Russian celebrities who adopted adopted children. Not the father who gave birth: Russian stars who raise adopted children Foster children of celebrities
However, there are many other celebrities in Russian and foreign show business who took children from the orphanage. A selection of such stars - in the material
Margarita Sukhankina
extranews.orgThe Soviet and Russian group "" was especially popular in the 90s, but despite this, the personal life of one of the soloists of the group did not develop in the best way. She was married three times, but never had a child. By the age of 45, Sukhankina realized that she was missing something. At 48, the star first became a mother, taking two babies from a shelter: 3-year-old Lera and her older brother, 4-year-old Serezha.
According to the performer, it is difficult to raise adopted children, but she learned to understand them and put up with some of their features, making allowances for the conditions in which they grew up.
Hugh Jackman
woman.ru The actor, best known for his role in a series of films in the Marvel universe, was also unable to have his own children, and that is why he and his wife adopted a boy, Oscar, in 2000, and a girl, Ava, in 2005. As Jackman himself said in an interview, for a long time the couple could not decide to adopt the first child from the orphanage, but today they understand that these children were destined for them.
“What difference does it make whether they are biological or not - these are my children!” Jackman says.
Svetlana Sorokina
blogger.com The famous Russian TV presenter was busy with her career and had already resigned herself that she was not destined to give birth to a child. That is why she decided to take the child from the orphanage. On one of the “trips” to the institution, little Tonechka, who at that time was 11 months old, ran up to meet her on a walker.
Now Tonya has grown up. She turned out to be a talented girl and is making progress in studying the basics of musical art. Sorokina spends a lot of time with her daughter, they travel together.
Steven Spielberg
woman.ru The adopted children of the stars also include three of the seven offspring of the cult Hollywood director. Spielberg's first child is biological son Max Samuel, born in marriage to Amy Irving. Later, the director married actress Kate Capshaw, adopting her two children, one of whom is from an orphanage.
Then the couple had three children - Sasha, Sawyer and Destri, and after that they decided to take the boy Theo from the orphanage. According to Spielberg, they decided to take such a step because of "an untapped supply of love."
Ksenia Strizh
Russian actress and radio host Ksenia Strizh as a teenager from an orphanage in 2018. For a long time she wanted to take the child to raise, often went to shelters, talked with children, but she became especially attached to one of them - 15-year-old Nikita from Chelyabinsk. The teenager has parents, but they are deprived of parental rights.
As Strizh said in a recent interview, Nikita dreams of entering a circus school, and the star believes in his strength and abilities. In addition, it warms the thought that it can give a person the opportunity to have a good and rich life.
Meg Ryan
Another Hollywood star, an actress, adopted a Chinese girl Daisy True in 2006. According to Ryan, when she decided to take a child from an orphanage, she did not position herself as a rescuer, did not consider that she was fulfilling some kind of noble mission. She just really wanted to have a close person next to her. In addition to Daisy, Meg Ryan has a son from - Jack Henry.
Tatyana Ovsienko
woman.ru Another star who adopted a child in Russia is. The ex-soloist of the Mirage group performed at a charity concert in the Penza orphanage and saw a little boy with an upside down algebra textbook in his hands. At that time, Igor was only two years old. The manager told the star that the parents abandoned the boy because of a heart defect. Ovsienko found money for the operation and decided that if it was successful, she would definitely adopt this boy. And so it happened.
On the topic that Igor was adopted, the star first told him at the age of 18 and offered to find a biological mother, but the guy refused, saying that he already had a mother and he did not need another.
Sandra Bullock
damaglamura.com In 2010, she adopted a boy, Louis. The adoption took place against the background of a divorce from Jesse James due to his constant cheating. The couple planned to raise the child together, but Bullock issued sole custody, which angered her ex-partner. The kid helped the celebrity survive the divorce, and in 2015, the media reported that the actress had adopted another child - the girl Lila.
Families come in all shapes and sizes. For example, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt before their divorce were a model of a mixed family - they adopted four children from different countries, and three of them were biological. There are other celebrities who adopted children into their home, and some also had biological descendants. Who are these stars?
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
The former couple adopted Connor and Isabella in 2001 when they were toddlers. Despite Kidman stressing how important children are to her, their relationship is complicated. They chose to live with their father and practice Scientology like him. Kidman does not share such a religion, which is why the children do not want to maintain contact with it. The actress has two biological daughters from Keith Urban - Sunday Rose, who is nine, and seven-year-old Faith Margaret. 
Sandra Bullock
During her divorce from Jesse James, Sandra adopted Louis, and five years later, her daughter Layla. The actress kept the second adoption a secret for as long as possible in order to create a calm environment for the children. 
Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness
When the couple got married, Deborra-Lee was already forty. They failed to conceive a child despite IVF procedures. After several miscarriages, the couple decided to adopt children. They chose two mixed-race babies because it was obvious that they were the ones who needed a roof over their heads the most. 
Jillian Michaels
The fitness star adopted her daughter Lukencia in May 2012, the same month that her fiance Heidi Rhoads gave birth to her son Phoenix. The adoption process was long - it took two years. 
Madonna
Madonna has four adopted children: David Banda, Mercy James and twins Stella and Esther. All four children are from Malawi. Madonna adopted her first child in 2006, daughter Mercy - in 2009, and eight years later, twins appeared in her house. Once she was lonelier and then she thought, why doesn't she have children in the house? So many kids need a family! And so she decided to adopt. The singer also has two biological children who are older than the adopted ones. 
Connie Britton
The actress decided to adopt after the death of her father. She chose Ethiopia because she did charity work there. In this country, she found her adopted son Yobi. It was already seven years ago. 
Julie Andrews
The actress and her husband adopted girls Amy and Joanna from Vietnam when they were two and five months old. The couple had no children together, but both had children from previous marriages. Andrews spoke positively about what it is like to have such a large family - she was a stepmother to two children, a mother of her own daughter and a foster mother to two girls! 
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon
The actress announced in 2011 that she became a foster mother. She and her husband took their daughter Genesis, who was just a baby. Davis notes in an interview that her daughter was born from her heart, not her stomach. 
Hoda Kotb
The TV presenter is unable to have children after a difficult battle with cancer. In February 2017, she adopted a daughter and named her Hayley Joy. For her, this is an incredibly valuable experience, because of which she is constantly grateful. Hoda didn't think she'd get that chance. 
Emma Thompson
Thompson said she met the African teenager, who was sixteen, while he was homeless on the streets of London after being rescued from his country of Rwanda. Thompson invited him home for Christmas, and so he became part of her family. The actress also has a biological daughter named Gaia. 
Kristin Davis
Like her character from Sex and the City, Davis adopted a daughter. She noted that she had dreamed about this for a long time and such an experience became incredibly valuable for her. 
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
In addition to three biological children, the former spouses have adopted children from Cambodia, Vietnam and Ethiopia. Jolie enthusiastically responds to adopted children and emphasizes that they bring her great joy. However, it was not without scandals: the actress was against the fact that her ex-husband communicated with children. 
Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelly
Heigl noted that she always knew she wanted to adopt children. In 2009, she and her husband adopted a daughter, Nali, from South Korea. The girl needed open heart surgery. The couple adopted their second daughter, Adelaide, in the United States. In addition, the couple has a biological son, Joshua. 
Lionel Richie
Lionel adopted Nicole into his home when she was four because her biological parents were facing personal and financial difficulties. When she was nine, he legally adopted her. Richie also has two biological children, Sophia and Miles Brockman. 
Charlize Theron
The actress has two adopted children, Jackson and August. She adopted Jackson in her native country, South Africa. Three years later, she adopted a daughter in America. The actress says that she was always going to become a foster mother. 
Sheryl Crow
In 2007, Crowe announced that she had adopted two-week-old Wyatt, whom she named after her father. She adopted her second child, Livaya, in 2010 - he was five weeks old. The star reports that the appearance of children was the most important event in her life for her.
Calista Flockhart
Flockhart adopted Liam in 2001. In 2002, she met Harrison Ford, and since then they have not parted. The actor has four biological children, but he officially adopted Liam as well. In 2010, the lovers got married - their son Liam was nine. 
Sharon Stone
Stone adopted Roan along with Phil Bronstein. After the couple broke up, they had to go through lengthy lawsuits to establish custody of their son. In 2005, Stone adopted a second son, and in 2006, a third. She considers herself a very happy mother. 
Nia Vardalos
When the actress and her husband faced fertility problems, they decided to adopt a daughter. It happened in 2009. 
Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann
After a difficult birth, when the couple had a son, August, the couple decided to adopt the children. The actress admitted that adoption is for people who are strong in spirit. She and her husband adopted two - daughter Amaya and son Andrew. 
Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest
Curtis admitted in an interview that due to fertility problems, adoption was the only way for her and her husband to start a family. Annie, their adopted daughter, they adopted in 1986. Nine years later, they adopted another child, the son of Thomas. 
Frances McDormand and Joel Coen
Frances herself was an adopted child, it is not surprising that she decided to adopt. Together with her husband, she adopted Pedro from Paraguay when he was only six months old. 
Cate Blanchett
The actress has three biological sons. She recently adopted a baby girl, Edith. The star leads an extremely closed lifestyle, so there are no details. In an interview, she admitted that she had been thinking about adoption for a long time, because she had enough emotional strength for such a bold decision. 
Diane Keaton
Keaton, who has never been married, became a mother at fifty - she adopted her first child in 1996. In 2001, she adopted another child, the son of Duke. Keaton notes that motherhood changed her completely and was an unusual experience. 
Meg Ryan
Ryan adopted her adopted daughter Daisy in 2006, five years after her divorce from her husband. She had a biological son with him. Ryan said that there is nothing accidental about the adoption, this is exactly the child she was supposed to raise. 
Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins
The couple began the long adoption process after traveling to Uganda where they met their future daughter. They could not naturally conceive a child and therefore began to look for a foster child. However, at the final stage of the adoption process, it turned out that Lauren became pregnant. The couple now have two children.
The first sign was the popular singer in the 11990s Tatyana Ovsienko. In 1998, she adopted a boy with a congenital heart defect and thus seriously influenced the consciousness of people in our country. Tatyana did not hide the truth, invent incredible stories about the appearance of a baby in the family, but frankly told her story.
Tatyana Ovsienko with her son. Photo: From the personal archive of Tatyana Ovsienko
Our group had a rule: during tours, give charity concerts in orphanages. In Penza, during a speech at the Palace of Culture, I received a note from the head physician of the Baby House with a request to bring green apples to the children. We filled the car with boxes and drove to the indicated address. It was there that I saw Igoryusha. A tiny boy was sitting in a corner, holding in his hands ... an algebra textbook turned upside down. He was two and a half years old at the time. I was amazed, began to ask about him: who? what? It turned out that his 17-year-old mother, having learned that her son had a heart defect, abandoned him. When there were Americans who wanted to adopt him, grandfather prevented him from signing the necessary papers. “He is dying,” the manager told me. “We need an operation, but it can only be done in Moscow, and we have no way to get permission for this.”
A day later, I was in the Bakulev Cardiology Center with Igor's medical records. And I knew that if the operation was successful, I would never part with the boy. 32-year-old Tanya, who did not have her own children, quickly learned everything that a mommy should know.
After the operation, she spent a couple of months with Igorko in the hospital for rehabilitation, the boy became attached to her and called her mother.
Husband, producer Vladimir Dubovitsky, the singer put before the fact. Whether he wanted to adopt a boy or not, Tanya did not care, the decision was made and not subject to appeal.
Six months later, the adoption process began. Dubovitsky recognized the child and Igor, by court decision, received his last name. This made Tatyana happy, she was afraid that if Igor became Ovsienko, his biological mother would quickly find him. But it worked out, Igor grew up, got married, but his own mother never appeared.
Although it was not a secret in the family that Igor was an adopted child, this topic was never raised. Only when Dubovitsky Jr. was 18 years old and he flew to his mother in Moscow from America, where he has been living with his father for the last years, he asked: “Mom, tell me who I am.”
“The day before, he talked about the same thing with Vova. In my opinion, it was wrong to discuss such a difficult issue in the absence of a mother. Nevertheless, Igoresh spent most of his life with me. But be that as it may, we had a heart-to-heart talk that evening, both cried, and I offered to find his mother. But Igor said: “Mom - you. I don’t need another,” Tanya said in an interview with TN.
One of the brightest TV presenters of the 90s Svetlana Sorokina became a mother at the age of 46, after a divorce from her second husband. I didn’t think about the fact that the offensive “single mother” would cling to her. Fifteen years ago, Svetlana saw a one-year-old girl in a walker at the orphanage and realized that only Tone wanted to become a mother. Although, as the journalist admitted, before that she dreamed of adopting a boy.
Svetlana Sorokina with Tonya. Photo: Global Look Press
With the advent of Tony, Svetlana began to work less, although before that she suffered from workaholism, she devoted a lot of time and effort to raising a child. The girl showed good musical abilities, and her mother sent her to a music school at the Gnesinsky College. Interestingly, Tonya Sorokina named her daughter in honor of her grandmother Antonina Ivanovna. The TV presenter rarely attends social events, even less often 16-year-old Antonina appears on them. But when they manage to be seen together, the language does not dare to call this happy family incomplete!
Star of the famous Lenkom 56-year-old Viktor Rakov- Father of three children. From his first marriage, the actor has a 30-year-old son, Boris. From the second - 27-year-old daughter Anastasia and 11-year-old son Danila. The fact that the youngest is an adopted child, Victor and his wife Lyudmila did not immediately tell the public. They presented the boy to the press as his own son, late and desired, but then declassified. It turned out that the couple really wanted another common child, but ... "we assume, but God disposes." The long-awaited pregnancy did not occur. Then the idea arose to take the child from the orphanage. Moreover, in advance, Victor and Luda did not agree on how their baby should look. When they saw 2-year-old Danya, the hearts of both sank. They also looked at other children, but in their thoughts only Danya already reigned. We returned to him, played and ... went back to Moscow without voicing a decision. And they returned the next day. Thanks to Rakov's popularity, the adoption process went faster than expected. The child got into the family on the eve of the new year, 2009. His sister Nastya happily accepted her brother, outwardly they even look alike!
Viktor Rakov with his family. Photo: East News
When the Rakovs were filming for TN, it could not have occurred to me that Danya was not a child of his own blood. So all four were filled with tenderness and love for each other.
Few people know that the popular actress Maria Mironova has a brother. Her mother, actress Ekaterina Gradova, the famous radio operator Kat from "17 Moments of Spring" took a one-year-old boy Alyosha from the orphanage. It is noteworthy that it was the same orphanage where her cinematic children were found. Ekaterina Georgievna is married to former nuclear physicist Igor Timofeev. Their adopted son Alexei did not follow in the footsteps of his parents, served in the Marine Corps and is engaged in the restaurant business.
Ekaterina Gradova. Photo: East News
At Alexey Serebryakov no native children. More precisely, there are even three, but by blood they are strangers. When he married his beloved woman Maria, he became a stepfather to her daughter Dasha. In a recent interview with Yuri Dudyu, Alexey said that he and Masha dreamed of a large family, but ... it didn’t work out. Then the couple thought about adoption.
Alexey Serebryakov with children. Photo: East News
First, Stepan appeared at the Serebryakovs, then his brother Danila. Both boys grew up in an orphanage. Surprisingly, three children are similar to each other and - to their parents!
Adoption is not always the lot of young couples. For example, Natalia Belokhvostikova and her husband Vladimir Naumov became parents of 3-year-old Kirill when Natalya Nikolaevna was 56 years old, and Vladimir Naumovich was 80!
When Belokhvostikova and Naumov arrived at the orphanage, Kirill did not try to draw attention to himself. Other children were jumping around, grabbing their hands and asking to be taken home. And Kirill waited for the fuss to subside, came up and quietly asked: “Aunty, everyone has crosses, but I don’t. Give it to me, please." This modest request moved the actress to tears. They brought the boy a pectoral cross and soon adopted him. 11 years have passed since then.
Their own daughter, Natalya Naumova, accepted Kirill as a brother. The boy grows up as a developed child, draws well, recites poetry, he is easily given studies, foreign languages. The couple admitted that they never regretted the decision.
Psychologist's opinion:
1. A foster child is often a lifesaver for childless couples. The spouses have a feeling of a real full-fledged family, responsibility for each other and for the child.
2. The conventional argument: “It is not known what kind of genes the adopted baby has,” breaks down into the argument that our own children often present us with unpleasant surprises. Now a child into a grandfather-drunkard, then into an uncle-loafer.
3. If you decide to take the baby, be prepared for the fact that he will definitely go through a difficult period of denying the authority of his parents in puberty. Perhaps he will start looking for biological parents. An experienced psychologist will tell you how to proceed.
4. Do not hide the fact that the baby is adopted. Otherwise, you will have to live for years under the sword of Damocles, fearing accidental exposure. The world is not without "good" people. Even if you change your place of residence and pass off the baby as your own from birth, problems may overtake over time. A son or daughter will accidentally find documents, relatives will spill the beans, or you yourself really injure him.
(adopted and raised Igor Dubovitsky)
Honored Artist Tatyana Ovsienko has always loved children, but she failed to give birth on her own. In 1998, the 32-year-old singer saw a two-year-old boy in an orphanage who was enthusiastically reading an algebra textbook. Tatyana found out from the staff that Igor has a severe heart defect, so no one wants to take him into the family.
First, the artist helped organize an operation for the boy, and then ... adopted him with her husband Vladimir Dubovitsky. A few years later, the couple divorced, and Ovsienko raised her son herself. Now Igor Dubovitsky lives in the USA. In 2015, he had a son with his Brazilian wife. Tatyana does not have a soul in her son and grandson.
Sergey Zverev
(adopted and raised Sergei Zverev Jr.)
The king of glamor, stylist and world champion in hairdressing Sergey Zverev adopted a three-year-old boy in 1996, whom he found in an orphanage in Irkutsk. In the mid-1990s, terrible conditions reigned in children's institutions in the Russian hinterland. Sergei Zverev told how he first saw his adopted son:
“When I entered the room of children who could not walk at all, I almost died of fear. Wooden cribs were gnawed! I thought: "Rats!" And these are children ... I was shocked! They were hardly fed there. Food was stolen and taken home. I grabbed this boy and ran out."
Sergey Zverev, Jr., after coming of age, found out that he was adopted by finding old documents at home. His father never told him about it. Despite the fact that a warm relationship reigned between Sergei Zverev and his adopted son for many years, now Zverev Jr. does not communicate with his father. The young man is married for the second time, and his father does not accept his choice.
Boris Galkin
(adopted and raised Vladislav Galkin)
Honored Artist of Russia Boris Galkin, from the age of 10, raised the son of his wife, Elena Demidova. The actor adopted Vladislav Sukhachev and gave him his last name. The young man followed in the footsteps of his adoptive father and at the age of 10 he played Huckleberry Finn in the film adaptation of Mark Twain.
In February 2010, it became known about the sudden death of the star of the series "Truckers", "Master and Margarita", "Special Forces".
The death of 38-year-old Vladislav Galkin was a tragedy for his stepfather. “I have an absolutely umbilical connection with Vlad,” admitted Boris Sergeevich. Only the birth of Anna's daughter helped the director come to terms with the loss of his adopted son. After a divorce from Elena Demidova, the artist met singer Irina Razumikhina, who is 26 years younger than him, and at 69 became a father.
Oleg Gazmanov
(adopted and raised Philip Gazmanov)
Oleg Gazmanov in 1997 divorced his first wife and mother of his son Rodion after 22 years of marriage. The artist admitted that he fell in love with Marina Muravyova and could not deceive his wife. The new darling of the artist was married to Sergei Mavrodi's brother Vyacheslav and was expecting a child from him. When her husband was convicted in the MMM case, Marina divorced him. Oleg Gazmanov took her from the maternity hospital with little Philip. The musician adopted the boy and gave him his last name. Philip will soon turn 22 years old.
Dmitry Malikov
(raised Olga Isakson)
Dmitry Malikov, at the age of 22, met Elena Isakson, who was 7 years older than him. The beloved musician raised her daughter Olga - at the time the couple met, the girl was seven years old. For several years, Dmitry and Elena lived in a civil union.
In 2000, after the birth of their daughter Stephanie, the couple legalized their relationship. Dmitry adopted and raised Olga, making no distinction between children. In August 2016, the artist became a grandfather - Olga and her husband Jamal Khalilov had a daughter, Anna. And at the beginning of 2018, a surrogate mother gave birth to a son, Mark, to Dmitry and Elena.
Alexander Malinin
(adopted and raised Anton Malinin)
Alexander Malinin has been happy with his third wife Emma for 29 years. By the time he met her, the artist managed to become a father twice. In his first marriage, his son Nikita was born, in the second, his daughter Kira. Emma Zalukaeva raised her son from her first marriage. The artist adopted Anton and gave him his last name. Anton is now married and has two children. Alexander Malinin is happy to communicate with Plato and Arianna and regularly shows his grandchildren to fans.
Rolan Bykov
(raised Pavel Sanaev)
Rolan Bykov in both marriages raised the children of his wives from previous relationships. The actor and director lived for 15 years with the actress Lydia Knyazeva. Roland adopted her son Oleg, giving him his last name and patronymic. After parting with Knyazeva, Bykov married actress Elena Sanaeva and raised her son. Pavel Sanaev recalls his stepfather with gratitude:
“Telling about Rolan Antonovich as a father, I do not for a second belittle the merits of my own father - after all, a bush named Pavel Sanaev was born thanks to him. But Rolan Antonovich cultivated this bush. And he cultivated very skillfully: where he needed to cut, when he needed to fertilize. No matter how busy he was, he always found time for me. He could come home from work at twelve and sit with me until three in the morning, discussing my problems.
Leonid Filatov
(raised Denis Zolotukhin)
In 1982, Leonid Filatov married actress Nina Shatskaya. The second wife of the artist raised her son from marriage with Valery Zolotukhin. Denis Zolotukhin enjoyed talking with his mother's new husband. Now Priest Dionysius (as the son of Zolotukhin, who became a priest, is called according to church rules) recalls Filatov with warmth and gratitude:
“Lenya and I had an excellent relationship, I called him that - just Lenya ...
Lenya greatly influenced my character. Before him, I grew mattress by mattress. Filatov immediately took up with me, made a real man out of me - in his own terms, of course. He grew up in Ashgabat, in the East. He taught me how to talk to the punks, always be the first to hit in the face, even if the enemy is stronger or there are several of them. And I quickly overcame my innate delicacy,” notes Denis Zolotukhin.
Nikolai Rybnikov
(adopted and raised the daughter of Alla Larionova Alena)
Nikolai Rybnikov and Alla Larionova were called one of the most beautiful and faithful couples of Soviet cinema. Few people knew that the eldest of the two daughters of the spouses was not related to the artist by blood.
Alla Larionova had a stormy romance with actor Ivan Pereverzev. The actress became pregnant, but soon found out that her lover was continuing his relationship with his ex-wife.
Larionova left Pereverzev in the last stages of pregnancy. Upon learning of this, Rybnikov, who was in love with her, offered Alla to marry him. Soon after the birth of Alena, Nikolai adopted the girl. Only as a teenager, the eldest daughter of Rybnikova learned that her biological father was Ivan Pereverzev.
Yana Rudkovskaya
(raised her stepson Andrey Baturin)
Producer Yana Rudkovskaya has three children. If the "Dwarf Gnomych" Sasha Plushenko is well known to fans, then the star shows his older sons much less often. 18-year-old Andrei and 17-year-old Nikolai are her sons from her first marriage to billionaire Viktor Baturin.
Already married to Evgeni Plushenko, Yana Rudkovskaya said that her eldest son Andrey was adopted for her. The producer has never made a distinction between the boys and loves both like family. This year the boys graduated from high school. “The boys grew up, and mom even cried at the last call today,” Yana wrote on Instagram in May 2019.
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