Oksana Fandera does not give the impression of an actress for whom career comes first. And she doesn’t give the impression of a wife and mother, for whom there is nothing but family. She doesn't make an impression at all - it's not her job.
Working with a camera does not bring her much pleasure, and she speaks honestly about it: “Photography is motionless, but my nature is different.
I need to be caught, I don’t like to “keep” emotion on my face. A frozen smile is a grimace.” It’s true that nothing freezes on Oksana Fandera’s face; emotions rush in a race, knocking each other off their feet. And not a single one is hidden: you can read from this face - there is no secret writing there, but a completely transparent text. Including, I suspect, there are words and expressions that are unpleasant for you, but, fortunately, I didn’t read anything like that. “In general, I am a person of process, not of result. The result is somehow not very important to me from the very beginning. If we divide all people into commercial and non-commercial, then I am one of the latter.”
The needle was performed by her in such a way that a trivial question is why is the list of titles in the filmography of the actress Fandera so offensively short? - arises by itself. But this is a question for those who offer. She is selective: she takes on only what lights her up. Moreover - this is again about commerce - in the contract with her acting agent, she insisted on a clause: in educational films of young directors from VGIK or from the Higher Courses, she is filmed for free. “I wonder what you heard from the agent?” “She looked at me with a hard look and asked: are you crazy?
But I held this gaze and repeated: I want it this way.” - “I can understand her. Its percentage depends on your fee.” - “Well, she has a lot of other, sensible actresses, so she’s hardly at a loss... At some point she understood me. Or accepted it. You don’t need to understand - just accept it and say: okay, let there be one like that, strange.” And Oksana laughs.
This was not always the case, however. This happened after “Moscow Beauty,” which for Oksana turned out not only as a victory, but also as a blow. “I was not ready for such increased attention, and not just attention, but with transparent half-hints.
She is married, she has two children, and her husband’s parents still appear in her address book as parents. My mom and dad are no longer in the world. And when my sister died, there was no one left. “My family ends with me,” she says. - I am the only Fandera. No more". - "Absolutely not?" - "At all. Friends who know how to search on the Internet searched, but did not find it. It is sad. Such a beautiful surname, no one knows what it means, and it will no longer exist.” Here we could start talking about responsibility to the family and surname, but Oksana does not like these conversations and these thoughts. He believes that they are driving you into a complex, and this is not at all the corner where you feel free.
Oksana is generally a strict mother. “Not just strict, but very strict,” she clarifies. - And at the same time, I’m not much of a teacher, really. There are asocial people, but I am apedagogical. As soon as the children began to understand a little what was what, I told them: I don’t know how to raise you. I can be friends with you.” - “But friendship, as I understand it, does not exclude taking measures if something happens?” - "Certainly. I can imagine how difficult it is for them. A friend who punishes, right? So it is, so it is...” She did not hide from the children that at school she got “C” grades in physics and mathematics. “Why would I lie that this is not so, if everything is clear to me? Vanya would say: Mom, don’t be a fool. Or I would have asked to extract some root - and then he would have caught me.” She probably also told me about her eternal “bad” behavior. But it works. First you need to concentrate. To do this, eight hands make special passes over the subject’s head in complete silence. Then two put their fingers under the armpits, two - under the knees. And they raise it. We lifted Bromberg over our heads.
“I never taught my children that they should carry their last name with pride, that they should study well so as not to damage its honor, and so on. Because, on the one hand, this elevates the child above the rest, and on the other, he begins to fear that he will not be able to measure up.” Her children, Vanya and Lisa, of course, have their father’s last name - they are Yankovsky. By patronymic they are Filippovich, and their father, accordingly, is Olegovich. Once Oksana was told that Vanya, then still small, spoke to his friends on the topic “But my grandfather...” She talked to her son one-on-one, calmly and firmly. It didn't happen again.
Three bloods are raging in the fighting Oksana: Ukrainian, Gypsy and Jewish. “Dad was a crest and a gypsy, but I’m Jewish because of my mother.” - “Well, yes, according to Jewish laws. And just like my mother, I turn out to be Russian, although she herself is only half.” - “Consider that you are a Jew. It doesn't matter, dad or mom. It's somewhere deep inside. Do you know how you can find out? Now I’ll stop smiling, and so will you. Let's just not smile, let's take a pause. Jews have a special view.
Sorry, I’m a little late...” Oksana Fandera sits down at the table, laying out the essentials on it: car keys, a phone, a pack of cigarettes. “I just got back from filming, give me a couple of minutes, okay?” She hides her face in her hands, mercilessly ruffling her hair with her fingers. And suddenly she becomes almost miniature: it always seemed to me that she was somehow larger and, in any case, taller. While I, with the ingenuity inherent in men, come to the conclusion that in my life I have only seen Fandera in heels, and the cinema and television screen always work like magnifying glasses, she straightens up and takes her hands away from her face. Thin, impeccably defined, almost dry and almost too correct - if not for his lively and laughing brown eyes. Then she sits comfortably on the restaurant sofa with her feet up (confirming my brilliant guess about heels, that is, the lack of them!) and smiles: “Well, I’m ready.”
Psychologies: You can very rarely be found at crowded social events. Oksana, do you generally like people?
Oksana Fandera: Hmm... Yes, I do. They can sometimes interfere or irritate, but behind each of them there is... love. Every person is loved by someone, you know? Man, woman, children, parents. You just need to be able to discern this love behind every person.
Is the film you are currently filming about love by any chance?
O.F.: Oh no! (Laughs.) I'm filming a movie about spies. This is my first such experience. 12 episodes, but there is hope that it will be a quality movie. Not a series, but a multi-part television feature film. I like director Dmitry Cherkasov, I already worked with him in the film “Valley of Roses.” He responds well to my suggestions.
Is this important to you? They say many directors don't like this.
O.F.: I don’t know, it seems to me that if I were the directors, I would be happy about this. After all, creativity is better than performance. This is what I like about my profession. I like to bring paper stories to life and turn them into flat 3D. Like in childhood, when you read a book and bring its characters to life in your imagination.
But, you must admit, film adaptations are rarely successful.
O.F.: I agree. Everyone represents heroes in their own way. But I’m not talking about film adaptations, I’m talking about cinema in general. There is a fictional character in the script. And my task is to make him alive. And by the way, I still love film adaptations – precisely because I know how difficult it is. I always wonder how the director and actors will cope with what they come up with. And sometimes it works! For example, I really like the English series “Sherlock Holmes” with Benedict Cumberbatch. I think this is just an outstanding adaptation. Of course, there can be no better Sherlock Holmes than Livanov, but this fresh look, this ability to so flawlessly introduce stories from a century or more ago into our time is amazing work. And wonderful actors, of course.
Of the film adaptations with your participation, which one do you like? Probably "Board Lights"?
O.F.: Yes, I have a special relationship with this film, I love it very much. And not only the film itself, but everything connected with it. Although it’s interesting: when director Alexander Gordon was first asked to try me for the role, he, who had been trying to find an actress for two years, waved his hands: “No, no, she’s very glamorous!” But in general, to be honest, I still haven’t seen the whole film, to the end. And not only him - this happens with almost all my films.
“CREATIVITY IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN PERFORMANCE, THIS IS WHY I LIKE MY PROFESSION”
Why?
O.F.: Maybe I'm afraid. An actor never knows what will happen as a result. He knows the plot, he knows the story, he can hit some of his notes during filming. But it is absolutely not a fact that it will be preserved in the editing, that the director will play on this note. But in fact, this is not even the main thing. I’m just a person of process, not of result; what’s important to me is what’s happening now. The rest is no longer interesting.
Do you know yourself well?
O.F.: Perhaps... But I would be curious to learn something about myself from the outside: from someone who would carefully watch me, listen to what I say, watch my gestures - and then tell me who I am and why.
Have you ever thought about turning, for example, to psychoanalysis for this purpose?
O.F.: I would definitely apply, but I don’t consider this attitude to life a problem. On the contrary, I like it. Wait, I think I found the key word! How great it is to give an interview to a psychological magazine: you learn something new about yourself! (Laughs.) So, the key word is “ambition.” It seems that I don’t have them at all, I don’t understand what they are. It would be interesting to know: how do people live with them? How do they feel? I probably could have figured this out if I had been offered the role of a career woman. Then, having immersed myself in this role headlong, I would have learned everything. But so far I have not been offered such a role. And I don’t understand what, by and large, we should strive for. A lot of money, a lot of fame? And what? Well, here we are sitting in a good restaurant. And we can, if we want, order all the dishes that are on the menu. And probably, if we try, we will be able to eat at least some of it, at least the most delicious ones. Let's try the rest. But then we will still get up and leave! Do you understand what I'm talking about?
Seems to be yes. If you were ambitious, you would act many times more, you would not leave the TV screen and the pages of gossip columns...
O.F.: Regarding gossip columns: it’s not about ambition. I'm just bored at all these events. Philip (Yankovsky, the actress’s husband. – Ed.) and I don’t go to premieres for this very reason. Well, if only very close friends and really ask for support. But usually if we are waiting for a film, we go the day after the premiere.
That is, you do not have an internal need to appear in a new dress or take a good pose in front of the lenses...
O.F.: No! Just understand correctly: I recognize the right of others to feel and behave differently. My irony is precisely in relation to myself, to the way I perceive all this. And you're right about filming. I’ve already talked about this in various interviews, although I didn’t think about ambitions. There are several points on which I check myself. If I’m scared, if I don’t know how to play the role, if the heroine is very far from the real me, then such a project has a very good chance of hearing my “yes”. And more often than not, these turn out to be original, not very commercial projects. It's more interesting for me.
You are a beautiful, successful woman, you have a wonderful family, you live in abundance. Perhaps many will be tempted to assume that you can simply afford it - to do only what you want, to play only those roles that are interesting...
O.F.: Do you know what I will answer? That I live the way you described precisely because I perceive life the way I described. If a person is forced to constantly struggle and make his way, then perhaps he is busy with something other than his own business? Or suffers from those same too-big ambitions? I believe that each of us is endowed with our own talent - this is my simply reinforced concrete belief. And talent needs to be realized. To discover within ourselves the opportunity to create, no matter what we do: creativity in any activity is possible. Otherwise, there will be no money, and we will not become happy. That's how I see it, that's what I believe. After all, if there is no money, then there is no money for some reason? And perhaps this is just a test, a sign that it’s time to stop rushing around and banging on a closed door, and instead sit down in front of an open window and think: what do I really want? And one more thing: if a person is angry, if it seems to him that he is the only one so unhappy, and everyone around him is happy, then it will not get better. So it only attracts negativity.
Have there been any situations in your life when you still had to fight, gritting your teeth, to overcome something?
“IF A PERSON IS FORCED TO FIGHT ALL THE TIME, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT HE IS JUST BUSY WITH MONEY HIS BUSINESS?”
O.F.: Strange thing, I don't remember. Maybe my memory is so helpful that it erases these moments like an eraser... But it seems to me not. Perhaps I’m just not one of those who moves boulders out of the way, but one of those who flows around them like a stream. I didn’t get into acting at the time. And she said to herself: that means there’s no need. If you need it, it will come. And the profession really came on its own. First - filming, and then an offer from director Anatoly Vasilyev, who invited me to his course at GITIS. And I never dreamed of getting married successfully. She fell in love with Philip and left. Somehow it turns out that my home-grown philosophy works.
Did you come to this philosophy on your own or did your parents also contribute to it?
O.F.: You know, the last time I saw my father was when I was 14 years old, and before that, it seems, at three years old. So his contribution is more likely genes. And mom... Mom trusted me. Maybe because I behaved in such a way that she felt that she could trust me. But she never controlled me. She brought me to a certain age, made sure that I knew how to use a fork and knife, that I knew how to behave, read a certain number of books - and... Of course, she understood that there were some character traits that could help me in life. interfere, but she was very delicate. She gave me freedom, and I decided for myself. She got a job as a secretary at the Zaitsev Fashion House at the age of 16, lying that I was already 17, and decided to participate in a beauty contest. She applied for acting and didn’t get in. Your way, everything is fine.
Did your children receive the same degree of freedom? Is it their decision to become actors?
O.F.: Yes, Ivan entered the RATI several years ago, and Lisa this year entered the Moscow Art Theater School. Of course, it's their decision. It’s just clear that in an acting family there is a greater chance that the child will become an actor – or at least try to become one. Is it any different in a family of doctors or journalists? Children grow up in this atmosphere. And if they think it suits them, then they should try it. The only thing I told first Vanya, and then Liza: I’m not in the way. But I’m not helping either. Lisa passed the competition into all theater universities where she applied. I chose the Moscow Art Theater. Well, now I'll see how everything works out for her.
When your son enlisted, you were prepared that if he failed, he would go into the army - did you talk about this in one of your interviews?
O.F.: Yes, I did and I can confirm. This is also your own path. I wanted to get in and knew what would happen if I didn’t get in. Why interfere? To be completely honest, it would probably be difficult for me. And if everything had turned out that way, but at that moment there was a war going on somewhere in Afghanistan or Chechnya, I would have called all my friends and acquaintances and done everything to prevent him from being sent there. But just going to serve – no, I wouldn’t interfere with that. Perhaps this childhood is still playing in me, but it seems to me: if you feel open and confident, it is unlikely that anything very bad can happen to you. You can call this my stupid naivety, but it seems to me that what we fear happens to us. Fear is the same magnet as hatred, as well as envy.
Aren't you still afraid of something?
O.F.: I'm afraid of flying on airplanes. And you have no idea how much I suffer from this. But it’s interesting: when my children fly, I am absolutely calm. This fear program of mine only applies to me. I realized a long time ago: if you are afraid of something, the worst thing is to transfer your fear to another person. And one more thing: with all my fear, if something, God forbid, happens to one of my friends, if someone urgently needs help, I sit down and fly without hesitation.
“We NEED TO DEVELOP, NOT STAND AWAY! I THINK THIS IS THE MAIN THING"
Why do your children get it from you?
O.F.: I get it if I feel that they are wasting their time and happily wasting it. That’s when... I don’t see myself from the outside, but apparently I have a very characteristic look. Because the reaction immediately follows: “Okay, calm down, what should I do? Let’s go read a book, right?” Yes, read, listen, think - anything, just don’t be “stupid”! You can't stop developing. Don't be afraid to stumble or take a wrong turn. Standing still is the worst thing. Well, sometimes I used to get it for money reasons, and I really fought with it. Now I have already won, I hope, but there were battles. I remember Vanya and dad returned home one day. They bought Vanya a bunch of clothes in a very expensive store. And Vanya was probably twelve years old. I looked at the things, looked at the price tags. And she asked: “Did you still have the receipt?” - "Yes". - “That’s good, now go and take everything back.” This is important, very important to understand, especially for a teenager: it’s not your clothes that make you stand out and deserve respect.
And how did your husband react to this?
O.F.: Philip? He grinned and said to Vanya: “Oh! What did I tell you? Go".
At the end of September, the film “About Love” based on the novel by Oksana Robski was released. Our regular author Ksenia Sobchak met with the main characters of the film - Oksana Fandera and Olga Sutulova. The conversation turned out to be difficult and very feminine: about men, glamor, loneliness and, of course, love
On a sunny autumn day, two incredibly beautiful women were waiting for me in a restaurant on the pier. Beautiful not only in appearance. Their inner maturity, acting talent, and wisdom created around them an aura of real feminine dazzling beauty that no photograph can convey. But I want to say that never before have the heroes of my interviews completely closed themselves off from me when I started asking questions about their personal life. Here I had to face two charming but impenetrable heroines, women of mystery. I tried to penetrate the secret corners of their souls, but whether it worked is up to you to decide. In the new film “About Love,” Oksana Fandera plays a socialite, the wife of businessman Vlad (played by Fyodor Bondarchuk), and Olga is a provincial teacher who falls in love with Vlad and, through the prism of her emotions, begins to learn what all this brilliant glamor is really worth. world.
Olya, tell us who you play and why this character interested you? How were the auditions?
Olga Sutulova: Samples are like tests. At 30 years old, it’s nice to play a 25-year-old young lady, a naive provincial girl who came from another city. And the script turned out to be good. Everything was smooth and fine.
What do you both think about Oksana Robski’s work?
Olga: Unfortunately, I am not familiar with her work.
Oksana Fandera: I read her other books, but didn’t get around to this one. Then I realized that it was for the better. Because perhaps I would like to add additional episodes to the script.
This, of course, is not highly intellectual reading, but it is well written. I read “About Luboff/on” in one sitting, and the impressions from the book were the most pleasant, although, I know, many are prejudiced towards Robski’s work.
Oksana: Several years ago, when I was filming in Kyiv, I heard an echo of the ironic negativity that is expressed about Robski’s books. And a friend remarked with slight snobbery: “I don’t read Robski!” And then director Alexander Khvan called me, who doesn’t read anything from Russian modern literature in principle, listens only to classical music, sings zongs ( parody ballads. - Approx. OK!), generally so refined, and asked: “Could you read Robski’s stories, especially about the pig? If someone wrote a script based on this story, I would make a film.” In other words, if you abstract from public opinion, which, as a rule, is very intrusive, you can find sincerity and irony in what is called banal and mediocre.
Olya, your heroine is passionate about a man who lives in the world of the rich. Would you like to become part of this world in real life?
Olga: It all depends on the person I'm passionate about. From how he builds his life in the world of rich people.
What do you think, is it possible to live on Rublevka and not be part of this notorious Rublevka glamor?
Olga: I hope it is possible. I respect such people. I was in Monaco just now...
First?
Olga: Yes. It is not customary to work there and is even considered shameful. And to spend time the way all these people spend it, gossiping about their neighbors, attending concerts of some crazy singers - simply because there is nowhere else to go... It’s boring for me.
The story told in the film could have happened not in Rublevka or Monaco, but, say, in a village? And not with an oligarch, but with a tractor driver?
Oksana: Yes. I believe that if a man and a woman really want to sort things out and dot the i’s, then they can do it anywhere: even on board a luxury yacht, even in a Khrushchev building in Medvedkovo. But exactly how they figure out these relationships depends on their education and upbringing.
Olya, your heroine is so naive and touching... Is her story close to you?
Olga: What exactly do you want to ask? Have I ever wanted to marry an oligarch? What's wrong with that if a woman loves? But if there is no love, I cannot live with a person solely for the sake of comfort.
But your heroine falls in love with money and status...
Olga: Undoubtedly. But this is not surprising: the image of a rich, handsome man in an expensive suit attracts a young lady much more than an unwashed man...
...sick fool? Yes, but it's not that simple. Now, if we talk about the heroine of Oksana Fandera, she is complex, experiencing painful, strange relationships in the family. What keeps her close to a man for so long? I can’t imagine how you can endure one person for more than three years... I envy people who are capable of this.
Oksana: Women are divided into “marathon runners” and “sprinters”. "Sprinters" run short distances - for example, three years. ( Laughs.) And the “marathon runners”... I’ve been married for 20 years, but I don’t consider these years torment. I don't feel them that way.
Oksana, you are a fatal beauty. And there were probably situations when you were carried away, fascinated by another person... What kept you close to your husband ( Philip Yankovsky - approx. OK!) at that moment? How do you even understand that you and him are one?
Oksana: I can answer, but only through denial. People are held together certainly not by agreements, not by obligations, not by children. By the way, I had no other hobbies.
Is love important?
Oksana: Mmmm... It's something on a chemical level. There are always two keys in a pair. Sometimes one person loses the key and asks another: “Open up to me.”
Do you always open up?
Oksana: Of course not. I am deeply convinced that everything is a game: children play with a ball, and adults play in relationships. There is no need to be ashamed of this. You need to realize this and start enjoying it. In general, any relationship between people is a game.
You talk like a true actress. It turns out that you are never completely sincere?
Oksana: This is precisely what sincerity consists of. When children hide from each other while playing hide and seek, are they lying?
I'll give you an example. I once talked with a female psychologist who argued that male psychology is quite primitive: you just need to flatter them, tell them how good and wonderful they are, and the relationship will improve. But it’s one thing when you deceive someone about something, and quite another thing when you want to sincerely praise them. Do you think a woman should always praise a man?
Oksana: The short answer is: no. ( Laughs.)
Olya, you have a complex, but generally standard story in your life: a relationship with a married man who left his family and children for your sake. ( We are talking about the actor Evgeny Stychkin - approx. OK!) How did you even get into this situation? After all, every girl vows not to get involved with married men.
Olga: It so happened that all my vows were forgotten. Not quickly, but forgotten.
Could you be the mistress of a married man?
Olga: Yes, I could.
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Oksana Fandera looks great and young for her age. This attracts the attention of not only men, but also women who want to know the secrets of her youth. What allows her to look slim and young is her special eating style, her own secrets, and rules. You can't rely on good genetics. Oksana’s father is half gypsy, her mother is Jewish.
Representatives of these nationalities are not distinguished by their youthfulness.
Oksana is a sought-after theater and film actress. It’s not easy for her to find time for her health in a busy schedule of rehearsals, tours, performances, and filming. But the result is impressive. This photo proves that the actress does not look her biological age.
Oksana Fandera’s figure seems to acquire more feminine fluidity and charm over the years. In 1988, she had every chance of winning the first beauty contest of the USSR “Moscow Beauty”. She received second place only because she was not a native Muscovite. With a height of 171 cm, Oksana’s weight is on average 62 kg, her weight never exceeded 65 kg. Waist size 54 cm – These are excellent indicators for her age.
Nutrition
Oksana claims that she never adhered to certain diets, but always followed the principle of moderation. He allows himself to eat everything, but not much. Sometimes the actress drinks high-quality alcoholic drinks with the lowest calorie content.
The actress always tries to add to her menu:
- Fresh vegetables;
- Berries;
- Lean varieties of fish, meat;
- Porridge;
- Greenery;
- Fruits;
- Seafood;
- Green tea.
Oksana is sure that three meals a day should not be canceled even for the sake of a slim figure. Snacks are a must. But they should also be useful.
To do this, instead of baking and sweets, the famous artist recommends snacking on fruits.
Once a week you need to have a fasting day. The diet should consist of fruits. Such days should be regular, then a noticeable positive result will be obtained.
Sport
The actress does not go to the gym, so her slim figure is not the result of hard training. She admits that she does not like forced sports. She evaluates herself as a person of mood. If she wants to lie on the couch at the moment, then she will do so. But Oksana does not forget about the benefits of physical exercise. Since childhood, she dreamed of becoming an actress; for this profession she needs to stay in shape. In his free time, he does it at home to keep his figure in good shape from the book “The Eye of Revival.” She talks about the amazing results of these activities.
Cosmetics
Oksana Fandera assures that she does not use special cosmetics to maintain her skin in a healthy, toned state. She believes that everything comes from within. In her opinion, age is in a person’s soul. If she is young, then her appearance will not age either.
Oksana also believes that the secret of her youth is not the use of ultra-modern cosmetics, but the ability to “live here and now” - this allows you not to waste energy on unnecessary experiences that are meaningless, often negative. You need to enjoy today, not think about age, the past time. Perhaps such advice has a scientific basis. After all, the result of their implementation is the positive experience of Oksana Fandera, her beauty, slimness, youth in her mature years.
Plastic
Correction with the help of a plastic surgeon is carried out by many representatives of the theater and cinema - these are features of the profession when it is necessary to maintain facial features and figure shapes in order. Oksana Fandera has a naturally beautiful appearance. She has a sense of proportion, which allows her to make improvements, but it is difficult to guess about them.
Oksana performed correction of the upper lip. This change is accomplished through plastic surgery or a cosmetic procedure.
The surgeon decides which option to choose, based on the assigned tasks and the individual characteristics of the client. The upper lip has received a pleasant swelling, the contour has become more distinct and expressive. The actress has become even more attractive.
When comparing photographs, you can notice a change in bust volume. This operation is very popular among the fair sex, especially since after two children the shape of the breasts could have changed for the worse.
The press wrote that Oksana’s husband, Phillip Yankovsky, was the initiator of such a surgical intervention, since he especially monitors his wife’s appearance. In any case, this plastic surgery was beneficial for the actress, her figure is beautiful, she is fit, slim, and looks young. In addition to plastic surgery, this is helped by a sense of taste and style.
Oksana considers the ability to dress stylishly important for a woman. She follows fashion news and pays a lot of attention to all trends.
In clothes he prefers slight negligence. Not liking regularity, calculated colors and styles in your wardrobe. She doesn't like perfection in clothes. But the element of chance fully reflects her character, gives the image incompleteness, understatement, which gives her youth and beauty.