Irina Shmeleva - biography, filmography, photo

Actress Irina Shmeleva is known for her roles in Soviet comedies "Accelerator", "Trap for a lonely man", "Womanizer" and many others. The image of a bright long-haired brunette immediately fell in love with the Russian audience. However, in the 90's the girl suddenly disappeared from the movie screens. As her future career and career developed, you will learn from this article.

Childhood and youth

Irina Shmelyova, an actress of Soviet and Russian cinema, was born in 1961, on January 24, in the city of Kushva, Sverdlovsk region. The girl was brought up very strictly. After graduation she worked as a grassroots entertainer in the local palace of culture. In 1980, the girl entered the Theater School named after B.V. Schukin, who successfully graduated four years later.

The role of Zoe Kosmodemyanskaya

In 1985, the actress starred in Ozerov Yuri Nikolayevich, whom he considers a true general of Russian cinema. In her tape "The Battle for Moscow" the girl played Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. Irina Shmeleva remembers that she had a hard time working on the role. In the scenes of torture, she was beaten on the back with leather lashes. Of course, the instruments of torture were sham, but the girl still went all scratched and bruised. A penalty at all wanted to shoot really, pre-sawing the rope. Fortunately, this idea was quickly abandoned. Despite everything, Shmeleva recalls with pleasure her work in this film.

Painting "Kin-dza-dza!"

The actress says that the shooting in this film was unusual. Directed by Grigory Danelia wanted the characters in the frame to look phantasmagoric, digging around in garbage dumps and trash cans, looking for details to the costumes of the characters in the picture. The chic leather overalls that the costumers sewn specifically for the actress, the director for some reason did not like. Grigory Nikolaevich found for Irina a piece of canvas, which is usually used for washing floors, and then put in her mouth a rusty spring. In this form, Shmelev went into the frame and began to withdraw. The film "Kin-dza-dza!" Had a great success with the audience.

Filmography

The heyday of the film career of the actress fell on perestroika years, she managed to film in several films before the Soviet cinema industry collapsed. Irina Shmeleva debuted in an episodic role in the film directed by Danelia "Tears dripped." Then she was invited to take pictures again and again. While still a student of "Pike", the actress starred in the tapes "Pokrovsky Gate", "Alyosha", "Seven Soldiers" and "Find and neutralize." Directors liked to work with a showy and talented girl. Irina was involved in two paintings by Vladimir Pavlovich Basov: "Seven cries in the ocean" and "Time and family Conway." The popularity of the actress all the time gaining momentum. Shmeleva starred in such fellows like all the comedies, "Where is the nofelet?", "Accelerated", "Trap for a lonely man," "Womanizer." Then came the era of cooperative cinema. Irina first tried to play what she was offering, but then realized that professionally this work does not satisfy her. The girl decided to leave the career of an actress and left for America.

Personal life

Irina Shmelyova, an actress who was incredibly in demand in the post-Soviet period, married two times. Her first choice was sculptor Yosya Kavalerchik. He was a talented, intelligent and funny man who immediately fell in love with an effective girl. Irina married him more by sudden impulse than by love, and quickly regretted it. Soon she left her first husband. Fans of the actress was enough. On the "Mosfilm" bags came letters with confessions of love.

Irina Shmeleva, whose personal life was developing quite violently, constantly heard fervent confessions in her address. However, soon she met the man of her whole life - Nikolai Pavlovich Bogolyubov. He is the grandson of the famous physicist NN. Bogolyubov. The guy showed great perseverance, taking care of a famous actress, but Irina did not answer him in return. She did not like young men, and Nikolai is younger than her for five years. A year later, Bogolyubov managed to win the favor of Shmelyov, and they got married. Their relationship was not simple, several times the actress wanted to leave from an extremely loving spouse, but still stayed with him. And then Nikolai Bogolyubov found a job in the US and took Irina with him.

Life in America

Having found herself on the other side of the Atlantic, Shmeleva did not bet on an acting career. She and her husband bought a house in the city of Marlborough, New Jersey, and began to live a real American life. Irina went to college. At first she chose the artistic direction, but then decided to study for a specialist in mass communications. Her husband was not only talented, but also hardworking, earned a lot of money and was able to pay Irina education. While studying, the actress managed to work as a host on the Russian television channel RTV. She led two such entertaining programs, such as "Dream Factory" and "Night Gazebo". Then Shmeleva entered New York University and graduated with success. She opened her firm in marketing and PR and now she likes to do her favorite thing.

Absolutely without creativity, the actress still can not. In 2009, she accepted the invitation to appear in the Russian television series "Hour of Volkov", where he appeared in the frame with Nikolai Chindyaykin, an excellent actor. Photos of Irina Shmeleva again flashed on the pages of Russian publications. The actress claims that she is happy. Irina's boldest plans become reality, and this is entirely her credit.