Actress Alexandra Bortich was among the 9 girls that the Russian GQ intends to follow in 2015.
In addition to this blue-eyed blonde from Svetlogorsk, the list includes Monica Bellucci, who will play in the new Bond series, Dakota Johnson, the lead actress in 50 Shades of Grey, and other celebrities.
Alexandra Bortich became famous thanks to the scene in the thriller "" (and not "Duhless 2", as previously reported). Fully naked actress in the center of Moscow, including in close proximity to the Kremlin.
- We did not just decide to shoot a naked heifer on a horse in the city center. According to the script, it was supposed to be powerful, shocking and tough - they did it,- said Bortich in an interview with the popular Russian resource Buro 24/7.
- It's hard to imagine what should be written in the script to make you embarrassed.
It's hard for me to imagine that too. If Tarantino calls tomorrow and says that I should take part in a super-candid scene in his frame, naturally, I will agree. It all depends on how the director's idea is motivated. When they say something like: “Oh, let's add a little sex; walk around in shorts, ”I answer:“ No, guys, I’m sorry. ” There is a difference and you have to feel it."
By the way, Buro 24/7 also noted the "wonderful acting work" of Alexandra Bortich in the film "What's My Name", which
- You showed up very unexpectedly. Literally in one second. Once - and Alexandra Bortich is already our main young star.
- Oh, I do not like this word - "star". This creeps me out terribly. Especially when stars consider themselves stars. A dude comes into the room: “I came! Get high from me!”
- This is how most famous actors behave.
- In fact, I'm embarrassed when people start praising me. It was like that I came to audition for the directors and they started to say something pleasant to me, and I turned purple and thought: no, no, let's discuss the script better. When I was at Kinotavr for the first time with the film What's My Name, we had a press conference, and then I watched this video. I'm just a flower girl there. They ask me something, I blush. So, there was one very strange dude, I understand that he always asks strange questions at press conferences. And so he says: “Tell me, why did you shoot the scene of approaching the ship in the hangar and why was the scene of loss of virginity so clumsily filmed?” I got very angry. Because we filmed in no hangar, but in the sea, and it was very, very cold. And here my embarrassment and indignation clashed. And it was very funny. I’m like, “Actually, there was a real sea, it was cold. Very cold. Very-very cold".
- For some reason I thought you were an evil girl. And you can attach, if that.
- Well, I can, of course, in such situations. But in general, I'm kind. I love animals!
- Well, okay, but I'll praise you a little now. You are a very organic and very technical actress. When I read that you were not taken to any theater university, I think - how could this be?
- Now I understand perfectly why it happened. I prepared myself, and in order to enter the theater, you don’t need to show who you really are, you need to prove that you are suitable, that you comply with the rules that rule in this or that institution. I wasn't ready for this. But I think it's for the best. If I had entered after school, probably my first film would not have happened.
- But at the same time, in the theater they teach specific instruments. This is how to pull out this emotion, like this - another. Doesn't it happen that you miss it? How do you even do it?
- As I feel, so I do. And this is probably my advantage. Oh, that sounds disgusting. It's like I think I'm a cool actress. That's why I don't like to talk about it. In fact, I pass everything through myself. I can just burst into tears on some stage. Ilya and I - this is my fiancé - went to audition together. There was a very powerful scene. And we rehearsed at home, just threw some moves on each other. And suddenly I realize that everything: I can no longer. I can’t, because I really went for the material, I experienced it all myself. She said, "I'm sorry." She sat down and burst into tears. I just try to be sensitive to everything going on around me.
- Well, it's a pretty dangerous method. It may not be long enough.
- I understand it, yes. But at the same time, I'm currently filming in Viking. There are some very heavy scenes. And now you are squeezed out, laid out everything that was inside. But it's such a thrill to know that you did everything you could.
- Nigina Sayfullaeva, director of the film "What's My Name", noticed you at the casting of the series "Deffchonki" and invited you to act in films. For you was the first story, no experience. It was difficult to?
- For me, this is a separate page of life. Thanks to Nigina, Konstantin (Lavronenko, plays the father of Bortich's friend. - Ed.), Marina (Vasilyeva, plays Bortich's friend. - Note. ed.) everything was very simple. We all somehow lived together. But I had such a busy year and a half that somehow everything was erased in my head. And I can no longer remember how everything technically happened. The main thing is that we spent every day together. And they just did, did, did.
- And after the film came out, did your career immediately take off?
- No, it wasn't like that at all. I came back from filming and I didn't have any work. I had to go back to work as a waitress. Before that, I worked at the Squat bar for almost a year. This is a crazy page of my life. Very cool. I worked Friday and Saturday nights. And it was cool. I remember when they decided to close the bar, it was the last Friday - and a whole hall of people who knew me came to me. Like they fell in love with my manner of service.
- And what was your service style?
- "What do you need? What are you up to? Devour? Well on. And everyone was like, "Ha ha ha, you're so funny." Well, they knew it was a joke. In general, there was such a hell of a place. You could still smoke back then. And just imagine - full ashtrays, a bunch of dirty dishes on the tables. I’m alone, I don’t have time for anything, and everyone is yelling: “Sanya! Come to us!" Of course, this is hard work - 13-14 hours on your feet. But it's a lot of fun.
- Yeah, but after the movie, going back to the bar isn't as fun anymore, is it?
- Yes, it was difficult. First of all, that bar closed, and I didn't like the places I went to at all. They show me the institution - the kitchen, the hall - they tell me how everything works. And I think, “Oh, no, no, no, guys! Everything should be different. I'll explain to you now." I even worked one night at a creepy place that came out from under Crazy Daisy. And that's where it was really hard for me. After filming, I still thought that the waiter's page was over. Now there will be something else. And now everything is as before. Even worse. I stand, look at these drunk dudes and do not understand at all what I am doing here. It was disgusting. But after the New Year, I got an agent, I was approved for the series on Channel One. I was happy. Then she came to the auditions of The Elusive, where we met Ilya, and the shooting began in the summer. Then I went to audition for Duhless-2, and they approved me again. Here I was very happy and surprised. And then there were samples from Ani Melikyan (the film "About Love", Bortich's partner in this film - Yevgeny Tsyganov. - Note ed.) - and they took me again.
- Your heroine in "Duhless-2" seems to be a cold bitch, but in fact it's terribly funny!
- Oh, I love the moment when she says: “How interesting it is to help animals! No! Or better for kids! She's just small. She wants love. But for now, she has such life attitudes: “Oh, he came to the Ferrari, and I immediately fell in love.” Such a rustic approach: break through, gnaw your way out. She, of course, frankly, is not very smart. But he knows his own worth. He understands what she looks like. But, I think, if the right person ended up with her ... Oh, it won’t turn out anymore. She also died. Heck. But if her story had not ended so tragically, she would have changed in a couple of years. She's not a bitch, she just wants to look like that. When she says: "I'm a predator, I'm in the top," she's joking. So, I think, after some time, she would have come to the conclusion that the family, the house, the beloved man nearby is the main thing. What he rides doesn't matter.
- You say that like it's a very personal story for you.
- Yes. I also came to this. Two years ago, I said: I don’t want children, marriage is nonsense, I will hang out forever. I didn’t hang out in clubs, more in concerts. Here is the band Iron Maiden - this is my everything.
- Iron Maiden? Seriously?
- Yeah. I'm a skater girl, a metal girl. When I was hanging out, everyone thought I was drinking non-stop. And I was just crazy. And in just a year, everything has changed dramatically. When I was 18 and even 19, I did not believe that in my life things could change in principle. For example, I love metal, and it's iron. I won't stop listening to Black Sabbath, I'll only listen to heavy metal and only wear rock band t-shirts. And all this chick bullshit will never stick to me.
- Did you also come to the casting of "Duhless" in a Black Sabbath T-shirt?
- No, it was already the period of formation of my femininity.
- Excuse me, but what you are talking about is youthful maximalism in its purest form!
- No, really, there was a clear realization that this would always be the case. For example, I said that all music written after 1994 is shit. Now I understand that music is different. Probably, this is the influence of Elijah. Now I understand that you don't have to wear a Black Sabbath T-shirt to love this band. I can just listen to their music with headphones. There was a funny story: Ilya and I went to visit my parents. We decided to go for a walk, and I was lightly dressed. I found a denim vest among my old things. Spikes on the shoulders. I remember how I made these holes myself and screwed spikes in there. Because initially it was just a second-hand denim jacket, from which I cut off the sleeves. On the back of the entire back, I made the AC / DC patch. And so I put on this vest, go out into the corridor, and Ilya is like: “Sasha, God, please don’t.” Although, when we met, I looked exactly like that.
- Now is not the easiest time for art - swearing has been banned, sex has been banned. The theaters are shaking. Do you feel it somehow?
- Of course. Although I think that even a checkmate can be played without a checkmate. And this is not such a strong injury to the cinema. But at the same time, for example, the scene in the first "Duhless", where Masha Kozhevnikova sits with smeared mascara on her face and gives out the strongest obscene tirade, is cool. This is a chick who until then only walks in heels and takes pictures. When Zhenya Tsyganov and I were filming with Anya Melikyan, we had a swearing scene. We hooked up so well, something like that went between us. And I suddenly realize that I'm yelling at him, throwing something at him. It turned out very cool. Anya comes up and says: “So, very cool! And now the same thing, but without the mat. It seems to me that when politics tries to dictate to the spheres of art how to exist, this is wrong. People who do not create anything suddenly try to create canons.
- You can't swear, you can't kiss a girl on stage if you're a girl. I'm still waiting, what's next?
- It really annoys me, I get turned on like a bull when I see that someone is showing intolerance. What difference does it make what kind of person orientation? What difference does it make who you have sex with? As for the bans, I really don't know what all these restrictions are for. After all, the smoke from a cigarette in the frame is so cool. I don’t smoke myself, but it seems to me that we can lose frame density this way. We are not very cool with this. Oh, I have goosebumps.
- It's scary that creative people can start to limit themselves. So that, God forbid, they don’t give a blow to the head or take away the money. Although, probably, young people are more likely to go against all this.
- This is also extreme. I am definitely against any restrictions, but no one can force you to do something bad, without love. I'm just offended that the texture of cinema can become poorer, that's all. The cinematic language is complex even without prohibitions, it is difficult to speak it, but here your tools are reduced and reduced. But in any case, it seems to me that you can either be a hack or not. Because the worst thing in any field of art is the desire to just make money, to blind you don’t understand what.
- And many people think: come on, I’ll take off in shit or take off shit - nothing, I’ll earn money, I have a family, everyone wants to eat. And in the end, there is so much shit that everything good is drowning in it.
- Fact. This is true. But at the same time, I got the feeling that we have coolness in the cinema. There are people who want to make art, want to go up. And despite everything you say, I think we are still slowly moving up. Many young people want to change something. And I see that they are given a chance.
- I can't help but ask about the scene from Elusive. What was it like to ride around Moscow naked on a horse?
- Oh. Well, I wasn't completely naked. And at that moment I was only thinking about how to wrap my legs around the horse and not fall off. This saved me. I had such a wayward horse. I like animals a lot. Dogs. I don't like cats, but I had to. Because now we have both a dog and a cat. But cats only pretend to be cute, but in reality they are such cunning bastards. And I love horses, someday I would like my own horse.
- Yes, yes, instead of a dress for 300 thousand, save up for a horse.
- Horses are really hard. But it's okay, when I have eight children, a big house and I don't have to work, I'll buy a horse!
A young Belarusian Alexandra Bortich entered the Russian cinema like a whirlwind and immediately settled in the company of the most sought-after actors. The girl, who does not have a theatrical education, managed to enter the Top 9 Best Actresses of 2015 according to GO magazine.
Alexandra Bortich in the series "Quartet"
Biography and personal life of Alexandra Bortich: the latest gossip news
Sasha's childhood passed in the small Belarusian town of Grodno, where the girl ended up after her parents divorced. The mother went to Moscow to work, leaving her daughter in the care of her grandmother. From an early age, the future actress was distinguished by an unstoppable temperament and gave her family a lot of trouble, having a rare talent to constantly get into some kind of “emergency” situations ending in injuries, bruises and burns. At the same time, Alexandra loved to read from an early age, and, having a tenacious memory, memorized entire passages from her favorite works, willingly reciting them to guests and arranging real home performances.
Alexandra Bortich in childhood
Soon, my mother remarried and took her daughter to Moscow. There, the restless Sasha was taken to a music school, and a new passion appeared in her life - music. Her choice fell on the saxophone, and the range of musical sympathies stretched from classical pieces to heavy metal and hard rock. Because of this, her classmates did not like her, considering her strange and slightly "out of this world." Sasha, in turn, deliberately raised the degree of conflict by going to school in a T-shirt with the image of the leader of her favorite Led Zeppelin group or riding a bike around Moscow at night.
Alexandra Bortich did not find a common language with classmates
In high school, the girl suddenly "fell ill" with acting, accidentally getting into a theater studio at the local House of Creativity. This lesson fascinated her so much that, having received a certificate of secondary education, she, without hesitation, took the documents to the theater. And she didn’t enter ... I had, on the advice of my mother, to go to the pedagogical one, but the thoughts of the cinema no longer left the ambitious girl, and soon she abandoned her studies and decided to prepare again for admission to the theater university, at the same time getting a job as a waitress in a rock bar.
But she did not manage to enter the institute. At one of the castings, she was unexpectedly offered the lead role in the film What's My Name. The director needed an internally free and liberated girl, and Alexandra was the best fit for this role.
Actress Sasha Bortich in the movie "What's My Name"
Filming in the Crimea, new acquaintances and sensations made an indelible impression on the young actress and finally convinced her of the correct choice of her future life path. This work did not go unnoticed by film critics, and at the Kinotavr festival, Alexandra for the first time heard a lot of flattering words addressed to her. The venerable Russian film reviewer Anton Dolin, for example, called Bortich a new "sex symbol" of Russian cinema and advised directors to pay close attention to the young debutante. Either with the light hand of Anton, or by chance, but from that moment the roles fell on Alexandra, as if from a cornucopia. And what!
She played Danila Kozlovsky's girlfriend in the second part of the cult film "Duhless", did an excellent job with the role of the protagonist's sister in the series "Shot", played one of the key roles in the crime thriller "Elusive", flashed in the company of Renata Litvinova, Evgeny Tsyganov, Ravshana Kurkova and Vladimir Mashkov in Anna Melikyan's film "About Love".
Alexandra Bortich in the movie Duhless-2
And, of course, one cannot ignore the sensational film "Viking", which became the loudest and most controversial film event of 2016.
The bed scene of Alexandra Bortich with Danila Kozlovsky in the movie "Viking"
In this picture, Alexandra got the role of one of the wives of Vladimir Svyatoslavovich, Princess Rogneda of Polotsk. Of particular resonance was the frank bed scene of Danila Kozlovsky and Bortich. Alexandra herself admits that she did not feel any embarrassment during the filming, especially since a tender brotherly relationship was established between her and Danila after working together on the film “Duhless”. The main inconvenience for the actress was the fierce February cold that reigned in the unheated scenery.
Alexandra Bortich as Princess Rogneda in the film "Viking"
"Viking" collected a record box office in the Russian box office and went international, and also caused a huge flurry of both flattering reviews and sharply negative criticism. In any case, this role only added to the popularity of the aspiring actress, having a positive impact on her already rapidly developing film career.
The actress in the bed scene with Danila Kozlovsky in the movie "Viking"
Alexandra Bortich photo shoot for the glamorous magazine MAXIM
It is worth noting that Alexandra has never been embarrassed about her naked body, and treats it like a working tool, using it wisely in her career. It's hard to believe, but there were times when a graceful blonde with a model appearance weighed almost seventy kilograms. And although glamor is not entirely her theme, nevertheless, she often accepts offers from popular glossy publications to take part in photo shoots.
Alexandra Bortich in a photo shoot for a fashion magazine
For the first time, she attracted the attention of the general public to her body with a provocative promotion for the Elusive series. Dressed in a flesh-colored tights that completely created the illusion of a naked body, the girl rode a horse through the center of Moscow. According to the actress, a wayward animal, from which she was afraid to fall, helped her not pay attention to the views of passers-by.
Alexandra Bortich on a horse in the center of Moscow
This was followed by shooting for the magazines ELLE, TATLER, GQ, which could not ignore the sexy blonde with a mischievous devilry in her eyes. For a year and a half, the actress became the favorite of Russian fashion photographers, who staged a real hunt for her. Fans are looking forward to Alexandra Bortich's photo shoot for the glamorous MAXIM magazine, as evidenced by numerous requests on the Runet.
Alexandra Bortich in a photo shoot for the glamorous magazine GQ
Personal photos of Alexandra Bortich on Instagram
Sasha regularly publishes the best pictures from photo shoots for domestic gloss on his Instagram page, which has more than one hundred thousand subscribers. There you can also see reports on her new film work and photographs from the personal life of the actress, taken during travels.
Alexandra Bortich in Prague, photo from Instagram
The most attentive subscribers of Bortich, regularly browsing her Instagram, noticed that for some time now her joint photos with her lover Ilya Malanin, whom the actress met in 2014 on the set of the Elusive TV series, have ceased to appear there.
The wedding of Alexandra Bortich: who became the husband of the actress
Alexandra and Ilya liked each other during the casting for the Elusive series, and joint work on the set turned the spark of passion that broke out between young people into a real fire.
Alexandra Bortich and Ilya Malanin on the set of the Elusive series
After filming, the lovers immediately decided to live together and practically did not part, despite the busy work schedule. Alexandra has repeatedly admitted to journalists that she loves their joint walks around Moscow in the company of her beloved bulldog Jagger and sees her future with Ilya in a spacious house surrounded by children and dogs. Therefore, when in the summer of 2016 a joint photo appeared on the actress's Instagram in wedding dresses and with wedding rings on her fingers, fans hurried to congratulate Sasha and Ilya on an important event in their lives. True, it later turned out that this was only a hoax, and the picture was taken on the set of the next series of "Policeman from Rublyovka".
Wedding photo of Alexandra Bortich and Ilya Malanin
In early 2017, it became known that Alexandra and her failed husband broke up without much explanation. It was rumored that Ilya ambiguously took the participation of his beloved in a frank bed scene with Danila Kozlovsky and the hype that arose around this, and was also constantly jealous of her colleagues in the acting workshop. Fans of the couple refused to believe in the final break in their relationship and hoped that the lovers would reconcile.
However, already in the spring of this year, information appeared about the actress’s romance with rapper Vyacheslav Vorontsov, better known under the pseudonym Mezza. Alexandra has already managed to introduce her new boyfriend to her mother, who approved her daughter's choice.
Alexandra Bortich and rapper Mezza
The actress is impressed that her new lover understands and accepts the specifics of her profession and supports her creative ambitions. And the energetic and purposeful Alexandra has a huge number of them, and the Belarusian beauty is clearly not going to stop there.
Actress Alexandra Bortich became a guest of the Gentle Editor program, in which she commented on her divorce and admitted that she easily stripped naked for filming.
Alexandra Bortich is one of the most sought-after actresses of her generation. Without a theatrical education, she has already starred in 29 films, many of which have become movie hits.
The spectacular blonde at the age of 23 has already been married and divorced. In mid-July, the news of Alexandra's separation from her husband, musician Vyacheslav Vorontsov, better known under the pseudonym Mezza, became a real sensation for many fans of the artist. Few people even knew that Bortich was officially married.
Now, for the first time, Alexandra has commented on the divorce, although she does not like to talk about her personal life. Bortich admitted that parting with her husband was a happy moment for her.
« I really don't want to talk about it. But to put it mildly, I was very glad to be alone. For the first couple of weeks, I just heard that in my situation, being so happy is simply indecent. So just congratulate me. It was very fast and it was a mistake. When you realize this, you understand - it's time to end”, said Alexandra Bortich.
Alexandra was extremely frank and told several facts from her biography, which came as a complete surprise to fans. For example, Bortich, as at the casting of her first film "What's My Name", she easily showed her breasts.
« Yes, I showed my breasts at the casting. But there was Nigina (Saifullaeva - ed.), director, and actress Lena Nesterova, who helped Nigina with the casting. There were three of us in the room. And Nigina asked: “Can you undress? Can you do it now?" And I took off my jacket. I was then more fucked up in a good sense of the word, and free", said Alexandra.
In general, Bortich had to be naked in front of the camera more than once. By her own admission, she often understood why it was necessary, so it came easy. However, one "naked" scene turned into a nightmare for the actress. And all through the fault of Tina Kandelaki.
In the painting "Elusive" the heroine of Alexandra, completely naked, rides on Red Square on a white horse. Tina Kandelaki became an unwitting witness to the shooting of this scene, took a photo on her phone and immediately posted it on the network. Alexandra remembers this day as a big test that changed her attitude to the Internet.
« Before I was naked on a horse, I did not really understand what was happening, and we all had a lot of faith in this project during the filming. And then I got on a horse and there were so many people around and it was so wild, but I could not back down. And this “wonderful woman” took a picture of me so that neither the operator nor the director was visible, and posted it on her page. I filmed this scene and went to the store, and someone wrote to me or called me, I went to look and saw this in the comments. I just had a tantrum, I sat in the toilet and just sobbed. Mom came, my boyfriend, and I somehow coped with it. After that, it's not so scary", said Bortich.
By the way, Alexandra grew up in the Belarusian city of Grodno. Until the age of 11, her mother raised her alone. Bortich says that the parent is her best friend, always ready to help.
Now Bortich is alone and, as she says, is enjoying her new state, she likes to wake up alone, do what she wants, and “spend all the money on herself,” which she described in an interview with the Gentle Editor YouTube channel.
The famous actress, who starred in films such as Viking, I'm Losing Weight, honestly told in an interview about her life: how she coped after the dissolution of her marriage, how she had to show her breasts, what is the reason for her antipathy towards Tina Kandelaki.
Bortich is one of the most popular actresses at the moment. Alexandra did not specifically study acting, but starred in twenty-nine films, and most of them are real hits of Russian cinema.
A charismatic girl at twenty-three has already gained experience in marriage and divorce. In the middle of summer, Alexandra's fans received sensational news about the divorce. with husband Alexandra Bortich Vyacheslav Vorontsov (Mezza). Few people knew that the young actress was married. Before marriage, she met with Ilya Malanin, whom she met on the set of The Elusive. Their relationship soon collapsed. Ilya became the initiator of their termination. The reason for the gap was the filming of Bortich in explicit scenes.
Now Bortich spoke about the breakup for the first time, although she does not have much enthusiasm to talk about personal topics.
Alexandra said that she was extremely happy to be left alone. For the first two weeks or so, she listened to the judgmental remarks of others that in such a situation it was considered indecent to be so joyful.
But Alexandra believes that it was only necessary to congratulate her. Marriage Alexandra Bortich and her husband was sudden. According to her, it turned out to be a mistake.
The girl answered questions very honestly, told a number of facts about herself, which was a big surprise for the fans. For example, in the process of casting for participation in the film "What's My Name" Alexandra Bortich was easily able to "demonstrate" her breasts.
She said that Nigina Saifullaeva, a director, and also actress Elena Nesterova, who was Saifullaeva's assistant at the casting, were present there. There were three people in the room at the time. Nigina asked Sasha if she could just take it, get naked. In response to this, Bortich simply lifted her jacket.
As the actress herself says, then she was more, in a good way, "reckless", free in this regard.
Alexandra more than once had to expose her body in front of the cameras. The actress honestly admitted that from time to time she realized why this was necessary, in connection with this, it did not seem difficult for her.
But one of the "naked" scenes became a real horror for Bortich. This, according to the girl, happened because of Tina Kandelaki.
In the film The Elusive, the completely naked heroine of Alexandra "walks", sitting on a horse, along Red Square. Tina Kandelaki became an eyewitness to the process of recording these frames, photographed what was happening, without thinking twice, and published it on the Internet. For Alexandra, this day was a big test that changed her mind in relation to the global network.
Until the moment of the “naked” shooting, the girl was not quite aware of what was happening, the entire film crew believed in the picture being created.
It turned out that Kandelaki photographed Bortich in such a way that the film crew did not get into the frame. Sasha starred in the scene. After finishing work, she went to work. Someone told her about what happened, terrible comments about her. A very young girl was covered with a real hysteria. After this, Alexandra claims that she no longer cares about the opinions of others.
