Every year on July 8, Zhanna Friske received numerous congratulations from all over the world. Thousands of fans and hundreds of friends wished her health, love, success on stage on her birthday ... Last year, the star died. The artist died long struggle with glioblastoma. The development of oncological disease could not be stopped by the best doctors in Russia and abroad. The whole country raised money for Jeanne's treatment for brain cancer, but fate decreed otherwise.

Fans of Friske remember their favorite singer. There are always fresh flowers on her grave, and their number does not decrease. V in social networks fans share Jeanne's songs and photos in communities dedicated to her. Today, a lot of warm and sad words have been written to the star.

“Beloved, dear, dear, our light, you would have turned 42 today. It's been a year now and I still can't believe you are no longer with us. May all be well in heaven! Our bright star, we all love you very much and will never forget you. Blessed memory to you, angel, ”these words are left by Zhanna’s fans.

Colleagues and friends also remember Friske on her birthday. Some post rare photos with the singer. So, for example, Olga Orlova once again shared a picture with grateful fans, in which Zhanna is young and happy. Others are reaching out to the departed star on their social media pages.

“How much happiness you gave to people, how much love you gave to relatives and friends. We remember you and love you very much, and nothing can change that,” wrote Anna Semenovich.

“Today we would have a holiday ... Zhanna ... Birthday ... I miss ...”, - Ekaterina Tsvetova, a close friend of Friske, left a post.

In a recent interview with StarHit, Tsvetova said that Zhanna believed in the best until the last moment and maintained a positive attitude.

“When we met, we talked for several hours - about her, Platosha, plans, treatment. Jeanne was very calm, constantly repeating the words: “When I get better ...” This was all of her. Lived easily. Somehow she even sent me a picture - there are two grandmothers on it, shriveled, crooked, in miniskirts, hats, with hairstyles, funny. And the signature: “This is you and me in old age! Let's be cheerful grandmas - light, fly! ”, - shared Ekaterina.

Would have been 43 years old. However, for the third year in a row on July 8 - including the day of memory of one of the brightest and most beautiful representatives of Russian show business. Jeanne is gone June 15, 2015, and she was only 40. For two years she courageously struggled with a serious illness - brain tumor. The whole country prayed for Zhanna, together with her family and friends, hoping for a miracle. Alas, the miracle did not happen.

Zhanna Friske celebrated her last birthday on July 8, 2014 in a narrow family circle. Few believed that the singer would live to see her 40th birthday. However, then there was hope that recovery is possible. Jeanne's father Vladimir Borisovich told reporters in 2014 that his daughter is “a great fashionista, and for her birthday he always gave her money, and Zhanna herself bought what she wanted. But this time, Zhanna did not make orders, except that she asked to bring her black caviar from Russia, which she missed very much. At the same time, he encouraged the fans of the artist, saying that everything was going well little by little: Jeanne had a tumor gone, her face took on the same look as before the illness.

Zhanna Friske

Zhanna Friske celebrated her 40th birthday in the Baltic States, where she underwent rehabilitation. She received congratulations here. One of the most sincere came from Iosif Kobzon, who, like no one else, understood the tragedy of Jeanne: “I went through a harsh school of this diagnosis, so I know how difficult it is. I am grateful to Shepelev that he is in these hard days was with Zhanna, fought for her. And it wasn't easy at all. Sheer hopelessness from the fact that Zhanna is inoperable ... "

Later, in October 2014, information appeared in the media that after a long treatment in different corners light from the most titled physicians Zhanna Friske with her husband Dmitry Shepelev and son Plato returned to Moscow. According to insiders, the singer felt good. Doctors assessed her condition as stable remission. Outwardly, Zhanna also got in shape: she lost weight, began to move independently, and her eyesight was restored.

In the winter of 2015, Dmitry Shepelev spoke about his wife’s health and simple family joys: “You can’t live tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, after some time. Zhanna and I allow ourselves to go out to a restaurant, to take a walk. We don't intend to hide at all. What for? Recently we were at the Vakhtangov Theatre, watched "Eugene Onegin". I have already seen this production and really wanted Zhanna to see it. She liked it". showman everything free time dedicated to his family, his son Plato, who in April 2015 turned two years old. By the way, Dmitry then admitted that he dreams of a second child from Zhanna and believes that this is possible. In March, Dmitry became aware that he was going to make a marriage proposal to his beloved. But Jeanne's condition deteriorated sharply.

Dmitry Shepelev and Zhanna Friske

Two months before her death, Zhanna said goodbye to her father. “Two months before, she had not spoken, except very quietly. It was a very good day, I went up to her, sat down. She took my hand and said, "Daddy, I love you very much." She didn't say anything else to anyone. Apparently, she said goodbye, - Vladimir Borisovich Friske recalled the difficult moments in an interview. - On the day she died, doctors from China arrived. They drove for a very long time, because at first they were saving someone. I met them at 03:30. They came, looked, said, they say, a month ago we could still do something, but today we are already refusing to take it. And on that day she died.

The last two days, Zhanna Friske was unconscious and passed away at home. Her parents were next to her. Native sister and best friend Olga Orlova. Civil husband Dmitry Shepelev with the son of the singer Platon was in Bulgaria at that time. Little Plato was not at the funeral: the family decided not to injure the child's psyche with the news of the mother's death.

Almost immediately after the death of Zhanna Friske, a scandal erupted between her relatives and her common-law husband because of the singer's son. In August 2015 Friske's friend Anna Shvets said that Dmitry took Plato and stopped all communication with the Friske family: “Vladimir Borisovich, his wife and daughter can’t find a place for themselves. They just lost Zhannochka, and then they also lost their grandson ... " When Shepelev came for Plato's things, Friske's father left home so as not to meet with him, because “he was afraid that he would not restrain himself. It turned out that disagreements between Shepelev and Jeanne's family arose a long time ago. According to Friske's friend, Zhanna's father initially believed that Dmitry was using his daughter, but, seeing her happy eyes, he tried not to interfere.


An even bigger scandal arose because of the money that was collected for the treatment of the singer. In January 2017, Rusfond filed a lawsuit against the relatives of Zhanna Friske in order to find out where the millions allocated for the treatment of the artist disappeared. According to the fund, more than 20 million rubles were transferred to Friske's account, of which only one fifth went to the treatment of the star. The Friske family was able to provide documents for only 4 million spent on doctors and medicines. Friske filed a motion to dismiss the case at the suit of Rusfond, but the judge ruled that the consideration of the case on the return of 21.6 million rubles would continue.

Until now, the war for Jeanne's son between Dmitry Shepelev and the Friske family has not subsided. The showman made a schedule of Plato's meetings with the relatives of his deceased common-law wife and insisted that these meetings take place in a closed room. At the same time, all members of the Friske family should have been present at the meeting at once. The relatives of the ex-soloist of the "Brilliant" did not like this decision.

The conflict between the family of Zhanna Friske and Dmitry Shepelev not only does not subside, but is also gaining momentum

Moreover, the conflict between Zhanna Friske's family and Dmitry Shepelev began to gain momentum. In June, the warring parties raised the issue of how to share the mansion, which the singer acquired while living with the showman. The property has four owners: Dmitry Shepelev with his son Platon and Vladimir Friske with his wife. “Half the house and half the land belongs to me. The purchase was made jointly. The repair was carried out with my money, ”Dmitry said and added that he wants the property to go to his son. But they cannot live in the Shepelev house with their son, since Zhanna's father does not allow it. At first, Vladimir Friske claimed that he did not need Jeanne's inheritance, and he was ready to give the house to the child. But in the show “Let them talk" Other words were heard from the singer's father: “I wanted to give him a house, but after his very words he will not receive a house. I’d rather let the Tajiks go there, but I won’t give it to him.”

Dmitry Shepelev with the son of Zhanna Friske Platon

By the way, no matter how the father of Zhanna Shepeleva scolded, the fact remains: Dmitry devoted himself entirely to the education of Plato. The day of the boy, who, like two drops of water, looks like Zhanna Friske, is scheduled by the hour: English School, kindergarten, gymnastics, swimming pool, modeling, music lessons in the international Jewish center. And now, on Jeanne's 43rd birthday, her son and his father are resting in Greece. In his microblog on Instagram, the showman publishes vacation shots. And the video, in which Plato runs along the embankment, Dmitry called "Happiness."

The video in which Plato runs along the embankment, Dmitry Shepelev called "Happiness"

Zhanna Friske is one of the most bright stars domestic show business. For my short life she had a fast-paced career. Soloist of the star cast of the Brilliant group, singer, film actress, TV presenter, participant in several rating television projects and incredibly beautiful woman, which many compatriots called a sex symbol. Jeanne was like a bright comet, illuminating the sky with warm light and leaving a gentle smile as a memory of herself.

Photo of the singer | Wmj.ru

The meeting of the parents of the future star took place in 1973. Vladimir Friske, an artist and employee of the Moscow House of Arts, saw the Ural beauty Olga Kopylova on one of the Moscow streets. The smiling girl fell in love with a Muscovite at first sight.

With the wedding, the couple decided not to delay. Less than six months later, marriage stamps appeared in their passports. Vladimir took his wife's surname and became Kopylov. In the mid-1990s, when Zhanna began to make a career in show business, she took the name of her grandmother, the Volga German woman Paulina Wilhelmovna Friske, for her stage name.


baby photos

In July 1974, twins appeared in the Kopylov family - a boy and a girl. The twins were born prematurely, in the seventh month of pregnancy. Unfortunately, the son was found to have a congenital pathology. The boy died soon after. But the girl, who received the name Zhanna, managed to dispel the grief of her parents. The baby was like a ray of light. At baptism, she received the name Anna.

Zhanna Kopylova, it seems, was born an artist. The baby showed good hearing and beautiful voice. She was invited to school amateur performances. Yes, and the girl knew how to dance, so from childhood she attended a school of sports dances and a ballet studio. And also managed to rhythmic gymnastics and acrobatics.


Early photos singers | fishki.net

When Zhanna was 12 years old, she had a sister, Natalia. When the younger sister grew up, the girls became real friends. Parents raised their daughters in strictness.

After graduating from the 406th school in the Perovo metropolitan area, Zhanna Kopylova became a student of the Moscow humanitarian university. She chose the faculty of journalism. But already in the third year she realized that she was not interested here. Therefore, without regret, she left the university and went to look for her place under the sun.

In search of earnings, Jeanne got a job as an office furniture sales manager in one of the capital's firms. Later she began teaching choreography at the Sports Palace.

Group "Brilliant"

According to one version, Zhanna came to the Brilliant group thanks to her acquaintance with in 1995. According to another version, Kopylova was invited by producer Andrei Gromov in 1996. He knew that the girl was professionally engaged in choreography, and at that time the group needed a consultant.


In the group "Brilliant" | ELLE

After several rehearsals, the producer realized that Jeanne "fits" perfectly into the "brilliant" team. Bright appearance, the ability to move, a pleasant voice - she had everything necessary for a singer's career. The girl took the stage name Zhanna Friske and in May 1997 became the fourth member of the Brilliant pop project. At that time, Olga Orlova, Polina Iodis and Koroleva were already working in the girl band. Soon one of the "sequins" - Varvara - left the group. Irina Lukyanova took her place.

It cannot be said that Zhanna Friske's father was delighted with his daughter's decision to become a singer and lead touring life. But seeing the success of the incendiary quartet and the rapidly growing popularity of the girls, he realized that the eldest daughter had found her way.


As part of the group "Brilliant" | NG72.ru

Together with the group "Brilliant" Zhanna Friske participated in the recording of the disc "Just Dreams", which appeared in 1998. The resounding success of the "brilliant" creativity prompted the producer to quickly record new collections of hits. Soon the albums "About Love", "Over the Four Seas" and "Orange Paradise" appeared. The latest album is a collection of covers written for popular Soviet songs.


On stage with "Brilliant" | Woman.ru

It is noteworthy that Zhanna Friske recorded "Orange Paradise" with a completely renewed team. The former participants were replaced, and. After the release of this album creative biography Zhanna Friske made a sharp turn: the singer realized that she had “outgrown” the girl band and was “ripe” for a solo career. At that time, the name of the star was known to everyone.

Solo career

In the fall of 2005, Zhanna Friske presented her fans with her debut solo album, which she gave her name - "Zhanna". Some songs of the album became hits and hit the top lines of radio and music TV rotations. Clips appeared on the compositions "La-la-la", "I'm flying into the dark" and "Somewhere in the summer".

In total, the album included 9 original songs by Friske and 4 remixes.

According to music critic Boris Barabanov, the best, but underestimated song of Zhanna Friske, which she recorded after leaving the Brilliant, is Western. She appeared in 2009 and was recorded with. The lyrics for the composition were written by Ivan Alekseev (Noize MC).

A year after the release of her debut album, Zhanna Friske re-released it, adding a couple of remixes and three video clips. During this period, the singer collaborated with.


On stage | KP

Unfortunately, the first disc turned out to be the last, although Zhanna Friske was not going to end her vocal career. After the release of the album, she recorded 17 more new singles, some of them along with other well-known colleagues. For example, the track "Malinka" Friske released together with the guys from "Disco Crash", "Western" with Tanya Tereshina, with she sang the hit "You are near", and with - the song "Snow falls quietly".

The last hit of Zhanna Friske called "Love wanted" was released shortly before her death - in 2015. Maturity, professionalism, brilliance and sexuality - this is how music critics characterize the latest songs of the star.

The television

Her fans were convinced of the versatility of talent and innate artistry of Zhanna Friske after the star's participation in several rating television shows and appearances in films.

In 2003, Friske took part in the 4th season of the reality show The Last Hero. The artist spent several months in a star company on desert island South America. Survival conditions were, without exaggeration, harsh. There were plenty of life-threatening and health-threatening moments. For example, by negligence he poisoned the rest of the project participants poison frogs. Drozdov was sure that after removing the skin, frog meat was not dangerous.


In the show "The Last Hero" | Tengri Mix

Later, Zhanna Friske discovered an allergy previously unknown to her. As it turned out, this is how the woman's body reacted to some exotic plants.

Nevertheless, the participant courageously reached the final, although she lost the leadership position to Yana Volkova. The spectators, who carefully observed the behavior of the stars in unusual for them, by no means hothouse conditions, were amazed and delighted with the personal qualities of Zhanna Friske. The singer behaved with dignity, demonstrated royal restraint, calmness and invariably good relations to your colleagues.


In the show "Circus with Stars" | liveinternet

After returning to the capital, Zhanna Friske, inspired by new experience and having received invaluable knowledge about a previously unfamiliar life, made the final decision not to return to the Brilliant group. She seemed to feel the strength in herself for independent flight.

In the 2000s, the star was invited to various television projects. Zhanna Friske participated in the shows "Heart of Africa", "Empire", "Circus with Stars" and "Circus".


In the project "Holidays in Mexico" | Holidays in Mexico

In 2008, she took part in the second season of the popular show " ice Age". At first she skated with Vitaly Novikov, but then she became her partner.

3 years later, in 2011, Zhanna Friske hosted the reality show Vacation in Mexico. But the heavy workload forced the artist to abandon work in the second season, passing the baton.

Movies

In addition to her solo career, the artist tried herself as an actress and TV presenter. In 2004, viewers saw the blockbuster " The night Watch". Zhanna Friske got the image of the charming and freedom-loving singer Alisa Donnikova. In this image, many fans recognized the star herself. But Donnikova turned out to be not only a singer, but also a dark witch capable of deceit.


In the film "Night Watch" | New Newspaper

A successful acting debut inspired Zhanna Friske to continue her film career. In 2005, the artist agreed to participate in the continuation of the saga about the confrontation between dark and light forces. This time, her character got more screen time. The audience watched in awe as the love story unfolded on the screen. Alisa Donnikova had to make a choice between a character - a dark lord named Zabulon, and a romantic young vampire Kostya, whom he brilliantly embodied on the screen.

For her work in Day Watch, Zhanna Friske was awarded the MTV Award in the Best Actress nomination.


In the film "What Men Talk About" | Rosbalt

After 4 years, in 2010, the actress appeared on the screen again. This time in the psychological drama of Klim Shipenko "Who am I?". Unfortunately, the film was not as successful as previous blockbusters. But a comedy in the road movie genre by Dmitry Dyachenko called “What Men Talk About” collected almost $ 12 million at the domestic box office.

The film was liked by both the audience and film critics, who generously "showered" the comedy with laudatory reviews. Zhanna Friske appeared in this project in the role of herself. Her cameo turned out with a fair amount of self-irony. And the pretty men's company "Quartet I" in person, and only emphasized the female charm of the actress.


Talented singer | Svopi.ru

Three more films in which Zhanna Friske appeared in the role of a cameo - "The First Ambulance", "Beauty Requires" and "New Year's Matchmakers". In 2013, the last film project of the actress called. Odnoklassniki.ru: CLICK for good luck. Her filmography includes more than a dozen works.

Friske was one of the few stars who managed to overcome the stereotype that accompanies most of her colleagues. After participating in television projects and cinema, Jeanne was perceived not as a singer, but as an artist in the broadest sense of the word. She was a self-sufficient TV star who managed to realize herself equally well in all guises.


Photo of TV presenter | Days.Ru

It is noteworthy that Zhanna Friske was not afraid to destroy the stereotypes associated with her person. For example, in The Last Hero, she went for what many of her colleagues are so afraid of: the star allowed herself to be filmed without makeup, from the most disadvantageous angles. And in the comedy What Men Talk About, she laughed with ease and subtle self-irony at the established reputation of a sex symbol and a fatal beauty. As critic Boris Barabanov later admitted, Friske demonstrated "exactly the degree of intelligence and self-irony that men in women are so afraid of."

Personal life

Zhanna Friske was the object of desire for thousands of men. The army of admirers of the sexy beauty grew rapidly. There were a lot of rumors and gossip about the personal life of the star. She was credited with novels with the leader of the "Inveterate Scammers" Sergei Amoralov, with the lead singer of the group "Hi-Fi". There was gossip about the singer's connection with the main macho of Russian show business. But there was no evidence or confirmation of these "novels".


With Ilya Mitelman

And yet, the ubiquitous paparazzi unearthed some information about Zhanna Friske's personal life. At the dawn of her career, the aspiring singer met with the famous Moscow businessman Ilya Mitelman. He sponsored several of her projects. There were rumors about the imminent wedding of this couple. But for some unknown reason, it never came to a wedding dress. Perhaps this "romance" existed only in the rich imagination of the journalistic fraternity. After all, Zhanna Friske herself did not confirm it.


With Alexander Ovechkin

In 2006, the VIP party started talking about the singer's romance with the hockey player. And again, a “false start”: the athlete was carried away by another “ex-brilliant” - Ksenia Novikova. Truth, joint photos Friske and Ovechkin still appeared in the tabloids.

In August 2011 in the funds mass media wrote about the new hobby of the star. This time, her chosen one was a TV presenter. But the couple denied the connection. In the end, most fans of the star agreed that the novel by Friske and Shepelev is a kind of marketing ploy to draw attention to two media people.


C | viva

But in the winter of 2012, the ubiquitous paparazzi took pictures of Jeanne and Dmitry's joint vacation in Miami. The unsuspecting couple did not at all resemble two colleagues who are connected exclusively by a working relationship. Soon a spicy story surfaced with a SPA-salon, which was ordered by lovers for the May Day holidays “for two”.

The doubts were finally dispelled when an intriguing entry appeared on Zhanna Friske's twitter: "Darling, our love story ... will run in diapers." To which Dmitry Shepelev replied: “I want our love story to run as soon as possible.”


So fans of the 38-year-old artist learned about Jeanne's pregnancy and who is the father of the baby.

The firstborn, named Plato, was born in April 2013 in Miami. The couple spent the first few months in America. The lovers planned to hold the wedding ceremony after returning to Moscow.

Disease

Zhanna Friske found out about her terrible diagnosis during pregnancy. Doctors diagnosed her with an inoperable brain tumor. According to unconfirmed rumors, the woman was offered immediate chemotherapy. But she refused it for fear of harming the baby.

For a long time, relatives and fans of the artist did not know about Zhanna Friske's illness. But after the birth of Plato, the terminally ill star could no longer hide her condition. Zhanna's father Vladimir Kopylov admitted that his daughter had glioblastoma, cancer. The diagnosis was confirmed by the chief oncologist of the country, Mikhail Davydov.


Singer's illness

In January 2014, the woman was treated in a clinic in New York. There were various rumors about the cause of Zhanna Friske's illness. Some "specialists" argued that the IVF procedure, which the woman allegedly resorted to in order to become a mother, could be the impetus for the development of the disease. But this hypothesis has no confirmation.

The whole country collected money for the treatment of a beloved star. After the official announcement of Friske's illness, Channel One began fundraising. In total, more than 66 million rubles were accumulated. A little later, another million was credited to Rusfond's accounts. On the foundation's website, Jeanne warmly thanked everyone who transferred money.


During illness | ea.md

In the summer of 2014, the artist's fans breathed a sigh of relief. There was information that Zhanna Friske and her family, after a long and difficult treatment, are undergoing a period of rehabilitation in Jurmala, on the Riga coast. In autumn, a star appeared in the capital. She was even able to refuse a wheelchair.

But the insidious disease returned. This was announced in February 2015 in the program "Tonight". He said that Zhanna Friske again went to the American clinic and resumed treatment. Soon she came from Los Angeles to Moscow, where the doctors of the N. N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center continued to fight for her life.

Death

Zhanna Friske spent the last three months of her life in a coma. Desperate relatives fought to save her by all means, including turning to alternative medicine.


Photos from the funeral | Newspaper.ru

Relatives, friends and thousands of fans said goodbye to their favorite in the concert hall "Crocus City Hall". The funeral service was held at the Epiphany Cathedral in Yelokhovo. Zhanna Friske was buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery.

At the end of 2016, a monument in the form of a full-length sculpture of Jeanne appeared on the grave of the artist.

Scandal after Jeanne's death

The scandal erupted immediately after the death of the singer. It seems that he was already smoldering when the woman was on her deathbed. Zhanna Friske's family - her father, mother, sister Natalya and close friend Olga Orlova were not shy in expressions when it came to civil husband artist Dmitry Shepeleva. It was said that he left and took his son to a resort in Bulgaria when Zhanna was dying.


Father, mother and sister of the singer

Later it was reported that Dmitry forbade the family dead wife communicate with his son Platon Shepelev. All this crazy cacophony spilled onto the TV screens in Malakhov's scandalous show "Let them talk", dividing Friske's fans into two irreconcilable camps.

From time to time in the yellow media they wrote about the alleged attack of Vladimir Kopylov on the failed son-in-law. Shepelev announced the threats that he received from his father Friske. He accused Dmitry of selling the latest photographs of his terminally ill wife to the yellow press and promised to sue the right to raise his grandson.


Zvezdnie news

Rumors about more than 20 million rubles stolen from Rusfond, which were to be used for the treatment of children with cancer, added fuel to the fire. The singer's relatives pointed to Dmitry Shepelev, he answered them the same. In the end, it turned out that the money had not gone anywhere.

At the very end of 2016, the scandal began to subside. The conflicting parties divided the property left over from the deceased star. Relatives got a Moscow apartment, and Dmitry and Platon Shepelev - Vacation home Zhanna Friske in the Moscow region.


Life!

In December 2016, when the pain bereavement calmed down somewhat, Dmitry Shepelev presented his book to Zhanna Friske's fans, published in Eksmo, which he called Zhanna. Love and illness in the life story of Zhanna Friske". It has much earlier unknown details O recent years life, about the months and weeks before the artist's death.

Dmitry said that in the house where he lives with his son, there are many photographs of Zhanna, and Plato, who is 3 years old, remembers his mother well.

Discography

  • 2005 - "Jeanne"

Filmography

  • 2004 - Night Watch
  • 2005 - Day Watch
  • 2006 - "First Ambulance"
  • 2007 - "First at home"
  • 2008 - "Beauty requires"
  • 2010 - "What Men Talk About"
  • 2010 - "Who am I?"
  • 2010 - "New Year's matchmakers"
  • 2011 - “Point Doc. Ten last days
  • 2013 - "Odnoklassniki.ru: CLICK for luck"

Another former soloist of this group, Olga Orlova, decided to do without words and simply published a joint photo with Zhanna.

the site reminds of those that Zhanna gave to our journalists in different years. We took several important quotes from them, which allow us to better understand the phenomenon of this amazing woman, who was loved not only for her beauty and talent, but simply because she was...

About myself

“Screaming at me is useless - I immediately lock myself up. I need to calmly explain everything.

“The mistakes of others have not taught anyone yet. Until life knocks on the head - one, two, three, until it makes you cry well from the consequences of your own stupidity - you won’t pick up your mind.

About relationships

“I am the owner. A man should become a part of me, and if suddenly someone is going to tear this part away from me, it will hurt, I know that. Passed. I don't want to again"

“Yes, never in life, no one will give anything just like that! Even if you were given a car, you already owe something for this car. Attention, lunches, dinners. You've been hooked! It doesn't happen otherwise. Payback is sure to follow, and it's not always a bed."

“My parents got married young. We met by chance in Moscow. A romance broke out, and four months later they had already signed. A year later, my twin brother and I were born. Unfortunately, he died during childbirth.

About her sister: “Of the 25 concerts in which I was supposed to participate, I came to ten. And she justified herself like a little one: “Oh, I was sick!” All your life you hide behind mythical diseases. What do you say to my persistent attempts to send you to fitness? "Tomorrow! Today my leg hurts.

About money and profession

“While studying at the institute, I realized that I needed to earn money - for tights, cosmetics, cafes. My parents didn't give me much money. “Your whims,” said dad, “you must pay for yourself.”

“For many years, my father could not understand the seriousness of my romance with show business, he tried to persuade me: “Quit doing nonsense.”

“I understand why artists, when they leave the stage, cannot find themselves and become depressed. You get used to being in the process all the time. As soon as you stopped - that's it, you died.

Zhanna Vladimirovna Friske (Kopylova) - soloist of the group "Brilliant" from 1996 to 2003. From 2003 to 2013 built solo career. She starred in the films Night Watch, What Men Talk About, participated in the reality show The Last Hero, and was the host of the Vacation in Mexico project.

Zhanna Friske's childhood

In 1973, the fateful meeting of Zhanna Friske's future parents took place: Vladimir Friske, an employee of the Moscow House of Arts, ran into Olga Kopylova, a smiling and energetic Cossack woman from the Urals, on one of the capital's streets. Four months after they met, stamps appeared in their passports, indicating the beginning family life. The happy groom took the bride's surname and became Vladimir Kopylov.


A year later, the couple shocked their relatives with good news: Olga Kopylova became pregnant. On July 8, 1974, royal twins were born. The boy and girl were born in the seventh month of pregnancy; Jeanne's brother was found to have a congenital intestinal pathology - he could not survive.


Vladimir was strict eldest daughter and did not allow her to waste time in vain: Jeanne was engaged in ballet, sports dancing, rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatics, and participated in school performances.


In 1986, the Friske-Kopylov family increased - the second daughter Natasha was born. Despite the 12-year age difference, the sisters became real friends. The younger Kopylova also showed herself as a creative person: she was engaged in singing and dancing.


In the senior class, her father took Jeanne to audition for Mosfilm. The tests were unsuccessful, but Vladimir nevertheless pushed his daughter to shoot commercials about vacuum cleaners and sports equipment.


In 1991, Zhanna graduated from school No. 406 in Perovo and entered the Moscow humanitarian Institute, giving preference to the faculty of journalism. Three years later, the girl left the university without receiving the coveted crust. In search of earnings, she got a job as a secretary in a construction company, and after that she became a teacher of plasticity and choreography.

In 1996, Zhanna Kopylova met producer Andrei Gromov, who at that moment was engaged in the girl's pop project "Brilliant". At that time, the group included Olga Orlova, Polina Iodis and Varvara Koroleva. Andrei knew that Jeanne was a professional dancer, and invited the girl to the position of choreography consultant.


In the same year, the Brilliant released their first solo album, Tam, Only There, and were ready to go on tour in Russia, but before the start of the tour, Varvara announced that she was leaving the group for the sake of family happiness. Soloist Irina Lukyanova took her place, and in May 1997 Grozny proposed introducing a fourth "sequin" - Zhanna.


The girl needed a pseudonym; as a stage name, Zhanna took a sonorous and fairly well-known paternal surname. Despite this step, at first Vladimir was upset by the career choice of his eldest daughter, but when it became clear that the incendiary quartet was just right for Russian stage changed anger to mercy.

Brilliant - "And I kept flying"

Together with Zhanna Friske, "Brilliant" recorded four albums: the disc "Just Dreams" in 1998, two years later - the album "About Love". It was followed by "Over the Four Seas" and "Orange Paradise", which, in fact, was a collection of covers of popular Soviet songs. During the recording of "Orange Paradise", no one remained from the original composition of the "Brilliant": Ksenia Novikova, Anna Semenovich and Yulia Kovalchuk now sang along with Zhanna.

The album became Jeanne's final project as part of the "Brilliant". The reason for leaving was prosaic - the girl realized that she had "outgrown" the girl band period and decided to devote time to her solo career.

Solo career of Zhanna Friske

In October 2005, Zhanna's debut solo album was released, recorded with the participation of Andrei the Terrible and Sergei Kharuta. The disc was modestly called "Zhanna" and consisted of 9 original songs and four remixes. The compositions "La-la-la", "Somewhere in the Summer" and "I'm Flying into the Dark", which were actively rotated on radio and music channels, hit the top of the charts. In 2006, in collaboration with Andrey Gubin, a reissue of the album was released, supplemented by three video clips and a couple of new remixes.

Zhanna Friske - I was

The album remained Jeanne's only solo album, but there was no talk of stopping her singing career: Friske released 17 singles in collaboration with major Russian pop stars: the hit track "Malinki" with the guys from Disco Crash, "Western" with Tanya Tereshina, “You are near” together with Dzhigan, “Snow is falling quietly” with Dmitry Malikov. The last single "Love Wanted" was released in 2015, shortly before the death of the singer.


Zhanna Friske in film and television

In 2003, shortly before leaving the Brilliant, Friske took part in the fourth season of the reality show The Last Hero. After spending several months on a desert island somewhere in South America, the girl steadfastly withstood all the difficulties of wild life, although there were many dangerous episodes, for example, once Nikolai Drozdov accidentally poisoned the show participants with poisonous frogs caught by Decl, assuring teammates that amphibians would be completely edible with skin removed. In addition, Zhanna was allergic to exotic plants. Friske reached the final, but lost the title to Yana Volkova. Returning to Moscow, rested and inspired by the new experience, the girl terminated the contract with the group and began working on material for a solo album.


In 2004, Timur Bekmambetov's blockbuster Night Watch, based on the novel of the same name by Sergei Lukyanenko, was released. Although the name of Zhanna's heroine was Alisa Donnikova, it was assumed that the freedom-loving and intelligent witch-singer was Friske herself. In the epic tape, the girl demonstrated the insidious side of her character: while Konstantin Khabensky was trying to remove the curse from the heroine Maria Poroshina, Jeanne convinced the young "other" Yegor to turn to the dark side.


Friske did not stop at a successful acting debut in the Night Watch: in 2005, the continuation of the saga about the confrontation between the Light and the Dark was released. This time, Bekmambetov gave the heroine Zhanna more screen time, forcing the girl to make a choice between the dark lord Zavulon, the character of Viktor Verzhbitsky, and the young vampire Kostya, the hero of Alexei Chadov. The role earned her an MTV award for Best Actress in 2006.

In 2010, fans saw Friske in two films. The first is the psychological drama "Who am I?" featuring Alexander Yatsenko and Sergei Gazarov. Zhanna appears in the memories of Pasha Matveev, who has lost his memory and is suspected of murder. The film was not subjected to sharp criticism, but it also did not receive rave reviews, disappearing without a trace among the number of mediocre films of Klim Shipenko.


But another project - Dmitry Dyachenko's comedy "What Men Talk About", filmed in the road movie genre - collected $ 12 million at the Russian box office and received hundreds of laudatory reviews. In the center of the plot are the participants of the “I Quartet” (Leonid Barats, Alexander Demidov and others), who decided to spend a real “male” weekend away from the city and family. Friske played herself, and the cameo turned out to be very self-ironic.

"What Men Talk About", a scene with Zhanna Friske

In 2011, Friske became the host of the reality show "Vacation in Mexico", however, due to the heavy workload, she refused to participate in the second season of the project, transferring the post to the ex-participant of "House-2" Alena Vodonaeva.

Personal life of Zhanna Friske

The personal life of the singer has always been interested in Russian and foreign tabloids. Over the years of her career, she was credited with a relationship with the leader of the Inveterate Scammers group Sergey Amoralov, Hi-Fi soloist Mitya Fomin. There was gossip that she had no professional relationship with Dmitry Nagiyev. However, there was never any official confirmation from Friske herself, or at least from the ubiquitous paparazzi.


At the beginning of her career, the singer met with entrepreneur Ilya Mitelman, who often acted as a sponsor of the girl's projects, but it never came to a wedding.

In 2006, Zhanna began an affair with hockey player Alexander Ovechkin, but her partner chose to get carried away by another "ex-brilliant", Ksenia Novikova.


Zhanna Friske and Dmitry Shepelev: a love story

Since August 2011, the media began to "woo" Friske with Dmitry Shepelev. For some time, Zhanna denied relations with the TV presenter, and Shepelev allegedly found civil wife, living in Kiev, so the majority agreed that this whole story is nothing more than a well-thought-out PR of the singer's marketers.


In January 2012, the paparazzi caught them during a joint vacation in Miami - unaware of surveillance, the stars clearly showed feelings for each other. Then there was a story with a SPA-salon, where the couple went on May Day holidays with a “program for two”.



When the long-awaited first-born was born to the 38-year-old singer in April 2013, she had to confirm that Shepelev was indeed the father of the child and her lover. Happy parents and the boy, who was named Plato, spent several months in Miami, and upon returning to Moscow, they began to plan a wedding.


However, the ceremony was not destined to take place. In January 2014, information appeared in the media that the star was terminally ill. Many considered the news to be a blasphemous "newspaper duck", but soon the singer's relatives and partner confirmed terrible diagnosis- glioblastoma, inoperable brain cancer of the fourth degree. Jeanne found out about the disease during her pregnancy, but refused chemotherapy because of the fear of losing the child. After giving birth to her for a long time suffered from headaches, but for several months the singer hid a terrible illness from relatives and the press.


Death of Zhanna Friske

For almost two years Zhanna fought cancer in the best clinics in the USA and Germany. At some point, the fans had the impression that the star was on the mend, but in the spring of 2015 it became clear that there was no chance of salvation.


Zhanna Friske passed away on June 15, 2015. The heartbroken father was the first to report this: “Jeanne died, it's true. It happened on June 15 at ten o'clock in the evening.

Zhanna Friske was buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery. Dmitry Shepelev forbade anyone from the press to be allowed to attend the funeral. The funds raised for the treatment of Zhanna Friske with the help of Channel One went to the treatment of children with cancer. The son of Jeanne Plato stayed with Dmitry Shepelev. Jeanne's parents and sister promised to provide any support to the boy who lost his mother.


Scandal: the Friske family against Dmitry Shepelev

Alas, soon after Zhanna's death, an extremely unpleasant conflict broke out between Shepelev and the Friske family. On the eve of Friske's death, Shepelev took Plato to Bulgaria and stopped communicating with the relatives of his civil wife. For a long time he did not allow Olga and Vladimir Kopylov to see their grandson. In turn, Zhanna's parents and close friends accused Dmitry of speculating on Friske's name: he sold her to yellow publications. latest photos, had illegal access to her accounts, seriously “attached” to the amount that the whole country collected for the singer for treatment. Father Friske was especially zealous - up to public threats of murder.

With the help of the guardianship authorities, the Kopylovs obtained permission to meet with Plato, but the baby's father was not going to give up his position. He still didn't let his grandparents visit their grandson. In December 2015, Shepelev stated that Kopylov attacked him with a group of anonymous individuals in order to steal Plato. Vladimir accused the presenter of playing in public and stated that he was only trying to see the boy and that there was no attack. After that, Dmitry publicly stated that the grandfather of the child was mentally ill.


However, when dividing Jeanne's inheritance, the conflicting parties managed to reach a consensus. Relatives received the Moscow apartment of the deceased, and Shepelev, as a guardian, got a country house. However, the scandal was overgrown with new details, threatening to mix the name of the Friske-Kopylov family with mud. Rusfond, which oversaw the collection of money for Friske, demanded a detailed report on the funds spent. It soon became clear that 21 million rubles had disappeared from Zhanna's account without a trace. Parents and civil spouse nodded at each other, accusing each of his opponents of stealing. However, this issue was also resolved when Zhanna's sister, Natalya Kopylova, was able to provide checks with the "disappeared" amount.


As for poor Plato, who became the stumbling block of this whole unpleasant story, he stayed with his dad. He nevertheless saw his grandparents - on May 30, 2016, Jeanne's relatives met the baby for the first time in a long time. It cannot be said that the ice in the relationship between the presenter and his father-in-law has melted, but the beginning of this process has been laid.


Dmitry did a great job so that the death of his mother hit Plato's psyche as little as possible. He answers the boy to any question about his mother, in their house are placed the best photos Jeanne, and handing the baby a gift for the next holiday, Dmitry always says: “My mother and I congratulate you!”. He often takes his son to resorts, strictly controls his leisure and diet, and takes an active part in Plato's life.