Natalie, the author and performer of her own songs, at 43 years old, amazes with her beauty and chiseled figure. At the same time, Natalya Rudina (the star’s real name) recently became a mother for the third time!
After the sensational hit “The Wind Blew from the Sea,” she disappeared from television screens, and when a decade and a half later she burst onto the top of the charts again, fans drew attention to her stunning appearance, absolutely timeless. Her triumph with the song “Oh God, what a man!” in 2013 he was even awarded a prize in the “Comeback of the Year” category.
The singer Natalie herself spoke about how she manages to stay forever young and slim.
I don't like sports. I don't stick to diets...
In fact, Natalie never had any particular problems with weight. Maybe at school... Then she didn’t think about any nutritional rules, eating everything. Trying to lose weight, the singer tried shaping, but it did not bring any visible results and she abandoned it.
In general, Natalie doesn’t like sports. He doesn’t even do basic exercises in the morning. She has enough stress at home: when you do all the housework yourself (especially considering the presence of a shedding cat), there is no energy left for the gym. And the variety loads do their job.
During pregnancy, Natalie gained over 20 kg. I lost weight by adhering to certain dietary rules and limiting portion sizes.
You can't call it a diet. The singer's motto: I eat whatever I like, whenever I want. Only the size of a single serving is limited to the volume of one glass, and you can put anything in it: even a cake, even fried potatoes.
It is important to follow a diet. Natalie keeps a three-hour break between each meal. And so, even an hour before bedtime he can eat and does not make a problem out of it.
It was only difficult in the first month - I was constantly tormented by a feeling of hunger. Then the volume of the stomach decreased and the body got used to fractional meals. At first, mostly volume was lost. The weight started to come off later. But this is all individual.
How the singer's face has changed with age
Not only did her face hardly change, but Natalie’s image remained the same. She is still the same “gentle and amazing” girl with huge eyes and blond curls, except that her cheeks have become smaller and her cheekbones have become higher.
Before plastic surgery: singer Natalie in her youth
No matter how much you look at the photo of Natalie in her youth and at her modern photographs, you cannot detect any difference. The facial features remained the same, so we exclude rhinoplasty and blepharoplasty (the singer definitely did not undergo these operations).
Compare photos: singer Natalie in her youth and now
But the lips became different. In order for naturally thin and not very expressive lips to gain volume, the singer periodically (about once every 6 months) “tweaks” them with a contouring preparation. At the same time, he does not show any fanaticism, so his mouth does not look “pumped up” or vulgar.
Image gallery: this is what singer Natalie looks like now
Natalie visits a cosmetologist at least once a week. Facial skin care includes professional cleansing and massage. The excellent condition of the skin after 40 years of age is guaranteed by biorevitalization, and the absence of wrinkles is guaranteed by hyaluronic fillers, which the singer not only maintains the volume of her lips, but also fills in the nasolabial folds.
This is what singer Natalie looks like without makeup
The ideal condition of the artist’s oval face, neck and décolleté suggests that she has had a facelift. Although, perhaps, she limited herself to non-surgical ultrasound lifting.
Photo shows Natalie after correction of the lower third of her face
The singer's diet
Natalie is a terrible “cheese eater,” but the key word here is “cheese,” and not the principle of rejecting heat treatment. Natalie loves cheese and can eat it in any form. He also loves red fish and seafood, tomatoes and tomato juice. She loves seeds and pies that her mother-in-law bakes. They are distinguished by the thinnest dough, so they are not harmful to the figure. In the morning he prefers to make oatmeal and pancakes with berries. Before bed, treat yourself to a sandwich with your favorite cheese and a slice of tomato.
Natalie does not eat meat, but not because of nutritional principles or pity for animals. I just don't want to. For more than 20 years. Very rarely can he eat chicken.
The nutrition of children is also not particularly adjusted. The only thing was that there was a moment when the eldest son began to gain weight at a frantic pace. Natalie and her husband then removed sweets from his diet and reduced flour products. They taught me how to control my diet and be sure to take a break between meals and subsequent tea. This technique helps the brain send a signal of satiety faster. As a result, the amount of food consumed is reduced. Thus, the son quickly returned to shape.
Singer Natalie: how she became famous, where she disappeared and what she’s doing now
Natalie
Everyone has definitely heard at least two songs by the 47-year-old singer Natalie. The generation of the 80s and 90s still knows “The Wind from the Sea” by heart, and the hit “Oh God, what a man” has not left all karaoke playlists since 2013. We learned the most interesting things from the artist’s biography and remembered why the public remembered her.
Early career and early marriage
Natalya Minyaeva, who became famous throughout the country as Natalie, was born in Dzerzhinsk. Her parents had nothing to do with creativity, they worked in factories, but their children turned out to be musical. Natasha studied piano, her younger brother played drums in a school group (later he brought his sister as a soloist in this group).
Natalie as a child
When Natalya was 16, she was noticed by filmmakers from the Lenfilm studio. They were then filming a film in Dzerzhinsk for the 60th anniversary of the city, where the documentary footage was interconnected by an artistic storyline. Tenth-grader Natasha Minyaeva starred in it; her character personified the younger generation of the city.
During the same period, the girl began singing in a youth group and recorded several songs with it, including a number of Russian-language covers of CC Catch tracks. Natalya composed some of the songs herself. After school I went to a pedagogical college, after graduating, I began working as a primary school teacher. But all this time I was studying music at the same time. And when I met my future husband Alexander Rudin, he, being related to the recording industry, helped Natalya release her first tracks and start her career.
I must say that the girl got married very early - at the age of 17. She and Alexander met at a music festival: Natalya performed there as part of a group, and her future husband came up after the concert and offered to help her with the release of songs.
Natalia and Alexander Rudin
Thus began the romance, and soon the couple gathered at the registry office. In order for them to be signed, they had to get a fake certificate of pregnancy, which did not exist. When asked by a journalist from Sobesednik what was the reason for such a rush, the singer replies:
For some reason, I have been looking for a husband since I was 13 years old. For me, 13 years old, this is very natural. I was such a serious lady.
Rudin immediately decided to make his wife a singer: as Natalie herself says, it was his dream and his idea, and she “simply supported” these ideas.
1996
The debut album, entitled “The Little Mermaid,” where Rudina wrote almost all the songs herself, was released in 1993. Three years later, a second one appeared. By that time, the couple had already lived in Moscow for several years, they were actively involved in music - they were looking for studios, meeting authors and producers. But time passed, and Natalia’s work remained unnoticed.
People's hit
The breakthrough happened in 1997 - and what a breakthrough. Perhaps absolutely everyone in our country knows the song “The Wind Was Blowing from the Sea.” The Afisha magazine included it among the main pop hits in Russian, released from the 90s to the 2010s. Well, for Natalie, this release became that high point, after which her life instantly changed.
Many legends are still associated with the authorship of the hit about the wind and broken love. The singer herself says that she has been singing this song since she was 13 years old: she heard the composition “either in a pioneer camp, or in the yard” when her peers played it on the guitar. By the way, according to Wikipedia, the producer and ex-husband of Valeria Alexander Shulgin is directly related to the release of the track - he allegedly helped Natalie decide to record “The Wind Blowed from the Sea”, choosing it from a large number of yard songs that the artist showed him.
Natalie: “1999! The song “The wind blew from the sea” was performed a year ago. I want to decorate myself somehow, to diversify. Ahead of 14 years until “Oh my God, what a man.” But I still don’t know about many things in my life. Yes, it's interesting to live in time. Past, future, present... Magic."
On the cover of the album of the same name, released in 1998, opposite this composition it says: “Author unknown.” But as soon as the song became a hit, authors began to appear, claiming to have written the composition. As Rudina mentioned, at least 17 people claimed rights to the work. Even Alexander Rosenbaum, although he did not claim authorship, once noted in an interview that “The Wind from the Sea Blowed” was sung in courtyards back in the 60s. Some claimed: the song was created in the 70s, others talked about the era of the 80s. As a rule, all potential authors stated that they came up with a song based on motives they had already heard from someone and finalized it. Most likely, it would still be correct to call the composition a kind of joint fruit of folk art. Although now, in addition to Natalia Rudina herself, Yuri Malyshev and Elena Sokolskaya are also officially listed as text and music.
Natalie: “20 years ago, 1999. For filming the concert “Song of the Year - 2000”.
When the song appeared on radio stations, and the video began to play on TV, many media outlets and critics began to scold the new star (namely, Natalie was rapidly becoming one at that time) for being too primitive in her creativity. But the people, as they would say now, really liked the song. It was sung in courtyards, rewritten on cassette tapes and ordered in radio programs. Well, Natalya Rudina became her own at celebrity parties, although, as she admits, she never ceased to feel like a “provincial” among celebrities and “an animal in a cage” surrounded by numerous fans.
It was a serious life lesson. At first, when things didn’t work out, I wanted to be recognized, and then, when popularity fell on me, on the contrary, I tried to run away from it,
- Natalie recalled in a conversation with a correspondent from OK! magazine.
Philip Kirkorov and Natalie, 2005
In a 2022 interview with Woman.ru, she generally says that for many years she was even ashamed of her success:
I dreamed of becoming a primary school teacher and I became one. I worked in my specialty for only a short time, and fate took such a turn. I did not plan to become an artist and for a very long time I could not perceive myself in this profession. I remember walking down the street, and the song “The wind was blowing from the sea” was playing from the window. People listen and sing along, but I can’t understand: “How is it possible, is it really me who sings?” Only recently have I made peace with myself in this regard.
Pause and motherhood
After the tremendous success that came with the song “The Wind Blowed from the Sea,” Natalya was often told that she would forever remain a “one-hit singer.” She herself thought so, and when the wave of fame subsided, she even began to think about ending her career and returning to work at school.
It is believed that after the peak of popularity of the song “The Wind Blew from the Sea,” Natalie disappeared for a long time. The performer, however, claims: she did not disappear anywhere and continued to tour, only taking a short break due to her first pregnancy.
By the way, Alexander and Natalya were waiting for children for a very long time. The singer's first attempts to become a mother ended sadly: first there was a miscarriage, then a frozen pregnancy. In an interview with Sobesednik she talked about that period:
All experiences are lodged somewhere deep down. And there was emptiness. Only fear appeared that I would never be able to become a mother, and at the same time it was scary to get pregnant again... It would be better if there were tears and suffering, at least some emotions. But all I have is a catastrophic fall into nowhere and global emptiness. And even some terrible thoughts appeared...
Only 10 years after the wedding, the Rudins had their first child, and now they have three sons: the eldest Arseny is 19 years old, the middle Anatoly is 10, and the youngest Evgeny recently turned only four years old (the singer gave birth to him at the age of 43).
Natalie with her son Arseny
Natalie and her sons on the pages of the magazine “Happy Parents”
Although Natalie toured and released new songs, the success of the first super hit could not be repeated. In the early 2000s, she tried to do this again with a track about a turtle, but the audience, who were then dancing to “Guests from the Future” and “Tattoo,” took the simple composition with the words “A sea turtle named Natasha, with glasses from China” rather as a joke - so cool!”
Natalie on the set of the video for the song “Turtle”
The years of relative calm passed fruitfully, I wrote songs, performed, but mostly I was very busy with the most important thing in life - giving birth and raising children,
— Rudina explained to WomanHit.
Sometimes they come back
We can say that the public managed to completely forget about Natalie, and suddenly in 2013 she unexpectedly returned and released the song “Oh God, what a man,” which can stick in your head no worse than the legendary “Wind from the Sea.”
Here, with authorship, everything is much simpler than in the case of Natalie’s first hit. An author named Rosa Siemens came up with the text and sent it by email to various performers, including Natalya. The singer says that these lines struck her, and she wrote the music in just an hour. But I didn’t expect the new composition to take off so much.
The track with the words “You are Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt in one bottle, as “the best” you are written down in your phone” immediately captivated the audience and sounded from every summer cafe and radio. And then - first place in Russian iTunes, eight weeks on the first line of the Russian Radio chart, Golden Gramophone, RU.TV award in the “Sometimes They Come Back” category. In general, history repeated itself: despite conflicting assessments of the quality of the material (Natalie was again criticized for being primitive), the people were delighted. By the way, as the artist says, the gay community especially loved the song, and her performances in “themed” clubs were always a great success.
As for her show business colleagues, according to Natalya, many of them congratulated her on her return. And Nikolai Baskov even called with a proposal to record a duet. A joint track by the artists called “Nikolai” was released in the same 2013: Natalie was the author of the music and lyrics, giving the world another immortal quote: “Nikolai, Nikolai, I can’t stop loving your la-li-la-lai.”
What is he doing now?
First of all, we note that Natalie, who turned 47 in March, looks great and has not changed much since her videos were played on all music channels. In addition, the singer is true to her image: blonde, bob, a lot of pink and generally bright in her wardrobe - so it would be extremely difficult not to recognize the celebrity even after so many years. She allows herself experiments with her image, but not radical ones: for example, pink hair - why not? But it is unlikely that the image will radically change.
The singer does not hesitate to openly talk about plastic surgery and the fact that up to a certain age she had problems with self-esteem - “at 20 I thought I was fat, at 25 I felt old,” and only after 45 “I stopped feeling age.” According to the artist, her profession forces her to keep herself in shape. Therefore, Natalya watches her figure and regularly visits a cosmetologist (Botox, threads - she does not hide all this).
Botox suits me very well: my eyebrows become so cute and youthful,
- Natalie said in an interview. She also talks about how she “did her breasts and lips.”
On Instagram, the celebrity has a lot of archival footage from filming and performances, and also often comes across photos of her sons. As for musical new releases, there haven’t been many of them in recent years, but they do happen. In 2015, the artist recorded a duet with MC Doni, the single “You’re So” about the beauty of men with a beard, and it was popular. In 2016, she released a track with the intriguing title “Ask Prigozhin.” What exactly needs to be asked of Prigozhin, it seems, even Natalie’s most devoted fans did not understand then, but they still approved the creative experiment (in the comments it was assumed that the song was dedicated to Valeria and her difficult fate, but this is not certain).
Joseph Prigogine, Valeria and Natalie
A year later, Natalie joined the ranks of artists who sang songs based on the poems of the honored songwriter and businessman Mikhail Gutseriev: she performed the composition “I only have you,” the music for which was suddenly composed by Max Pokrovsky from “My Leg Cramped!” The clip looked like a small Indian movie with Natalie in the title role.
Last year, the singer released a video for the song “Let's go to the dacha” (about the fact that there “the sun is hotter and everyone is crying with happiness”). Since then, no announcements of premieres have been seen on Natalia’s Instagram. But, knowing her, we won’t be surprised if this is just another calm before the storm.
Favorite pancake recipe
To prepare Natalie's favorite pancakes, you need to take flour, 2 eggs, baked milk, 2 tablespoons of sugar and sunflower oil. For the filling, any red berries, granulated sugar, vanillin.
Make the dough: beat the eggs with sugar, then add the remaining ingredients and stir until the lumps are completely dissolved. A tablespoon of refined sunflower oil is added to the finished dough.
We bake pancakes from the resulting mixture.
Now we make the filling: wash the berries, dry them, sprinkle with sugar and vanilla. After adding sweeteners, the berries will produce juice. It must be separated and preserved. Distribute the dehydrated berry filling evenly over the center of the pancake and wrap in any usual way. Sprinkle the top of the finished pancakes with expressed berry juice.
Natalie - latest news 2015
Natalie's work attracted the interest of listeners, and her songs gained numerous fans. Natalie continued to publish albums and videos, but none of them were as successful as “Wind from the Sea.” Then came years of calm. In 2012, singer Natalie again broke into all the country’s charts with the song “Oh God, what a man!”
Thanks to this song, Natalie was nominated for the “Comeback of the Year” and “Sometimes They Come Back” awards. Confidently returning to show business, in 2013 Natalie performed the duet song “Nikolai” with the popular singer Nikolai Baskov. The composition was a success, and the singer began to be actively invited to television. Natalie met her future husband Alexander Rudin while still a schoolgirl. When Natalie turned 17, the couple got married.
Cosmetics and personal care
The secret of Natalie's youth is regular self-care and trust in professionals. You need to love yourself and take care of yourself. And listen to the recommendations of trusted experts, doing everything they say.
Some time ago, the singer practiced using homemade face masks. Berries, honey, and ground rice were used. I also loved making a scrub using coffee grounds. Well, I also used store-bought creams, of course. Now she relies on her cosmetologist for everything, doing procedures according to an individual schedule.
Beauty secret #2: yoga
In an interview, Natalie admitted that yoga helps her keep herself in great shape. It is all kinds of asanas that pump up her body, as well as her spiritual and mental components. This is comprehensive work on yourself, which not only has a beneficial effect on your figure, but also fills you with energy. According to the singer, you don’t need to do yoga every day to be healthy and slim. And you need to learn to listen to yourself, your body and mind, which will tell you what and when they need. And she is also convinced that in a healthy body and spirit there is no place for junk food - you just don’t want to eat fast food or drink soda, in other words, you don’t want to destroy yourself from the inside.
“It doesn’t suit me when there’s a lot of makeup on my face. Besides the fact that it disfigures me, it also ages me. And many of my male friends believe that the less makeup, the more beautiful the girl. Therefore, I vote for good care that evens out the complexion and gives it radiance. And if the shine is still not enough, then I take a highlighter, but this happens extremely rarely.”
Plastic surgery
Yes, Natalie had plastic surgery and does not hide it. For example, injections of hyaluronic acid and vitamin cocktails. I recently had laser skin resurfacing. I also did Botox injections in microdoses. Many procedures are quite painful, but what can you not do for the sake of beauty.
Natalie had breast surgery when she was putting herself in order after her second birth. She breastfed her sons for a long time. It is clear that after this the breasts lost their shape. Natalie sees nothing shameful in this operation.
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Childhood
Natasha has always been distinguished not only by her beautiful appearance. From an early age she had excellent vocal abilities, was very artistic, cheerful, and sociable. The singer always had many friends who admired her and appreciated her.
As a schoolgirl, Natalie took part in all concerts. Her performances were always bright and emotional. Natasha often performed songs of her own composition. The public greeted these compositions with delight and admiration.
The future singer studied well and was one of the best and most diligent students. After each parent-teacher meeting, mom and dad returned home happy and proud. Natalie has only the best and happiest memories of her school years. Since childhood, she dreamed of becoming a teacher and working with children at school.
When Natasha was in third grade, she once went to a music school, where she saw a student playing the piano. This performance delighted her, and the future star became eager to study music seriously.
But every person’s childhood ends someday, and the time came in the life of a future star when she needed to think very seriously about her future, about her future career.
Natalie's son (singer) - Arseny
Natasha and Alexander waited for their first child for nine whole years. Therefore, when he was born, it was a real event for them. It happened in 2001, the long-awaited heir was born. Today he is already a fairly old young man who is finishing school.
It is not yet known what he wants to devote his life to, whether he is going to follow in the footsteps of his mother. In any case, all paths to the stage are open for him, but Natasha believes that her son must choose his own path. She will support him in all his endeavors. Natalie's son (singer) Arseny shows great promise, but life will tell exactly how it will be.
Natalie: popularity
The couple could not have children for a long time. At one time, Natalie even despaired and, together with her sister, went to local healers. Fortunately, everything worked out, and in 2001 the Rudin family had their long-awaited first child, who was named Arseny. Natalie has two sons (the youngest Anatoly is three years old). The singer’s younger sister, Olesya, gave birth to a daughter in March, who was dreamed of and sung in the hit “Oh God, what a man.”
At the end of 2013, the author’s composition “Nikolai” appeared on television and was actively discussed in the blogosphere, performed by the singer in a duet with Nikolai Baskov; a video for the song was released. In the same year, the singer had a new hit - the song “Turtle”. In 1980, Natalie entered secondary school No. 37, where she studied well and took her first steps on the school stage, wrote her first songs, dedicating them to teachers and students.
Singer Natalie conquered the stage and listeners not only with her vocal abilities. There is something about her that makes you pay attention to her, admire the way she behaves, radiates a certain charm and charm. Always beautiful, smiling and open, she seems to love the whole world and is ready to share her songs with everyone.
Like any other star, she once began her creative journey, walked confidently towards her goal, overcame difficulties and obstacles. In this article we will look at the beginning of the star journey of a simple girl who set a goal and achieved it. But first things first, since great things always began with small things.
