“Hard to call a beauty, but her facial features are refined”: Antonio Banderas’ Only Daughter Defies Conventional Beauty Standards with Grace 🌹
Antonio Banderas was married twice. But he has only one child – daughter Stella – the fruit of the love of the famous actor and Melanie Griffith. Banderas does not hide his crazy love for his only daughter, for which he received the status of the most caring and loving star father.
Now Stella is already 28 years old, but her father-actor never stops reminding her that she is the greatest achievement in his life.
Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith met in 1989 at the Oscars. It was there that they first felt sympathy for each other. But since both were not free, they decided not to give vent to their feelings.
But already on the set of the film “Too Much” the actors did not hide their fiery romance from anyone. For the sake of Melanie Griffith, Banderas left his wife Ana Lesa.
Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith met in 1989 at the Oscars. It was there that they first felt sympathy for each other. But since both were not free, they decided not to give vent to their feelings.
But already on the set of the film “Too Much” the actors did not hide their fiery romance from anyone. For the sake of Melanie Griffith, Banderas left his wife Ana Lesa.
Banderas became a father for the first time. But the actor treated Griffith’s children from previous relationships as his own and surrounded them with love.
It seemed that Melanie had finally found a man for whom she could forget about all her previous mistakes and build a new future – without alcohol and illegal substances.
But, alas, her dependence on the painkillers she was prescribed after the injury turned out to be stronger.
The couple tried to solve the problem together.
“Every day I swallowed a handful of pills that the doctor prescribed for me. I thought I was in control of the situation, but I was wrong,” the actress admitted to the press.
Antonio Banderas did not hesitate to speak out loud about his wife’s problems.
“We struggled with her addictions for many years. I hope we will finally defeat them,” he said in one of the television programs.
Difficult trials should have strengthened their relationship… But this did not happen.
The actor honestly admitted in an interview that he was tired of the family impasse. Melanie had no control over her behavior, was addicted to alcohol, was jealous and possessive. All this became a huge burden for Antonio. In 2015, the couple divorced, while maintaining a very good relationship.
At least on the surface everything looks decent, except for the fact that Griffith removed Antonio’s name from her famous tattoo.
Antonio Banderas admitted in an interview: “Melanie is my family, and I will love her until the day I die.”
Banderas’s only daughter did not want to become an actress, although she literally got into cinema from the cradle. Stella first appeared on the set when she was only three years old. The film, titled “A Woman Without Rules,” was produced by Antonio Banderas himself and starred Melanie Griffith.
The film “A Woman Without Rules” became the debut and last in Stella’s career. The girl chose a different path. First, she tried herself as a fashion model, and then plunged headlong into business. Today, the daughter of a cult actor is releasing her own brand of perfume.
Despite all the media exposure of her parents, Stella herself does not often appear in public and rarely pleases the audience with pictures on social networks.
However, Antonio’s fans noted that
“it’s difficult to call the girl a beauty, but Stella inherited from her maternal grandmother, actress Tippi Hedren, refined facial features, silhouette, and an elegant sense of style.”
By the way, the parents did not choose the name Stella by chance. The star couple named their daughter after their favorite acting teacher, Stella Adler.
Adler died in 1992. Her studio produced such masters of world cinema as Marlon Brando, Warren Beatty, Robert De Niro and others.
In 2021, Stella del Carmen Banderas-Griffith applied to have the surname Griffith removed from her passport. 25-year-old Stella del Carmen Banderas decided to remove the “extra” surname to shorten her name.
Stella prefers not to advertise her personal life as much as possible.
At 22, she dated the son of NBC Universal Media vice president Eli Meyer.
And now a wedding seems to be planned in the Banderas-Griffith family: Stella del Carmen Banderas got engaged to the love of her life, American financier Alex Grushinsky.
The couple have known each other for a long time, since school. The young people have always maintained a close friendship, and in 2015 they realized their feelings for each other. Their romance lasted until 2019, the couple broke up, but the friendship did not end.
Grushinsky is a worthy groom. He owns Nova and the app of the same name, which aims to highlight new faces in the world of arts and entertainment.
Whether it will come to an official marriage, time will tell. And perhaps soon handsome Antonio Banderas will become a grandfather.
