Irina Rakshina is a person of a difficult fate. She was left without a mother early, and then she lost her father. It was necessary to survive in this difficult world. The girl was expected to study at a vocational school and work in a sewing production. But Irina decided to follow her dream - she wanted to become an actress. Patience, perseverance and hard work allowed Rakshina to make her dream come true.
From the biography of actress Irina Rakshina
The future actress was born in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on May 3, 1962. At the age of four, Ira was left without a mother. She then did not really understand that mom would never be again. The father sent Irina and her sister to a 24-hour kindergarten. The girls lived here from Monday to Friday. Irina tried to help her father with the housework, learned to wash and cook. In the meantime, my father kissed the bottle more and more often, was ill a lot.
At school, Ira studied excellently. She mastered the accordion, attended the athletics section. At the age of twelve, the girl was lucky enough to visit "Artek". Returning from the camp, Irina learned that her father was no longer alive. So the sisters became orphans.
A neighbor who had two sons grew up to take care of the girls. The adoptive mother insisted that Irina go to study at a vocational school as a seamstress. However, Irina dreamed of getting a good education and becoming an actress. Arriving in Moscow, Irina failed to enter VGIK. She settled in a hostel, worked as a cleaner, but found time to attend premieres of performances in Moscow theaters.
Career as an actress
A year later, Irina decided to apply to several Moscow theater universities at once. In the Moscow Art Theater, the girl did not pass the competition, but they promised to take her after the first semester. And then someone suggested to Irina that the actors are being taught in Leningrad. She went to the city on the Neva and became a student at LGITMiK, studied with I. Vladimirov. Already in the second year of study, the aspiring actress received small roles in the Lensovet Theater.
In 1986, Rakshina graduated from the university, after which Igor Vladimirov left her at his theater. One of the first roles of the actress was the role of Iskra in the production of "Tomorrow was the war." At one time, Rakshina even lived in the theater. The same Vladimirov helped her get her own home.
The audience was able to remember Rakshina for her roles in the performances "Death of a Salesman", as well as "Enough simplicity for every wise man."
Since the late 80s, Rakshina has acted in films many times. Here are just some of the films in which she took part: "Jack Vosmerkin -" American "," Wandering Bus "," Virgin's Dream "," Austrian Field "," Presumption of Innocence "," Brother "," Streets of Broken Lights-3”,“Black Raven”,“The Last Train”,“Russian Horror Stories”,“The Master and Margarita”,“Cargo 200”,“Paper Soldier”.
Personal life of Irina Rakshina
Irina's spouse was the famous all over the country comedian Yuri Galtsev. They met in Kazakhstan while working in a construction brigade. At night, Yura sang songs with a guitar, amused everyone with funny anecdotes. After the wedding, the young people at first were content with a hostel, then for a while they rented a room in a communal apartment. They also had to work as janitors. In 1992, the couple had a daughter, Maria.
