Maria Valeshnaya is a Russian theater and film actress who became famous for the TV series Streets of Broken Lanterns.
Before career
Maria Valeshnaya was born on January 23, 1987 in the small Russian city of Vorkuta, where a little more than 50 thousand people live in a family of artists who constantly toured and often changed their place of work. Her life consisted of many travels. Novosibirsk, Kostroma, Kirov and other cities of Valeshnaya were to be visited with their parents.
From her parents she got the desire to perform on stage. Therefore, having received her education at school, it was obvious to her who she would become in the future.
Maria Valeshnaya manages to enter the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts, where Grigory Kozlov becomes her teacher, and the daughter of the famous actor Yevgeny Sidikhin becomes her classmate.
Career as an actress
For the first time on TV screens Maria Valeshnaya appeared in the role of a criminal in the series "Streets of Broken Lanterns". Then the actress studied at the university. In the same years she was invited to appear in the historical film "Ivan the Terrible" and in the film "Operation Group".
Valeshnaya did an excellent job with her work, and the directors invited her to take the main role of the investigator Olga Ushakova in the series "Streets of Broken Lanterns".
From 2010 to 2013 he takes part in the filming of the series "State Protection". In this film project, she played the criminal Taisiya Zlatogradova. Thus, she had to alternate the roles of an investigator and a criminal until 2013.
In 2011, the actress was invited to star in the title role of Maria Olkhovskaya in the melodrama "My Last Love". This was followed by a creative break of four years. For all the time she starred only in the films "The Road to Emptiness" and "The Exception to the Rule", released in 2012.
In 2016, after the end of the vacation, films with her participation appeared in films titled "The Verdict of the Ideal Couple", "Investigator Tikhonov", "What the French are Silent About", "When I Give Up Drinking".
Personal life
At the moment, Maria Valeshnaya is married to her colleague Kirill Zhandarov. The actors met on the set during the joint work of the film "The Road to Emptiness". Friendship grew into love, and already in 2013 they had a wedding. In the same year, the couple had a child named Valery. Parents look after and take care of their child, however, due to lack of time, they still have to use the services of a nanny.
The actress has an Instagram account, where she uploads photos and through which she shares some moments of her life. There she uploads photos from her leisure time and filming. The profile already has over 15 thousand subscribers.
