Avon. The artist is sure that the inner feeling of harmony has a better effect on the appearance than any diet.

This is said by the actress, in whose filmography there are dozens of works, albeit filmed long ago, but still beloved and recognizable. The audience will probably disagree with Olga.

Budina became really popular after the melodrama Border. Taiga novel ". Ee partners were Marat Basharov and Alexey Guskov. In addition, Renata Litvinova, Mikhail Efremov and Elena Panova starred in the film.

The biographical tape "His Wife's Diary" based on the script by Dunya Smirnova, in which the actress plays the role of the writer Ivan Bunin's mistress, was awarded the Grand Prix of the "Kinotavr" and "Nika" festivals in three nominations. Olga started working on the film when she received an offer to star in a Hollywood project.

The contract with the Russian directors was not signed, and Budina could fly to America at any moment, but, being inexperienced in such matters, she refused.

Next, the actress performed roles in the films "Salome", "Bayazet", "Railway Romance" together with Yegor Beroev, a daring film adaptation of "The Idiot" called "Down House". Vladimir Bortko, who also took on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, gave Olga a role in his film.

The shooting, Budina recalled, was exhausting and interesting at the same time. She did not miss the moment to talk with Inna Churikova and Vladimir Ilyin, listened to Oleg Basilashvili's stories for hours, sometimes being late to get into the frame. This "Idiot" was awarded with seven TEFI and three "Golden Eagles".

Since then, Olga has been one of the main stars of Russian cinema. And she is also the owner of the title "Best Actress of the Year", the award "Legend of Russia", the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art.

In 2007, the melodramatic comedy "Necklace for the Snow Woman" appeared in the artist's track record, in which she again appeared in the title role. Ivan Oganesyan became her partner.

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Later, Olga's repertoire included the comedy "Phoenix Syndrome", the family saga "Heavy Sand", the drama about women's friendship and fidelity "Equation with all the known." In the last film, Budina played the main character Anna Samoilova, whose husband becomes disabled. The film stars Artem Artemiev, Tatiana Abramova, Irina Lindt.

The medical series "The Personal Life of Dr. Selivanova" added the actress even more popularity. Olga has reincarnated as a gynecologist, whose desire to help extends far beyond the office.

In the musical tape "The Mystery of the Idol" Budina played along with Alexei Vorobyov and Christina Asmus.

For five seasons of the melodrama "Zemsky Doctor" Olga also wore a white medic's coat. The script was written especially for her, the directors were inspired by the artist's previous doctoral role. This time, the company of Budina was Alexander Lazarev, Jr.

Among the works of the movie star are the role of a prosecutor in the drama "Mother's Heart" and the image of the spy Margarita in the biographical series "Einstein. The Theory of Love ”, where Olga Drozdova, Dmitry Pevtsov, Alexander Baluev became colleagues on the working site.

The latter dealt with an affair between the wife of a famous sculptor and an equally famous physicist, whose existence many doubted. And Olga directly called the story a lie, comparing it to an information projectile that kills the soul.

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Finally, Budina completed her film career in 2014. But there were no dissatisfied, because the actress warned in advance that she would fulfill her obligations to directors and producers. No one dared to dissuade Olga from such a step: she is one of those who will listen, but will act as her conscience and her own worldview suggest.

Finally, Budina starred with Dmitry Ulyanov in the crime drama "Cain's Seal" about a widow who found happiness in her second marriage, whose peace is disturbed by the son of her deceased husband who knows where.

In the detective melodrama "The Presumption of Innocence" Olga appeared in a secondary cast. The picture told about a lawyer who regularly wins cases, releasing even worst criminals from custody. A scandalous journalist is looking for compromising evidence on him, but unexpectedly the girl's plans are interrupted by mutual love.

The versatility of the artist has been embodied in television and in music. Budina hosted the program "Good evening, Moscow" on the TVC channel, then took the place of the co-host of the program "On the most important" on "Russia-1".

Her vocal talent manifested itself in the Pomegranate Color group. Olga performs romances and bard songs, gives concerts and recitals, collaborates with philharmonic societies and symphony orchestras, puts on solo performances and dreams of recording an album. Rehearsals take place in the orchestral class of the Gnessin School of Music. The actress had a chance to sing in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall.

Olga is an introvert by her temperament, does not like publicity, she goes out into the street wearing dark glasses so as not to be recognizable, and urges not to believe fake accounts on Facebook and Instagram. The actress has an official website where news about her current project is published.

Following the example of Chulpan Khamatova, Budina created a charity fund "Protect the Future", which helps specific families and orphanages, where employees do not receive a salary. True, good intentions do not always lead to the expected goal.

So, the story with the orphanage in Uglich ended sadly. Olga shared the details in 2020 in an interview with a glossy publication. Two million rubles allocated for repairs were spent not as intended. Ordinary employees of the institution knew about the violations and kept silent, fearing to lose their jobs. The persistent artist got hold of documents confirming the criminal intent, and wanted to achieve justice, but met resistance from the director, and she had previously been convicted.

Then Olga voiced the problem on television. The General Prosecutor's Office conducted an investigation for a year. The case went to court, but the sessions were scheduled in such a way that Budina did not get there and did not testify against the accused. As a result, the director received a suspended sentence, and the actress was banned from appearing in the orphanage.

In addition, Olga is the curator of the All-Russian Festival of Amateur Family Theaters "A Fairy Tale Comes to Your Home". Works for the idea and on enthusiasm. Together with the director Vladimir Karabanov, the author of the film "The Elephant", which received a lot of prizes at children's festivals, she created a production company. The purpose of the creative-business duet is to speak in artistic language about the problems of social orphanhood.

If an actress has disappeared from the screens, rarely comes out, this does not mean that she is not interested in what is happening in the professional field. Budina is an academician of the National Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Russia. Community members are responsible for watching television and full-length films.

Therefore, Olga knows where the Russian film industry is heading. In the overwhelming majority of cases, this is a business, "when traders appear, creativity disappears, cinema ceases to amaze, does not force a person to change," the academician believes. The artists have a choice - to agree to do what they love, or to leave. There are few of those who do not compromise their own principles.

1999 - "Simple Truths" 2000 - "Border. Taiga novel "2000 -" Diary of his wife "2000 -" The Romanovs. The Crowned Family "2001 -" Down House "2003 -" Bayazet "2003 -" The Idiot "2006 -" Stalin's Wife "2007 -" The Personal Life of Doctor Selivanova "2008 -" Equation with All Known "2010-2014 -" Zemsky Doctor "2013 - “Einstein. Theory of Love "2018 -" Cain's Seal "

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