When it comes to celebrities who are raising adopted children, you most likely immediately think of Charlize Theron, Madonna and Angelina Jolie. In our country, the number famous people those who decide to adopt are much less, but, nevertheless, they exist. It's about Russian stars Oh and will be discussed in our material. Using the example of domestic celebrities, we will show what difficulties one may encounter when obtaining guardianship and what joy and love all this is compensated for.
About half a million children in our country are orphans who are brought up in orphanages and boarding schools. Fortunately, this figure is decreasing every year. Largely due to the fact that more people in Russia decide on adoption. If in the West this process has long become commonplace, then in our country it is just beginning to “come out to the masses”. Contribute to this, of course, and examples of Russian stars who raise adopted children and honestly talk about it in their interviews.
One of these celebrities is the singer and performer of all the "golden" hits of the Mirage group Margarita Sukhankina. In 2013, the singer adopted two children at once - a three-year-old girl Lera and her four-year-old brother Serezha.
“It so happened that I had to forget about childbearing. The idea to take a child who needs help and support matured gradually. There was no such thing that I woke up early in the morning and realized: that's it - I want it! This morning came after a certain amount of time, when I weighed all the pros and cons, consulted with my parents - their help and support in raising children is incredible, I would not have done without them. And if they had said no, then none of this would have happened. We arranged a family council, made a decision, and began collecting documents - a long and tedious procedure. After some time, when the entire package of documents was in hand, I was allowed to travel, get to know the children and take some steps to get closer to them. The search began, it was not easy ..
Many parents, before deciding to adopt, wonder if they can love an adopted child like their own. In an interview with the site, Sukhankina admitted that a similar fear overcame her.
“Of course, there were doubts. Moreover, I wanted one child - a girl. But then there was a problem with them: there were no girls from three years old. And my parents set a condition for me (and I myself understood that it would be difficult with a baby) that I should take an older baby. Then I started to look closely at the boys, ”said the singer.
“Then I saw the program of Timur Kizyakov“ While everyone is at home. I am very glad that it was on this day that I ended up at home, turned on the TV and saw the heading “You will have a child”, where my children were shown. Literally a few days later I arrived in the city where they lived. Everything turned out perfectly - we met, and the next day they already called me “mother”. We immediately made contact, we became friends. And I fell in love with them at first sight, and continue to love until now. And what pleases me is that every day, every month they become closer and dearer to me. These are the children whom I love madly, ”said Sukhankina.
The adoption process is a long collection of documents, bureaucratic red tape. Every parent who wants to adopt a child from orphanage, is obliged to prove that he is able to surround a new family member with love and care, as well as provide everything necessary for life.
“The main difficulty of adoption is the long wait, the tedious collection of documents. There are a number of certificates that you have to wait for a long time, but you do it, you do all this and move forward, because you understand that this is a necessity. I must say, despite the fact that I am a public person and people recognized me, no one did me any concessions, I met all the deadlines, went through all the steps. There were difficulties specifically related to the choice of the child. There was one boy that I liked, but the director of the orphanage dissuaded me from adopting him. She said, “There could be problems here. He has an older sister who is about to come of age and wants to take care of her brother.” These situations happened, ”said the artist.
“I remember very well every kid with whom I talked. This is an absolute break of heart and soul, because you want to take every child. But I understood that, firstly, it was impossible, and secondly, I rationally calculated my strength and realized that this was a one-way ticket. You need to approach the issue so carefully, to feel the child with your heart and soul, so that he is absolutely mine. And no returns. No matter what happens, we are together, we are one. This is a very serious moment, ”Sukhankina admitted to our portal.
In this material, we have collected the stories of nine more domestic celebrities who raise adopted children, but love and care for them as if they were their own.
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, personal life 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 be next to her. close person. 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.
The media often write about public people raising non-native children. Stories like this touch your heart. True, not all stars who have become foster parents cope with this difficult role.
Alexey Serebryakov
One of the most sought-after Russian actors has long been living in Canada. There, in his opinion, more favorable conditions for raising children. Both sons of Serebryakov are adopted.
The actor rarely gives interviews and does not like to talk about his family. The information that Serebryakov took the boys from the orphanage was once obtained by journalists. And then it was published without his consent in one of the popular publications. The case went to court.
Nevertheless, at the beginning of 2018, Alexei Serebryakov came to the VDud program and spoke frankly about how he and his wife once made this difficult decision. After several unsuccessful attempts to have a child, they began to collect documents for adoption. First, Danya appeared in their family, then Styopa.
In 2014, Serebryakov accepted Canadian citizenship. In an interview, he said that he was ready to adopt another child from Russia. Unfortunately, the recently adopted law prohibits this for foreign citizens.
Mikhail Barshchevsky
Connoisseur of the club "What? Where? When?" adoption of children, which he and his wife, Olga Barkalova, decided in 2007, calls, not without irony, an act of selfishness. How can you prolong youth? Become "young" parents again.
The eldest daughter of Barshchevsky and Barkalova is 41 years old. She has a family of her own. Having their own daughter and grandchildren, the couple adopted twins Dasha and Maxim from the orphanage.
Barshchevsky has a theory about how difficult it is to accept an orphan into his family: "Two years is the period for which a child becomes a family. During this time, children adopt the gestures and habits of foster parents." But all this happens, of course, only if there is love in the family.
Svetlana Sorokina
The TV presenter thought about taking the child from the orphanage for a long time. The last straw was one of the issues of "Basic Instinct", which highlighted the problem of adopted children. At the end of the program, Svetlana Sorokina unexpectedly admitted that she dreams of becoming a mother.
She did not even consider the option of artificial insemination. She began to collect documents, visit orphanages in Moscow and the provinces. Sorokina was looking for her son. I found Tonya. The girl was then 11 months old.
Tatyana Ovsienko
In 1999, while on tour in Penza, the singer visited a local shelter. There she drew attention to a sad boy who was sitting away from the noisy children. Tatyana learned from the staff of the shelter that a two-year-old child is sick, he has a heart pathology, and only surgery can save him.
Returning to Moscow, Ovsienko went to the Research Institute. Bakulev. Only one of the surgeons agreed to perform the operation. He saved the life of an orphan who soon found a family. Tatyana Ovsienko admitted that the happiest moment in her life was the one when Igor called her mom. Today, the son of a star of the 90s lives in the USA. Married. In 2015, Tatyana Ovsienko became a grandmother.
Margarita Sukhankina
In her youth, the singer made a mistake, which she later regretted greatly. Having become pregnant for the first time, she had an abortion at the insistence of her husband. Then there were several unsuccessful attempts to become a mother. Once Margarita Sukhankina lost her child while being eight months pregnant.
The singer became a mother at the age of 48. The program "So far, everyone is at home" played a happy role in this. At the end of each issue, a story about orphans was told. Sukhankina saw Seryozha and Lera on the screen and realized that they were "her children". The singer claims that only motherhood can bring complete happiness.
Ksenia Strizh
The presenter has repeatedly said that she wants to have a baby. When a photo of a 15-year-old teenager appeared on her page on the social network, the subscribers decided: Ksenia Strizh filed for adoption. But the photo of the teenager soon disappeared from the celebrity page.
As the host later admitted, Nikita from Chelyabinsk is a boy from a dysfunctional family. Strizh is ready to support him, but not to adopt. After spending some time in the famous family, Nikita returned to his native Chelyabinsk.
Irina Ponarovskaya
In 1983, during a tour, a girl crept backstage to the singer and handed her a one-year-old child. Instead, she demanded 50 rubles. Ponarovskaya gladly "bought" the child. She did not have any documents for the girl.
Three years later, the child ended up in an orphanage - the then husband of the singer, Wayland Rodd, seized the moment and got rid of him. After 12 years, Ponarovskaya met a girl, she even lived for some time at the star's house. However, a scandal soon occurred, after which the singer did not want to hear about Anastasia Kormysheva.
Who is right in this story and who is wrong is unknown. Only one thing is clear: it was not possible to become the adoptive mother of Ponarovskaya.
Evdokia Germanova
This is the most sad story from what has been said here. In 2003, Evdokia Germanova took a boy from the orphanage. Then the actress happily gave interviews and showed the baby. But the role of the mother quickly became boring to her. When Kolya went to school, according to Germanova, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. The actress identified the boy in the hospital, and then completely refused.
“You are forever responsible for everyone you tamed” - these words spoken by the hero of Exupery should be remembered by everyone who plans to adopt.
Families are different forms 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's 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 in big 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 ex-husband talked 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 their 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.
For some, adoption (adoption) is the last chance to become a mom and dad, for someone - an act of goodwill. Either way, it's good for the child. Today, all over the world, the adoption of children, for one reason or another, left without parental care, is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon. Well, public people - they are just in plain sight.
Tatyana Ovsienko and son Igor
The famous director Vladimir Naumov and his wife Natalya Belokhvostikova have their own adult daughter Natasha and a small adopted son Kirill
Angelina Jolie
The most "promoted" mother of many children in Hollywood is Angelina Jolie: together with Brad Pitt they are raising six children - three boys and three girls.
Svetlana Sorokina and daughter Tonya
Actor Alexei Serebryakov has three children - stepdaughter Dasha and adopted sons Stepan and Danila
Ekaterina Georgievna Gradova with her daughter Masha, son Alexei and grandson Andrei (left)
Sharon Stone
After three unsuccessful attempts to have a child with husband Phil Bronstein, the couple decided to adopt the baby. So, in 2000, Roan Joseph Bronstein appeared in the family. While divorced, Stone adopted two more boys, Laird Vaughn Stone and Quinn Kelly Stone.
Actress Irina Alferova, in addition to her daughter Ksenia, has an adopted son and two daughters, whom she adopted after the death of her friend
Actor Viktor Rakov and son Daniel
Statesman Pavel Borodin, son Vanya and daughter Natasha.
Madonna
The pop diva became a foster mother for two kids from a poor African country - Malawi. David and Mercy are not round orphans, but the families in which they grew up were so poor that they were forced to give them to an orphanage (children from one orphanage).
Lawyer Mikhail Barshchevsky, daughter Dasha and son Maxim
Spouses Nikolai Karachentsov and Lyudmila Porgina, in addition to their own son Andrei, also have an adopted one - Mikhail
Nicole Kidman
Married to her first husband Tom Cruise, the actress adopted two children - daughter Isabella Jane and son Connor Anthony. After the divorce, the children stayed with Nicole. In her second marriage to Australian singer Keith Urban, Faith's daughter Margaret was born, she was carried by a surrogate mother.
Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock has adopted an adorable baby boy, Louis Bardot, whom she named after her favorite singer, Louis Armstrong. Now the 49-year-old actress plans to adopt a girl, Sandra does not want Luis Bardot to grow up alone.
Michelle Pfeiffer
In 1993, Michelle adopted a girl named Claudia Rosa at baptism.
Meg Ryan
In 2006, Meg Ryan adopted a little girl, Daisy, who was born in China.
Charlize Theron
In mid-March 2012, it became known that Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Charlize Theron had adopted a child. Little Jackson was born in the USA, he is African American.
