December 25, 2022 16:30
The oncological diagnosis came as a surprise to the actress.
The sitcom “My Fair Nanny” was one of the most popular series of the mid-2000s in Russia. The main role glorified actress Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, and also brought her an affair with a partner on the set, Sergei Zhigunov. But few viewers know that the series is nothing more than an adaptation of an American project called The Nanny, which was released in the US in the 1990s. And it turned out that the fates of the two central actresses are terribly similar.
The lead actress in The Nanny, actress Fran Drescher, also became the showrunner of the project. Most of the storylines were taken from the life of a woman. When the broadcast of the series was already over, Drescher learned the terrible news. In 2000, doctors diagnosed her with cancer. Uterine cancer was detected at an early stage, so Fran had a good chance of recovery. She underwent surgery, after which the disease went into remission. She wrote a book about her victory over cancer and founded a charity for diagnosing the disease in women.