After nine years of relationship, actress Paulina Andreeva officially filed for divorce from director Fyodor Bondarchuk. The statement of claim was received by District Judge No. 244 of the Donskoy District of Moscow on April 15. An initial conversation between the couple is scheduled for April 30. Rumors of divorce appeared in the spring of 2025, but after that it did not reach an official divorce. The film “Moscow Evening” tells the love story of the actress and the director.
The performance that changed everything
Polina Bondarchuk captivated in the play “No. 13 D” at the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. The actress had a rather humorous and revealing role: she played the secretary Jane Worthington, who spent almost all her time on stage in her underwear.
His stunning appearance and acting talent attracted the attention of the famous director. Later, in a conversation with journalists, he admitted that Polina stood out from the crowd. Shortly after, they met in person. Even the big difference in age – 21 years – did not prevent them from building a relationship.
Romance rumours
They started talking about their romance in the fall of 2015, when the director was married to model Svetlana Bondarchuk. This marriage produced two children. But in the spring of 2016, the couple mutually decided to divorce after 25 years of marriage. News of their separation sparked rumors about the director’s relationship with the young actress. Soon after the divorce, Fedor began to appear in public with Polina.
Fans were sure that Bondarchuk’s new lover had ruined his marriage with Svetlana. But the model refuted these speculations, confirming in an interview with journalists that her family was not separated due to marital infidelity.
In addition, the director’s first wife admitted that she was not upset about the divorce, because she lets people go easily, and was the first to pay attention to Andreeva during one of the performances.
“You made a fatal impression on me.” “Finally, a beautiful actress has appeared,” I thought. Even Ved talked about it. She looks so natural in this latex bodysuit, it suits her to take off her clothes and show off her figure, so beautiful. Vidya previously told everyone what a beautiful actress she is. “And now it turns out what a beautiful wife she is,” Svetlana recalled in one of the interviews.
Criticism from abroad and secret relationships
They preferred not to reveal details of their personal lives, but from time to time they gave answers to journalists’ questions. The director said in an interview that he appreciated Polina’s decency, honesty and excellent sense of humor. At the same time, it is not boring to be with her, and her manners take him back to past centuries.
—They wrote about these girls in novels. Not from our century. Dignity, decency and honesty for them are not empty words. We have to ask Polly what books she grew up reading. We laugh with her all the time.
Polina admitted that she was horrified by people’s reaction to her relationship with Bondarchuk.
“It immediately turned out that I was a mediocre actress. It turned out that I had a lot of physical defects: everyone suddenly worried about the shape of my ears, for example. Online psychics began to predict our future on a massive scale. Clairvoyants, astrologers, palmists, mystics of all kinds – no one was left out. Do you understand what the madness started? – she said in one of the interviews.
wedding
Their wedding took place on September 17, 2019. But this event also remained behind a veil of secrecy until the last minute: the guests were not told where the celebration would take place and they were asked not to distribute photos from the event on social networks. Fyodor and Polina symbolically exchanged vows on the stage of the Yusupov Palace. Only relatives and friends were invited to attend the banquet at Bygrove Palace. The only photo from the celebration was posted by Polina herself on social networks. She appeared in the photo in a wedding dress with a long train and a veil.
Birth of a son
In the summer of 2020, the media began writing that Polina is pregnant because the actress suddenly took a break from work: the chosen actress Fedora stopped appearing in new projects and withdrew from theatrical productions. But after Andreeva appeared on the red carpet of the Kinotavr Festival in a tight dress that highlighted her curves, talk about pregnancy calmed down.
And in 2021, Polina unexpectedly admitted that she and Fedor had become parents. The actress posted a “pregnant” photo on social media, signing it: “Ivan Fedorovich Bondarchuk. 03/02/2021.” But they did not show photos of the baby, once again leaving out private moments with the family.
Until 2023, they were talked about as a perfect union, noting that even the appearance of Fedor next to Polina became better.
Divorce rumours
But in 2024, news of the couple’s separation began to circulate more and more, but neither Fedor nor Polina commented on it. They talked first about the marriage crisis, then about “creative differences,” then they hinted at Paulina’s infidelity. But for six months the star couple did not dare to clarify matters to the curious public.
After a long silence, Paulina decided to put an end to this topic. She published a post on social media that said:
“We have never been a couple who let people into our family. This will not happen now, but we considered it right to make an official statement in an attempt to avoid unnecessary speculation and illusions about us (although we realize that this is naive). After nine years of marriage, we have decided to separate. The formality of words about deep respect and gratitude for each other cannot describe our true feelings, which we reserve, even after we decided not to be together as husband and wife. We are looking forward to cooperation and friendship. And of course, we Forever parents of our beautiful son, everything changes, our history has changed too.
Then Polina unexpectedly deleted this post, giving hope to fans interested in meeting her husband. But the other day it became clear that the celebrity made the final decision to part: 37-year-old Andreeva really decided to divorce.
In April, another Russian couple – Dzhijan (Denis Ustimenko-Weinstein) and Oksana Samoilova – broke up. After quickly settling property disputes, the couple separated after 14 years of marriage. “VM” tells about their love story.