Mariya Shalaeva

Maria Shalaeva is a Russian film actress who became famous in her youth, playing the main roles in the author's projects "Masha", "Rusalka". The second picture brought the artist a number of national awards, as well as the drama “I'll Be Near”. Having not received an acting education, Maria, nevertheless, was awarded the unofficial title of the queen of arthouse cinema.

Today she is mastering the art of directing, presenting the first short film "Divorce" to the public. Shalaeva plans to create a full-length picture.

The future actress Maria Shalaeva was born on March 15, 1981 in Moscow, in a family of designers. The father rarely saw his daughter because of work, moreover, when Masha was little, her parents divorced. The girl's grandfather Vladislav Alexandrovich Dugin was a military shipbuilder, and her mother was an engineer, but later went into business. As a child, Maria played the domra. This musical instrument caught her attention after a joint trip with her grandmother to a music concert.

As a child, Masha dreamed of the profession of a ballerina, but after school she was going to enter the Moscow Aviation Institute and even began to attend preparatory courses. Maria was not completely constant in her decisions.

The future star suddenly told her mother that the aviation institute was no longer in her plans, and now she was interested in the profession of an actress. As a result, the girl followed in the footsteps of her great-uncle, who was an actor of the Moscow Art Theater.

The creative biography of actress Maria Shalaeva began in 2002. The first films in which she starred were the works "Odyssey 1989", "Freshman", "Night Salesman" and "Forward March." She also played the role of a telegraph girl in an episode of the film "Boomer" directed by Pyotr Buslov. Then her filmography was supplemented by the short film "Birthday Tomorrow".

A miracle for the actress was a flight to Paris in 2004, since on the plane she managed to get acquainted with the director Sergei Tkachev. He immediately liked the girl, and he decided to devote the script to her. The film was simply called “Masha”.

Then Maria managed to enter VGIK, but she did not shine with excellent studies. In the second year, the student was expelled. The reasons for this were absenteeism, systematic failure to complete homework and poor academic performance. Later, Shalaeva recognized this as the main mistake of her life.

The script for the film "Masha" is not the only one created especially for Shalaeva. Director and screenwriter Anna Melikyan wrote for Maria, who was then still a student, the script for the film "Mermaid" based on the tale of the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. The main difference between the two ideas is that Melikyan translated everything into a modern way of the 21st century.

Maria in this picture played the role of the girl Alice. According to the film, the heroine is dumb, but performs incredible actions with a magical bias that cannot be explained in any way. To be more precise, all of Alice's thoughts and desires are embodied in reality. The ending of Anna Melikyan's film is no less tragic than the ending of Andersen's own fairy tale.

This film received about 10 awards, and was also awarded the best appraisal of viewers and true connoisseurs of cinema. A romantic story even became a Russian nominee for the Oscar in 2008. Such a success influenced the work of Shalaeva, and soon she receives fewer and fewer offers for episodic roles.

The press called her "Russian Amelie", and the creators of the picture categorically disagreed with such a statement, stating that such analogies would clearly be inappropriate, since the Russian film can only be compared with the work of Jean-Pierre Jeunet in general terms, and also without excessive attention to certain details.

The budget of the film, according to the creators, was about $ 2 million, and the most expensive scene was jumping from the Crimean bridge - they cost the organizers $ 30 thousand. In addition to Maria Shalaeva, Evgeny Tsyganov, Maria Sokova, Anastasia Dontsova, Irina Skrinichenko played in the film.

At that time, Shalaeva thought that her finest hour had come. But the directors were in no hurry to invite the artist to major projects, because Maria was assigned the role of an eccentric heroine, which is not often used in Russian cinema.

Nevertheless, the performer managed to successfully realize her acting talent. In the late 2000s, she played the main characters in the dramas Revenge, Nirvana, and appeared in the comedy The Bride at Any Cost.

Five years have passed since filming in "Mermaid", and then director Pavel Ruminov invited Maria to play the main role in his drama "I'll be there." The heroine of Shalaeva is a woman who is not deprived of luck, success and good luck, raising a 6-year-old son. She is terminally ill, so her goal is to find good guardians for her child. For her role in this film in 2012, Shalaeva received the prestigious film awards "White Elephant" and "Nika".

In 2014, a multi-part film "Demons" based on the novel by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was shot. Masha's character in this tape is Maria Timofeevna Lebyadkina.

In 2015, the next wave of fame to the actress was brought by the series "Concerned, or Love is Evil". Maria's partners in this film were Yuri Kolokolnikov, Olga Dibtseva and Yevgenia Kalinets.

In the same year, a film with the participation of the actress entitled "Without Borders" was released, the script of which was the well-known Russian film director of Georgian origin Rezo Gigineishvili. In this film, Maria Shalaeva on the set was accompanied by famous representatives of Russian cinema Inna Churikova, Oleg Basilashvili, Alexander Adabashyan, Grant Tokhatyan, Natalia Vdovina, Anna Chipovskaya, Ivan Yankovsky.

In 2016, Maria attended a New Year's Eve party called "Chacha-Yolka with Kisa and Rezo", which was organized by Rezo Gigineishvili and producer Alexei Kiselev. A very large group of celebrities gathered in Didi restaurant of Tbilisi cuisine.

Famous visitors appreciated the Georgian flavor and traditional treats, as evidenced by the photos published by the star guests on social networks.

In the same year, the actress received an invitation from the organizers of the Kinotavr festival to participate in the work of the judging panel of the competition. The jury also included People's Artist of Russia Sergei Shakurov, director and producer Janik Fayziev, screenwriter Anna Parmas, cameraman Sergei Machilskiy and film critic Nina Zarkhi.

Among the last films of the actress were the films "About Love", "Red Bracelets". In 2017, the actress appeared in the successful project "Blockbuster", the series "Doctor Richter", the drama "Hostages".

Maria's personal life was shaped by her professional activities. In her youth, the actress met with Daniil Gurevich, a cameraman and one of the staff of the film crew of the film "Messenger", directed by film director, screenwriter and TV presenter Sergei Bodrov Jr. The entire group died in 2002 when a glacier disappeared in the Karmadon Gorge. Shalaeva grieved at the tragic loss of her beloved.

But at that moment she met her future husband, actor Dmitry Shevchenko, who turned out to be 17 years older than the girl.

The artists met on the set, while working on the film "Freshman". The first marriage was short-lived, and soon Shalaeva divorced her husband. The only memory of him was their common son Nestor, who was born after the divorce in 2005. Dmitry and Maria, after parting, maintained friendly relations.

Soon, information appeared in the Russian media about Maria's romance with the famous actor Arthur Smolyaninov. It was reported that celebrities even secretly played a wedding without informing their relatives and friends about it, but representatives of the Russian cinema did not officially confirm the close relationship.

Shalaeva had no plans for a second marriage. But one day a friend decided to introduce Masha to her friend, composer Ivan Lubennikov. Soon the young people got married. In 2010, they had a daughter, Evdokia.

In 2016, Maria decided to divorce Ivan, the children stayed with her.

The eldest son is fond of music, he has already mastered playing several instruments - piano, trumpet and flute. The boy dropped out of music school, but retained his love for good music. Vanya is now playing football.

The youngest Dunya studies at Ogryzkov's school, where they teach classical dance. Maria herself did not forget about her childhood dream of becoming a ballerina and attends a ballet class before adults, so the figure of the actress remains as slim as in her youth (with a height of 167 cm, her weight does not exceed 52 kg).

The artist often arranges original photo shoots with her son and daughter for her Instagram. He also publishes pictures with shots from the latest projects.

In 2018, Maria began her directing career, presenting the short film Divorce at Kinotavr. This film was dedicated to the hour in the life of two lovers who decide to leave. Initially, Shalaeva conceived the tape as a melancholic story, but during the filming she changed her view of the plot, making it more ironic.

The film received high marks from critics. In an interview, the actress revealed the secret of how she had been preparing for the filming of the first project for 2 years. Every week she shot a mini-film for Instagram, which she edited and dubbed on her own.

In addition to her film career, Maria Shalaeva appears on the stage. The artist does not think of herself in a repertoire theater, so she plays in the author's production of "Two Ladies Toward the North" in the center of them. Meyerhold. Olga Beshulya, an actress of the Near Stanislavsky House, became her stage partner and director of the project.

Now Shalaeva is filming in 3 projects - comedy by Elena Khazanova "Lovers", drama "Test" and 16-episode TV movie "Hidden Motives". The paintings will be shown in 2019.

2002 - "Freshman" 2003 - "Boomer" 2004 - "Masha" 2007 - "Mermaid" 2008 - "Revenge" 2008 - "Nirvana" 2012 - "I'll Be Near" 2014 - "Demons" 2015 - "Red Bracelets" 2015 - "Concerned, or Love is Evil" 2015 - "About Love" 2017 - "Blockbuster" 2018 - "The Yellow Brick Road" 2019 - "Mistresses" 2019 - "Hidden Motives"

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