The stars of “Poor Nastya” 20 years later: what happened to the stars of the most popular TV series of 2000

See how your favorite characters have changed.

The main star of the series was actress Elena Korikova. For her, the role of Anna Petrovna Platonova (alias Anastasia Petrovna Dolgoruky), the illegitimate daughter of Prince Dolgoruky, became an express ticket to the top of fame. Korikova was already 31 years old and played a 20-year-old girl, but no one noticed this age difference – the angelic appearance of the blonde fascinated everyone.

Elena immediately became a sex symbol of the era, but remained an actress of one role. Although there were many other projects in her filmography, she could not repeat her earlier success. In recent years, the actress has completely stopped acting and, according to some reports, lives in Montenegro with her new husband, a former official. Before that, the actress was married twice and also gave birth to an illegitimate son, Arseny, from the son of actress Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Dmitry Roshchin. In Russia, Korikova occasionally appears on stage.

Anna Tabanina played in the series Lisa Dolgoruky, daughter of the prince and half-sister of the heroine Korikova. Before that, she managed to star in other popular TV shows of the time, Lethal Force and NLS Agency. Anna dreamed of becoming an artist, like her father, but at the age of 15 she began studying in a drama club – and disappeared.

After filming the series, Tabanina decided to take a break from her profession, became interested in religion and even thought about taking a tonsure, but then she fell in love. This man was the artist Dmitry Kudin, whom Anna eventually married. They lived for seven years, had three children, and in 2014 Dmitry died of cancer.

Tabanina continues to act in films. Among her most notable works are the roles in the series “Leningrad 46”, “Bridge”, “The Expropriator”.

Ekaterina Klimova played Natalya Repnina in the series, the younger maid of honor of the empress and the sister of Mikhail Repnina. For her, “Poor Nastya” also became a breakthrough in her career – before that, Klimova received mostly episodic roles, but after the series she no longer had any good offers. The greatest popularity was brought by her participation in the dilogue “We are from the future.”

Klimova was married three times – to jeweler Ilya Khoroshilov, actors Igor Petrenko and Gela Meskhi. Ekaterina raises four children and continues to act in films and play in the theater.

Daniil Strakhov played the wayward baron Vladimir Korf in the series, with whom the main character grew up in his father’s house and immediately broke the hearts of all the girls. After the release of “Poor Nastya”, the actor was a wild success: both among fans and among directors.

For his work in the cinema, he played in many famous films and TV shows, including the image of the legendary Soviet intelligence officer, the same Shtrilits, in the TV series Isaev.

Strakhov leads a rather modest and non-public lifestyle, avoiding noisy parties and social parties. For more than 20 years, he has been married to Maria Leonová, whom he met at the Shchukin school. The couple has no children.

Another blockbuster from the series is Pyotr Krasilov, who portrayed Prince Mikhail Repnin, the best friend of Vladimir Korf.

All the girls of the country, who dream of ideal princes, immediately fell in love with his romantic and noble hero. As soon as the filming of “Poor Nastya” ended, Krasilov immediately got into the next series of ratings – “Don’t Be Born Beautiful”, which cemented his status as a TV star.

Krasil’s theater career also developed – for many years he played leading roles in RAMT performances.

At the theater school, Krasilov met classmate Ekaterina Klimova, then he was in a civil marriage with actress Natalya Selivanova (they had a son Ivan), and until 2021 he was married to actress Irina Shebeko, with whom daughter Alexandra was born.