Irina Selezneva: curious facts from the biography of the actress

The memorable image of the rabid Italian, embodied on the screen by Irina Selezneva, is considered her most vivid and famous role. However, in the biography of the talented actress there are many other interesting episodes and significant events.

How it all began

The future star of the theater and cinema was born on September 8, 1961. The parents of the actress - engineers in the specialty - lived and worked in Kiev. Selezneva Irina Stanislavovna even in her early childhood (about four years) realized that she would choose the actor's profession when she grew up.

Thanks to her outstanding abilities, she managed to fulfill the master of sports in swimming already at the age of ten. Irina Selezneva for a long time represented the Kiev Army Sports Club (KSKA) and even was a part of the Olympic team for this kind of competition. Parents of the future actress cherished the hope that their daughter will seriously engage in music, but their dreams were not to come true. After the birth of his brother Vladimir and the departure of his father, the family lived hard - the opportunity to purchase a piano was not. In addition, Irina had to help her mother - she had to take on a significant share of household chores and looking after her younger brother. The future star waited until Volodya went to the first class, and went to conquer Leningrad.

Years of students - the beginning of a career

The arrival in LGITMiK (SPbGATiK) was preceded by the acquaintance of the talented girl with the head of the theatrical company Joseph Satz. Irina Selezneva began attending his studio and got the opportunity to play her first role in the play "Incident". The future actress was fascinated by the atmosphere of the theater, as a result of which a firm decision was made to enter the Leningrad Theater Institute.

In 1983, after graduating from LGITMiK (course A. Katsman and L. Dodin), Irina played several roles in the Bolshoi Drama Theater named after G. Tovstonogov. Well-known character of the beginning actress in the play "Amadeus" (Mozart's girlfriend). After that, Selezneva continued her career in the Leningrad Small Drama Theater, whose leader at that time was her former teacher Lev Dodin. The debut film of the actress was the work of Mikhail Schweitzer "Kreutzer Sonata" - a complex dramatic film based on the story of L. Tolstoy, in which Selezneva starred along with Oleg Yankovsky.

Israeli activities of the actress

In 1990, Irina, along with her first husband, Maxim Leonidov (the creator of the "Secret" group), left Russia and moved to live in Tel Aviv. In Israel, as Irina Selezneva (an actress) reported in an interview, her career was just wonderful. After the victory in the annual festival of solo performances "Teatronetto" (staging "Russian Love"), the popularity no longer left theatrical actress.

Cinematography in Israel is developing quite slowly - a year does not take more than 5-6 pictures. Masterfully mastering Hebrew, Selezneva received the status of the leading actress of the Tel Aviv Chamber Theater. Years of fruitful work have produced tremendous results: Irina Stanislavovna Selezneva deservedly is considered a star and pride of the Israeli state.

Further career of the movie star

Thanks to a lucky coincidence, the actress again found herself in Russia, where she was offered a role in Alla Surikova's film "Moscow Holidays" (producer and main actor Leonid Yarmolnik). Lyrical comedy brought Irina unprecedented popularity. She was recognized again on the streets and invited to take pictures.

After the role of Luciana Farini, Irina Selezneva took part in the filming of the film based on the scenario of E. Braginsky's "The Imagination Game" in Belarus, as well as in the Russian criminal drama series "The Archer's Era".

A few words about the personal life of the actress

Irina Selezneva (photo below) now lives in London with her second husband, Wilfried. Divorce with Maxim Leonidov became a difficult test for a movie star - she was alone in a foreign country, the divorce proceedings dragged on for several years.

With the Englishman Wilf, who is nine years older than her, Irina met at one of the bar parties arranged by her friend. The future husband of the actress at that time was already divorced and independently brought up his daughter. In early 2000, Selezneva left Israel and, having captured three cats, moved to live in England.

His children do not have a movie actress. However, Irina has a very sincere and warm relationship with her daughter's daughter - Briani. Seleznev's husband Wilfrid works in the hotel sphere, he already has a granddaughter (Dailey Louise), who from the age of two grew up in front of the actress.

After moving to live in the UK, Irina Selezneva learned English and helps her husband in business: arranges presentations and receptions, performs secretarial work. Communication with Russia does not break off - the actress often happens at home.

In one of her interviews, Irina described her life as a famous English proverb, which says that it is never known what changes await us around the corner. The actress is sure that she should always smile, even when she is completely sad. And everything will be wonderful!