Childhood and family

From childhood, Danila was a very disobedient child, and therefore, with enviable consistency, he had problems with the administration of schools, which he changed one after another. Back in 1991, my mother insisted that first-grader Danila attend a school with in-depth study of Spanish, but he was soon expelled due to inappropriate behavior.

While studying at school, Danila attended piano lessons, karate and football sections. A short period of his life was associated with the ballet lyceum, from which he was expelled with a diagnosis of “unpromising”. Some time later, he entered a theater studio, where he finally found his calling and already in 1999 he played a small role as the boy Denis Seliverstov in the TV series “Simple Truths”.

Danila Kozlovsky in “Simple Truths”

In the cadet corps

In 2002, Danila Kozlovsky graduated from the cadet corps with honors. The officers insisted that Danila apply to the Military Academy, but the guy, who dreamed of an acting career, without hesitation refused the prospect of connecting his future life with the army

First steps to glory

While studying at SPbGATI, Kozlovsky appeared in several more significant productions: “Whim,” “Life and Fate” and “Warsaw Melody,” a play that brought together Danila Kozlovsky and his future wife Urszula Magdalena Malka on the same stage.

Danila Kozlovsky's acting career was gaining momentum. Soon after his debut in Shakespeare's play, his first film roles followed. Of course, at first the guy had to go through a “baptism of fire” with episodic roles: in Konstantin Khudyakov’s film “On Upper Maslovka”, the military series “Alka”, the project “I’ll Decide Everything Myself”, which was canceled after the first episode. In 2003, the actor managed to work with Sergei Selin and Alexei Nilov in “Street of Broken Lanterns” in the role of deserter soldier Popov, in the very episode where Dukalis and Larin die.

Danila Kozlovsky. Hero of his time

The first director to approve Danila Kozlovsky for the main role was Alexey German, who in 2005 invited the actor, along with Evgeny Pronin, to play a football player in the film “Garpastum” who dreams of creating his own team. The film, which received high marks from critics, brought Danila the Audience Award at the Venice Film Festival, as well as the White Elephant award from Russian critics.

Career blossoming

In 2008, the multi-budget Russian science fiction film “We are from the Future” was released. The film had all the attributes necessary for this genre: time travel, charismatic characters, an exciting plot, and a touching love line. The audience enthusiastically appreciated the acting of Danila Kozlovsky and Vladimir Yaglych, who played the roles of “black archaeologists,” as well as Ekaterina Klimova, who appeared in the image of the charming nurse Nina.

Interview with Danila Kozlovsky

After the premiere, Danila finally received the long-awaited fame and recognition. In 2009, he played the transvestite Lucy in the film “Merry Men”, working with the famous Finn Ville Haapasalo. Then there was the role of a taxi driver in the film “Moscow, I love you!”, as well as the main male role in Karen Oganesyan’s comedy “Five Brides”, where the actor met the charming Sveta Khodchenkova and Yulia Peresild. It is also worth noting the French-Russian series “Rasputin”, which, despite the participation of Gerard Depardieu and Vladimir Mashkov among the leading actors, failed miserably.

In 2009, filming began on the film “Duhless” based on the work of the same name by Sergei Minaev. Danila Kozlovsky was cast in the leading role, playing the vicious top manager Maxim, who spends all his earned money on a luxurious life with his girlfriend Elvira, the heroine of Maria Kozhevnikova.

Work on the film lasted three years. The thoughtful film, which was released only in 2012, revealing ways to overcome the internal crisis, was received ambiguously, but most of the venerable filmmakers, including Fyodor Bondarchuk, noted the excellent adaptation of the book plot and Danila’s outstanding performance.

From that moment on, Danila Kozlovsky, who had established himself as an accomplished actor, began acting exclusively in the role of born leaders. Soon after the premiere of “Duhless”, Russians saw the actor in the thriller “Spy” along with Vladimir Epifantsev, Fyodor Bondarchuk and Sergei Gazarov. In the same year, Danila was busy filming the series “It All Started in Harbin” together with Anna Chipovskaya.

In April 2013, Danila Kozlovsky played hockey player Valery Kharlamov in the biographical film “Legend No. 17” by Nikolai Lebedev. The film with the participation of Danila, as well as Svetlana Ivanova and Oleg Menshikov, quickly soared to the top of the ratings, taking pride of place among the best domestic films of our time.

Danila Kozlovsky in “Evening Urgant” (2013)

In 2014, the actor played in the American film Vampire Academy along with Zoey Deutch and Lucy Fry. His character is the charming “dhampir” Dmitry Belikov, a cross between a vampire and a human. The choice of the producers fell on the Russian actor was not accidental, because according to the plot of the book on which the script was based, Dmitry was born in Siberia and spoke with a characteristic Russian accent.

In April 2016, the premiere of the action-packed film “Hardcore” took place, the result of joint efforts of domestic and American film studios. The film was shot entirely in the first person, which earned it a lot of positive reviews.

In addition to Danila Kozlovsky, who played Akan, the antagonist of the main character, other Russian celebrities took part in the film, for example, Sergei Shnurov had to guard the parking lot, Ravshana Kurkova turned into a saleswoman, and Alexander Pal picked up a flamethrower.

In the same year, filming of two more large-scale projects with the participation of Danila Kozlovsky was completed. First of all, this is the disaster film “Crew,” in which the actor played a young and ambitious pilot who saves the lives of hundreds of passengers. The first Soviet disaster film starring Georgy Zhzhenov and Anatoly Vasilyev was watched by more than 70 million people, so the remake of the film received a high rating of expectations - viewers were eager to see whether Nikolai Lebedev's fresh blockbuster would surpass the film by Alexander Mitt.

The second serious project is the historical drama “Viking”, sponsored by Konstantin Ernst. Danila Kozlovsky played Prince Vladimir, showing his life path from fleeing Novgorod to the baptism of Rus'. Liza Boyarskaya. The aspiring actors quickly became friends, but then the girl’s father, Mikhail Boyarsky, intervened. He scolded his daughter, saying that he would not allow her to date a “fledgling youth.”

In the fall of 2008, the press learned about the wedding of Danila Kozlovsky and actress Urszula Magdalena Malki, who studied at the same theater university. Friends said that Kozlovsky married a Polish beauty out of spite for Lisa and that their entire marriage was a one-sided game. It is unknown whether there was any truth to these rumors, but just three years later Danila and Urshula broke up.

Olga Zueva. In March 2016, the girl moved to the actor’s St. Petersburg apartment.

Danila Kozlovsky now

When the burningly handsome Kozlovsky became a student at the St. Petersburg Academy of Theater Arts, he was surrounded by many pretty aspiring actresses, but his heart was won by Liza Boyarskaya herself, a classmate of the future sex symbol.

At first, the classmates were just friends, but then a passionate romance broke out between them. However, Lisa’s father, Mikhail Boyarsky, forbade his daughter to meet with an unknown “green” student. According to her friends, the girl was grieving and even stopped eating, but nothing could convince her strict father. Danila Kozlovsky and Liza Boyarskaya parted so absurdly.

Who became Kozlovsky's first wife?

Soon Boyarskaya found solace in the strong arms of actor Sergei Chonishvili, who is 20 years older than the actress. And Kozlovsky noticed a pretty Polish classmate. At first they played lovers, and then they became lovers in reality: the romance between Danila Kozlovsky and Urszula Malka began on the theater stage. During rehearsals of the play “Warsaw Melody,” the actors fell in love with each other, and then got married. However, the fairy tale lasted only three years.

In an interview, Urshula said that Danila is a careerist, and she doesn’t see him at all due to constant filming and rehearsals. But journalists interpret this position in their own way: apparently, the actress was simply jealous of her husband and envied his growing demand in cinema. In addition, Malka was 5 years older than Danila and really wanted children. But Kozlovsky believed that it was too early for him to become a father, because he was neither morally nor financially ready for such responsibility. In general, the creative couple broke up, but the actors remained good friends.

Why did Kozlovsky break up with Yulia Snegir?

After his divorce from Urszula, Kozlovsky again became a tasty morsel for women, but his attention was again attracted by a colleague in the acting workshop. This time Danya met a new love during the filming of the film “Rasputin” by French director Jose Diane. For the first time, Danila Kozlovsky and Yulia Snegir appeared together in February 2013, when the Moscow premiere of the film “Die Hard: A Good Day to Die” took place.

The couple tenderly held hands and willingly posed for photographers, and bloggers called the newly made lovers the most beautiful couple in domestic show business. There were even rumors in the press that Danila Kozlovsky and Yulia Snegir were expecting a child, but they were not confirmed.

And then a stage began that often quarrels between creative couples: Yulia and Danila began to see each other less often because of filming, each was in a hurry to make a career. The lovers practically stopped appearing in public, and rumors appeared in the press about Kozlovsky’s affair with another stage colleague. A photograph appeared on the Internet in which Danila tenderly kisses 18-year-old actress Zoey Deutch.

She got the role of her beloved Danila in the film “Vampire Academy”. Julia did not comment on this photo, and already in the winter Kozlovsky broke up with the actress. Their relationship did not last even a year.

What connects Kozlovsky and Kirkorov?

A series of love failures that befell the actor gave the press new guesses: perhaps Danila Kozlovsky is gay? In addition, he became sharply close to the outrageous singer Philip Kirkorov, whose traditional sexual orientation is also questioned by the general public. Philip began to publicly talk about her friendship with the young actor and help him in every possible way.

Thanks to Kirkorov, Kozlovsky received the main role in the musical play “The Big Dream of an Ordinary Man”: Danya dreamed of performing at the legendary Alexandrinsky Theater almost from childhood! Why does Kirkorov give such gifts to the young actor? - the press was perplexed. Are Kozlovsky and Kirkorov really having an affair?

However, confirmation of these guesses was never found, but other interesting details were revealed. It turns out that Kirkorov hit on Kozlovsky’s mother, also an actress!

He vacationed with her in Israel, from where he posted photos together with the caption “With Nadenka.” Together with Nadezhda, he flew in a private helicopter to the festival where Kozlovsky performed. After the concert, Danila joined his mother and Philip, who were waiting for him in the VIP box.

And again the women breathed a sigh of relief: Kozlovsky is still straight!

Latest news - Kozlovsky's new girlfriend

Recently, the personal life of Danila Kozlovsky again flashed on the pages of the press. On Valentine's Day, he was noticed in the company of a girl at the ballet "Giselle". He held the stranger's hand and whispered something in her ear. She turned out to be actress and model Olga Zueva. Little is known about this girl. Mostly, Olga lives in America. She starred in the films Salt, Love Is Strange and the TV series Orange Is the New Black.

Until the public received official confirmation of his relationship with Zueva, Kozlovsky was credited with an affair with the famous actress Oksana Akinshina. This spring, the actors starred together in a commercial for the Megafon company. And, as you know, the actor tends to fall in love with his colleagues on the set. But Kozlovsky and Akinshina only worked together, nothing else connected them. Moreover, the actor’s romance with Olga Zueva was confirmed.

Handsome Danila Kozlovsky Recently, she constantly goes out with the same companion. And recently information appeared that young people began to live together and began working on a joint film project. Our expert was also interested in the couple.

“Danila is the public’s favorite today,” the fashion historian begins the story. - Both films and performances with his participation attract full houses. He achieved great success and became a sex symbol of Russian cinema. And of course, everyone is interested in who his chosen one is. What do we know about Olga Zueva, who accompanies Danila everywhere? Born in Vladivostok, she graduated from a modeling school in her hometown, worked as a fashion model in America, and studied to become a director in New York. She starred in a short film by the famous director Anna Melikyan. Olga's appearance is actively discussed on the Internet. Someone writes: a stylish girl who has her own individuality, not at all similar to modern cliched blondes with plump lips. Someone, on the contrary, believes that there is nothing special about Olga, she is not at all suitable for such a handsome man. In any case, you cannot decide for Danila. He, apparently, likes such doll-like, fragile porcelain creatures that look very young, completely girlish. Perhaps her personality is perfect for him. My only advice: don’t rush into getting married. Let them live for two years and get to know each other’s habits and character well.

As for their wardrobe, I love the way our heroes dress. Danila always has decent suits that fit him perfectly. Olga has beautiful overalls and dresses. She often wears minis, but the short length suits her because the girl has a very slender figure and long legs. And most importantly, Danila looks happy next to her.”

Midnight Harmony

“In my opinion, they look good together. Olga seems especially fragile compared to the broad-shouldered, courageous Danila. The impression is that they are happy together on this beautiful deserted beach. And they are dressed quite harmoniously for such a night seascape.”

Danila Kozlovsky with Olga Zueva at the “In Short” film festival. Kaliningrad, 2016 Photo: Gennady Avramenko

Danila Kozlovsky became friends with Elizaveta Boyarskaya while studying on Lev Dodin’s course at the Theater Academy on Mokhovaya.

One day he went into a smoking room and there he noticed a beautiful girl who did not smoke, but was simply talking with her friends. Then Lisa helped Danila during the exam while performing a minuet, which the graduate of the naval cadet corps did not know how to dance. And at the academy, throughout the five years of study, they became each other’s main partners. And in stage speech, and in acting, and in dancing, of course.

In the graduation performance “Life and Fate” based on Grossman, Danila and Lisa played a story of incredible tragic love. Life turned out to be a similar story, but without the tragedy. The most beautiful couple of the course broke up. They say that Mikhail Boyarsky did not approve of this novel. However, this did not stop them from maintaining friendly relations. They often play a couple at the Maly Drama Theater. Danila invited Elizaveta Boyarskaya to play the main female role in his first production project, “Status: Available.” And Lisa, in turn, invited Kozlovsky to a charity evening at the InterContinental Tverskaya hotel, where Danila managed to easily earn four hundred thousand for the Doctor Clown charity foundation, which is run by Lisa’s husband Maxim Matveev. The money was paid for dinner in the company of Danila Kozlovsky.

Kozlovsky married Urszula Magdalena Malka, a Polish national, when he was only twenty years old, while Urszula was already 26 by that time. They say that their marriage was greatly facilitated by Lev Dodin himself, who allegedly wanted to protect his beloved student from the persistent claims of female students. The director wanted his talented student not to be distracted from high art. Danila and Urszula played lovers together in the play “Warsaw Melody”. They were rarely seen together. Danila had already begun actively filming, and on rare weekends he went to his mother. Their life together lasted only three years; they separated in 2011. Urszula, in one of her interviews, called Danila a careerist; she probably meant his extraordinary dedication to his profession. They remained on friendly terms.

Yulia Snigir and Danila Kozlovsky met on the set of the historical drama “Rasputin”. By that time, Yulia had broken up with cameraman Maxim Osadchiy and Danila was also already free. However, the actors hid their relationship until the premiere of the fifth Die Hard in February 2013. That evening Snigir celebrated her first role in Hollywood. And Danila was just invited to the “Vampire Academy”. When Kozlovsky flew overseas to film, their relationship ended on its own.

Olga Zueva was born in Vladivostok, studied at the Faculty of Tourism at the Far Eastern Federal University. Then she won a modeling competition, dropped out of university and went to work in New York. Olga managed to play episodic roles in the film “Salt” and the TV series “Orange is the New Black.” However, the affair with Kozlovsky turned out to be her loudest victory. Now they have even started living together in a rented apartment located not far from the Maly Drama Theater.

The sports drama "Coach", directed by Danila Kozlovsky, has finally been released. The main female role in the film was played by Danila Kozlovsky’s beloved Olga Zueva. The actress and model admitted that working with her chosen one was very difficult.

On Thursday, the film “Coach” by Danila Kozlovsky was released, in which he also played the main role. The actor played football player Yuri Stoleshnikov, who missed a penalty kick at a very important moment. As a result, the athlete ends his high-profile career and begins to work with a small team of players from the provinces. Stoleshnikov will have to make an effort to regain faith in his abilities.

In addition to Kozlovsky, Irina Gorbacheva, Andrei Smolyakov and Alexander Ilyin Jr. starred in the film. Danila's girlfriend Olga Zueva got one of the main roles - she played the rehabilitation doctor of the Meteor team, Varya. The actress and model denies that her relationship with Kozlovsky helped her get the job. According to Olga, he takes his activities very seriously. At first, the artist did not want to confirm his chosen one at all.

“Danila will never do anyone a favor; cinema is too important for him. So I had to make an effort to get him to seriously consider my candidacy. I helped in developing the female characters and suggested an option for the main character, which Dana liked, and he changed the script. But despite this, he continued to look at other candidates with this updated script. I was the last to be approved,” Zueva shared with reporters.

Passing the casting was only the beginning of serious work. Olga had to go through a long and difficult path, full of contradictions with the director. According to Zueva, Kozlovsky had completely different views on her character. Therefore, Danila often argued with his chosen one, which negatively affected her condition.

“I came to the set with my version, and Danila broke it before my eyes. This is my first leading role, and I wanted to show all my feminine energy, strong emotions, but Danila saw a different heroine: “Lel, take away these tears, what kind of drama is this?” I was terribly upset that he didn’t let me play what I wanted, and only when I watched the film did I understand what the director was going for. And this happens not only with me,” said Olga.

According to Zueva, Kozlovsky is very demanding and does not accept compromises and half measures. This concerned working with all the actors who played in “Coach”. It was important for Danila that everyone gave their best, showing a high level of professionalism.

“In general, filming was difficult for me - I constantly felt nervous, and here there was also a personal moment - I was afraid that he would be disappointed when I didn’t succeed right away. But Danila encouraged me and praised me,” Peopletalk quotes Zueva.

By the way, “Coach” was not the first collaboration between Olga and Danila. This September, the premiere of Zueva’s film “On the District” will take place, in which her boyfriend was involved. The girl herself also played one of the roles.