Maria Alexandrovna Shalaeva is a Russian actress, whose path to creativity was unusual. The career of the actress developed in waves. She was at the peak of popularity, then completely forgotten by the directors. But in the end, Maria still received universal recognition, which provided her with constant roles in films.
Biography and career of Maria Shalaeva
Maria was born on March 15, 1981 in Moscow. Her father worked as a designer at Baikonur, so their meetings were rare. Mom, who has an engineering education, became interested in business during the perestroika period.
As a child, Maria attended a music school, where she played the domra. This musical instrument was not chosen by chance. Love for him arose after visiting one concert of the folk orchestra. The girl was so impressed by the music that she wanted to learn how to play as well. In this area, Shalaeva achieved good success, she was even accepted into the orchestra of folk instruments.
At first, Maria did not even think about acting. She wanted to be a ballerina. Then she was possessed by the idea of becoming a student at the Moscow Aviation Institute. I even started attending preparatory courses, but soon dropped them. Once the girl announced that she wanted to go to study either as an actress or as a hairdresser. Masha's great-uncle was an actor in the Moscow Art Theater, so my mother supported her first profession.
As a result, Shalaeva entered VGIK. However, her studies were given to her with difficulty. The girl had systematic absences, low academic performance. Nevertheless, as a student, Maria managed to receive the award for Best Actress in the short film "Tomorrow's Birthday".
In 2007, Shalaeva starred in the film "Mermaid" by Anna Melikyan. The plot was invented especially for Masha. The actress played a dumb girl with superpowers. This work received many awards and was even nominated for an Oscar.
Success turned Shalaeva's head. She thought that there would be no end to proposals to withdraw. However, it did not work out that way. Maria was no longer invited to the shooting. After a long break in acting, Shalaeva began to appear in TV series with small roles.
After a while, luck smiled at Shalaeva again. From Pavel Ruminov she received an offer to star in the tragic story "I'll be there." For her role, the actress was awarded a prestigious prize. The film won the Grand Prix at the Kinotavr festival. After such a success, Shalaeva became snapped up by the directors.
Personal life of the actress
The first husband of Shalaeva was Dmitry Shevchenko, whom the girl met on the set of the film "Masha". However, their marriage did not last long. The son of Masha and Dmitry was born after their separation. Nestor Masha was brought up alone, although she maintained peaceful relations with her ex-spouse. It was not necessary to count on the help of my grandmother either, since at that time she was already living in Italy.
Once Shalaeva admitted that after the divorce, she had no plans to remarry. But fate decreed otherwise. Maria's friend brought her together with her friend, composer Ivan Lubennikov. Young people, having got to know each other better, fell in love with each other. They officially registered the marriage, in which the wonderful daughter Evdokia was born.
