The roles played by the famous actor Yevgeny Leonov will forever remain in the memory of the audience. In each image he created, a piece of the performer's soul remained. He always gave his all on stage and on set. The artist was married once. And the couple had one child.
The actor called all the roles his children. Leonov's wife, Vanda Vladimirovna, was in charge of the literary part of the theater at Lenkom. His son Andrey became a popular artist. Glorified his role as Sergei Vasnetsov in the telenovela "Daddy's Daughters".
Choosing the future
Andrey Evgenievich was born in 1959. He was born on June 15 in Moscow. Charming appearance and a kind of talent of the performer went to his son from his father. On the set, the boy spent most of his childhood. He early began performing in school plays, attended the drama club.
The thirteen-year-old child co-starred with his father in an episode of the movie "Racers". By the mid-seventies, Andrei managed to take part in several plots of the famous "Yeralash". In 1976, the young man decided to get an acting education. He entered the Shchukin school on the first try.
Often the son attended his father's performances at Lenkom, watched the performance of famous actors. He especially liked "The Legend of Thiel" and "Not on the lists." In the 1978 film "An Ordinary Miracle" Leonov Jr. played a hunter's apprentice. He did not get lost among many celebrities and perfectly demonstrated his creative abilities.
A few months later, the promising performer was invited to work at Lenkom. Since 1979 he has been a member of the troupe. He played a lot of roles on the famous stage. Among them are the heroes of the performances "Tartuffe", "Royal Games", "Visit of the Lady".
Filming
Until the nineties, the artist almost did not act in films. He only took part in the Basov family saga "Time and the Conway Family" in the form of Alain, one of the main characters in his youth. In 1990, work was completed on the fantastic film "Dungeon after all" with a cameo role as a pilot. With the death of his father, the son became one of the leading performers of Lenkom.
For two decades, Leonov Jr. almost never left the theater stage. In 1997 he became an Honored Artist of Russia. Filmmaking has continued since the 2000s. He played an investigator in the series "Women's Logic" with Alice Freundlich. In 2005, in the production of Yesenin, Andrei Evgenievich got the role of Alexander Sakharov. And in 2007 he participated in the youth project "One Love in a Million" in the form of Volobuev.
Three years later, Leonov starred in the title role in the comedy "Marry a Millionaire." He participated in advertising, was a TV presenter of a program on one of the capital's channels. However, the starring role came in 2007. Sergei Vasnetsov, the single father of many children from the TV series "Daddy's Daughters", at one point made the artist a celebrity.
After many prestigious awards, the artist decided to leave the rating project. The reason for this was the fast-paced filming. This decision did not have the best effect on the quality of the telenovela. However, the performer agreed not to interrupt work and starred in all seasons of the project. The final was the release of the film “Daddy's Daughters. Superbrides.
Family and creativity
The artist participated in several more television projects. In 1017, in the image of the artist Yevgeny Leonov, Andrei starred in the TV serial Margarita Nazarova. The performer arranged his personal life more than once. His first chosen one was Maria Alejandra Cuevas, a doctor in the capital's hospital.
In 1987, a son named Eugene was born in the family. The couple broke up in the late nineties. The wife moved with her son to Sweden, the husband did not want to leave the country. Relations between them remained friendly. Evgeny Andreevich has successfully adapted to the new place. He graduated from the theater institute in Stockholm and became an actor.
For 15 years, Andrei Evgenievich was exclusively engaged in work. He owes his new family happiness to the telenovela "Daddy's Daughters". From the first episodes, the main character became the idol of Anastasia Tarasova. The daughter of the pianist and composer Igor Yakushenko, who with Mikael Tariverdiev wrote the music for the film "Welcome, or No Unauthorized Entry", graduated from the conductor's department of the Conservatory and worked as a sound engineer. Later she became a producer,
By chance, the girl met the artist at Lenkom. Then the romance began. In the spring of 2010, the couple officially registered their relationship.
Present time
The couple are raising two children. Daughter Anna was born in the spring of 2010, the youngest child, son Mikhail, was born in 2013. The girl attends a ballet class at the dance school at the Bolshoi Theater. The younger one pleases his parents with academic success.
The actor does not interrupt his communication with his son from his first marriage, he visits him in Sweden. The artist prefers live communication.
He's not a fan of social media. He does not admit posting pictures and posts on Instagram. With the participation of Leonov and his household, one of the episodes of the popular TV show "While Everyone is Home" was filmed in 2014.
A year later, the artist starred in Yulia Menshova's talk show "Alone with everyone." He spoke in detail about the family, his work, new perspectives. The TV channel "Russia-1" in 2017 hosted the premiere of the telenovela "Vasilisa". Andrei Leonov got one of the leading roles in a multi-part film about Housing and Communal Services LLC working in the customer relations department and everyone's favorite Vasilisa Kuznetsova. He played Mikhail Kuznetsov.
Currently, the artist has completed work in the biographical series “Lev Yashin. The goalkeeper of my dreams”and“Sorge”. The show of multi-part projects took place in 2018.
