Maria Mashkova is the only daughter of actor Vladimir Mashkov. She followed in the footsteps of her famous father and also acts in films. For more than 10 years, Maria has been happily married to musician and businessman Alexander Slobodyanik Jr. Two daughters are growing up in their family - Alexandra and Stephanie.
A child from an acting family
Maria was born into the acting family of Vladimir Mashkov and his first wife Elena Shevchenko in 1985. When the girl was born, her father and mother were slightly over 20. Therefore, they did little to raise their daughter. At the age of 1 month, she remained in Novosibirsk in the care of her maternal grandparents. Mashkov officially divorced his wife when Masha was 2 years old. Both Vladimir and Elena left for Moscow to develop their acting careers. Over time, Shevchenko married a second time, in a new marriage she had two sons. The eldest daughter first regularly went to visit Elena, and at the age of 10 she stayed in Moscow with her mother and stepfather.
Vladimir Mashkov communicated with the heiress, delighted her with memorable gifts, but for him, according to Maria, his own life and career always remained in the first place. However, the girl does not hold evil against her parents. She is wise beyond her years and has not taken offense at Vladimir for a long time if he does not answer phone calls, which happens quite often with a busy and in-demand actor.
Thanks to her mother, Masha was early on the set and played in several films at school age. In her senior class, she was even entrusted with the main role in the play "Builder Solness" by the Mayakovsky Theater. However, Mashkova did not immediately come to the decision to become an actress. Wanting to get a more reliable profession, she first entered the economics department of the Plekhanov Academy. At the same time, a competition was held at the Shchukin School, although she did not plan to study there.
Very soon, the girl realized that she was not interested in the profession of an economist. Then she tried to return to the theater school, having learned that one of the students was leaving the budget department. Fortunately, the rector Vladimir Etush took Maria back.
Scandalous romance
While studying at the Shchukin School, Mashkova began acting in the popular TV series "Don't Be Born Beautiful", where she got the role of Maria Tropinkina. Thanks to this work, she gained all-Russian fame. In addition, participation in the series brought important changes to the young actress's personal life. On the set, she met her colleague Artem Semakin, who played Nikolai Zorkin. And although they had almost no common scenes, even with fleeting communication, mutual sympathy very quickly arose, and a romance began.
The scandalousness of this situation was added by the fact that Semakin was married to a former classmate Anastasia Milyaeva, their daughter Sophia was growing up. Of course, a flurry of criticism immediately fell upon Mashkova because of her relationship with a married man. And many suspected Semakin of self-interest and a desire to get patronage from the famous father of Maria. However, the lovers did not pay attention to other people's opinions. Artem divorced his wife, and in 2007 he and Masha played a beautiful wedding, which was attended by Vladimir Mashkov. Then the newlyweds arranged for themselves a short honeymoon, going to Paris for a few days.
This marriage lasted only 2 years. According to Semakin, he and his wife worked a lot and gradually moved away from each other, and the actor's betrayal put the final point in the relationship. On the set of the film "Moon-Moon", he started an affair with his partner Sofia Kashtanova. Upon learning of her husband's infidelity, Maria filed for divorce.
Real happiness
Mashkova did not suffer alone for long. Very soon she again went down the aisle, falling in love with the musician Alexander Slobodyanik Jr. Maria's new chosen one became famous as a talented pianist, he performed at the world's best venues. At some point, Alexander decided to change his profession and was educated as a director and producer.
It is interesting that at the second wedding, which took place in St. Petersburg, Maria appeared in a rather unusual outfit. It was sewn by the mother of a close friend of Mashkova's from a piece of fabric brought from India. The original sky-blue dress was supplemented with the same veil, and a scarf was made for the groom from the remaining fabric. At the registration, besides the newlyweds, only Maria's friend was present.
In 2010, the actress gave her husband a daughter, Alexander, and two years later, the couple had another daughter, who was named Stephanie. In connection with the work of the head of the family, Maria lived with her children for a long time in the United States, occasionally visiting Russia for filming. Happy grandfather Vladimir Mashkov rarely sees his granddaughters, but for any important reason he tries to please them with some significant gift. For example, for the christening of his youngest granddaughter Stephanie, he bought electric cars for both girls. According to Maria, her daughters often receive jewelry from their grandfather, which he gives them to grow.
As for her beloved spouse, Mashkova has been happily married to Alexander for 10 years. She considers him to be the perfect father. When Maria is busy filming, her husband does an excellent job of taking care of her daughters. The actress admits that, despite her great love for her own dad, in childhood she dreamed of seeing just such a caring and loving father next to her as her life partner became. In addition, she endlessly admires Alexander's musical gift, realizing that she is lucky to connect her life with real talent. By the way, Mashkova's husband is adored by all her relatives and close associates. Therefore, Maria also tries to work on her marriage behavior and match her wonderful spouse.
