Where is Inna Churikova playing now? Laureate of State Prizes

Churikova Inna Mikhailovna is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR (title awarded in 1991).

Upon entering the theater school, Inna Churikova was made to understand that the path to cinema was closed for her. Not with her appearance... The daughter of a single mother, Inna Churikova, was not afraid of this terrible sentence. She successfully entered another educational institution - the Shchepkinsky Theater School. And even after graduating from college, the graduate was not offered a job.

For three years, Inna Churikova played at the Theater of Young Spectators. She played in the crowd. And even the role of Baba Yaga seemed to her a serious event. Inna played in such a way that Baba Yaga was the children’s favorite character. Once Churikova was cast in the role of the Fox, which she played in a fairy tale about a hare. Allegedly, Lisa is “provocatively sexy.”

And then there was a meeting with Gleb Panfilov. The meeting was fateful. Then there were the rolls And in the films “There is no ford in fire”, “Beginning”, “Please speak”, “Theme”, “Vassa”, “Mother”... and many roles in the theater. Lenin Komsomol.

State awards:

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree (July 27, 2007) - for his great contribution to the development of theatrical art and many years of creative activity
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (August 25, 1997) - for great services in the development of theatrical art
• State Prize of the Russian Federation (1996) - for the role of Arkadina in the play “The Seagull” by A. P. Chekhov
• State Prize of the RSFSR named after the Vasilyev brothers (1985) - for playing the main role in the film “Vassa”
• Lenin Komsomol Prize (1976) - for creating images of contemporaries in cinema
• People's Artist of the USSR (1991)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985)
• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1977)
• Tsarskoye Selo Art Prize (2004)
• Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (France, 2010)

Film, television and theater awards:

• Nika
• Awards
  Best Actress (Adam's Rib, 1992)
  Best Supporting Actress (Bless the Woman, 2004)
  Nominations
  Best Actress (“Casanova’s Cloak”, 1994)
  Best Actress (“Ryaba Hen”, 1995)
  Golden Eagle
• Awards
  Best Supporting Actress (The Idiot, 2004)
  Best TV Actress (“In the First Circle”, 2007)
  Kinotavr
• Prize
  Best Actress (“Year of the Dog”, 1994)
  Berlin Film Festival
• Silver Bear Award
  Best Actress (“War Romance,” 1984)
  Other awards
• Best actress of 1971 according to a poll by the magazine “Soviet Screen” (for the role of Pasha Stroganova in the film “Inception”)
• Idol Award for 2004
• Audience Award "Live Theater" for 2011 (in the category "Actress of the Year" for her role in the play "The Lioness of Aquitaine")
• Crystal Turandot Award (1995, 1997)
• Golden Mask Award (2001, Special Jury Prize of the Drama and Puppet Theater - together with Armen Dzhigarkhanyan in the play “City of Millionaires” by E. De Filippo, Lenkom, Moscow).
• Triumph Award (2001).
• “Theatrical Star” Award (2011).

Theater works:

• “Til” (based on the play by Gorin) (1974) - debut on the stage of the Lenkom Theater
• “Hamlet” Shakespeare
• “Ivanov” A.P. Chekhov
• “Optimistic tragedy” by V.V. Vishnevsky
• based on the novel by F.M. Dostoevsky “The Player”
• ...sorry
• “ ” based on the play by N.A. Ostrovsky “Simplicity is enough for every wise man.”
• A.P. Chekhov
• N.V. Gogol
• "Tout payé, or Everything is paid"
• "The Lioness of Aquitaine" (2011)

Filmography. Roles in films and television.

• 1960 - Clouds over Borsk - Raika
  1963 - I walk around Moscow - a girl at a competition

Inna Churikova is an actress of the Soviet and Russian theater stage and cinema. Winner of many public and state awards, including the prize “For outstanding contribution to theatrical art” of the Golden Mask festival and the first prize of the Golden Knight forum “For outstanding contribution to cinema.” She has held the title of People's Artist since 1991. Acting actress of the Lenkom Theater troupe. Through hardships to the stars The future star, beloved by viewers throughout the Soviet Union, was born on the territory of modern Bashkortostan on October 5, 1943. The girl grew up in a family far from art, studied excellently, fantasized a lot, but did not dream of a career as an artist. She first appeared on stage at a children's camp, and this experience shaped her life. Inna enrolled in a theater studio and after school, having failed the exams at the Moscow Art Theater and Sliver, she entered the Shchukin School, which she graduated with excellent marks in 1965. The actress’s career in both the world of cinema and theater was not easy. But perseverance, hard work and, of course, talent did their job. After graduating from college, Churikova was assigned to one of the theaters in the North, but the girl chose to fight independently for recognition in Moscow. Not immediately, but she still got a place in the troupe of the capital’s theater and for the next three years she played supporting roles in the Moscow Youth Theater. By a whim of fate, Churikova was also not immediately noticed in the world of cinema. The chain of nameless characters portrayed by her ended in 1963, when the girl was featured in the film “I Walk Around Moscow.” A year later she appeared on television in the film “Morozko” in the role of Marfushi, which brought her national recognition. Soon Inna left the theater for 10 years. In 1966, she starred in the film “No Ford in Fire,” which was significant for her career and personal life. This work not only revealed Churikova as a dramatic actress, but also linked her fate with director Gleb Panfilov, who became her husband. At the pinnacle of fame Today, the star has more than 70 roles under his belt, played on screen and on the theater stage. “The Beginning”, “Shirley Myrli”, “That Same Munchausen”, “Moscow Saga”, “Vassa”, “Idiot” are the most famous films in which the actress starred. In the mid-70s, Churikova began working at the Lenkom Theater, making her debut in the production of Til. Afterwards she became the leading artist of the troupe, performing leading roles in the plays “Hamlet”, “Marriage”, “The Seagull” and more. On the same stage, the actress has been playing Alienor of Aquitaine in the production of “The Lioness of Aquitaine” since 2011, and in 2017 Churikova became Elizabeth II on stage, playing a key figure in modern history in the play “The Audience.”

A brilliant Russian actress who became the personification of two eras of Soviet and Russian cinema! She was born at the height of the Second World War - October 5, 1943. The parents of the future actress were evacuated to the Ufa region at the beginning of the war. Little Inna was born in the town of Belebey.

Inna Churikova's parents had nothing to do with theatrical creativity. My father worked at the Agricultural Academy. Timiryazeva, mother - a respected doctor of biological sciences. But her passion for theater and a strong desire to become an actress made their beloved daughter stand out among children her age.

At the very beginning of the fifties, little Inna and her mother returned to the capital. In Moscow, Inna began to take her first steps on the theater stage. When she was fifteen years old, she participated in performances of the youth studio at the Drama Theater. Stanislavsky.

Immediately after graduating from school, Inna tried to enter the famous “Pike”. But the attempt was unsuccessful. That same year, she tried to enter the Moscow Art Theater studio and also failed in the exams. Only the third time Inna Churikova was enrolled in the famous theater school named after. B. Shchukina. V. Tsygankova and L. Volkova became the mentors of the future great actress.

Having received her diploma in 1965, the young actress began working at the Youth Theater. Like any aspiring theater actress, she is trusted with small episodic roles. Churikova worked at the theater for young spectators until the end of 1968.

From 1967 to 1970, the young actress managed to star in two films directed by G. Panfilov. The released films with her brilliant acting participation, “The Beginning” and “There is No Ford in Fire,” essentially predetermined her entire future fate.

Theater directors began to take a close look at the young talent. In 1973, at the suggestion of the actress, she tried her hand at a new play. In addition to success and national recognition, the young actress also gained the respect of professionals. Since 1975, Inna Churikova began working full-time in the Lenkom troupe.

Among the most striking performances with Inna Churikova, theater critics note: the production, the play “Three Girls in Blue”, the production “The Sage”, the play “Optimistic Tragedy”, the production of G. Panfilov’s “Hamlet”, the play and the amazing enterprise “The Sheep”.

Currently, the actress is involved in several productions of Lenkom: the play “Marriage” in the role of the Matchmaker, the play in the role of Filumena Marturano and the play in the role of Eleanor. And also the famous actress can be seen in two modern enterprises: “The Old Maid” and Mixed Feelings.”

As for cinema, her honorary titles, audience success and awards speak for themselves. According to an all-Union poll conducted by the Soviet Screen magazine, in 1971 she was able to become the best actress of the USSR.

During her rich creative career, Inna Churikova managed to star in thirty-five films and become a laureate of many Russian and international film awards. Be awarded special prizes at the Cannes and Berlin Film Festivals. And also receive the order of the fourth and third degree “FOR MERIT TO THE FATHERLAND.”

The most famous films with the participation of the actress: “Vassa”, “Casanova’s Cloak”, “The Ryaba Hen”, “Adam’s Rib”, “That Same Munghausen”, “Shirley Myrli”, “War Romance” and many others.

In 1991, the actress received the title of PEOPLE'S ARTIST of the USSR.

Churikova Inna Mikhailovna was born on October 5, 1943 in the city of Belebey in the territory of Bashkiria. Her family was far from art and devoted their whole life to working with the land: Mikhail Kuzmich, Inna’s father, worked as an agronomist, and her mother Elizaveta Zakharovna was an agrochemist and soil scientist. When Inna was still a baby, her parents separated, and she and her mother left their hometown. They moved often until they settled in Moscow. They lived very modestly, not differing much in their lifestyle from many other families of that time. Elizaveta Zakharovna found a job in the Moscow Botanical Garden. The mother devoted herself entirely to work, leaving the girl alone at home. Inna grew up as a dreamy child; she often imagined herself as a princess or the heroine of stories that her mother or the girl herself read aloud. The girl was no different from other children. Churikova first appeared on stage at a children's summer camp, where she played a minor role in the production. Since then, the dream of becoming an actress has completely consumed her. In the ninth grade, Inna entered the theater studio at the Stanislavsky Theater. Her teacher was the great Soviet actor Lev Elagin, who helped to reveal her acting talent. Inna turned out to be a diligent student, she was ready to play even small roles and did everything to avoid becoming part of the crowd. After graduating from school, Churikova applied to several theater institutes at once. At the Moscow Art Theater School, the examiners asked the girl to read poetry, and the young artist began to recite Pushkin, closing her eyes, as her mother recommended. The admissions committee laughed at the girl, and Inna did not get accepted. Then she went to the Shchepkinsky School, where she was not accepted because of her non-standard appearance, which the teachers did not like. As a result, Churikova successfully passed the exams at the Shchukin School and ended up on the course for actors Leonid Volkov and Pavel Tsygankov. In 1965, Inna graduated from the famous educational institution with honors. In her youth, she actively begins to engage in active theatrical activities. In 1965, Inna was assigned to a theater in distant Kamchatka, but her mother intervened. She made every effort to ensure that her only daughter remained living in Moscow. Churikova began auditioning for Moscow theaters. Most of all, the artist wanted to get to the famous Satire Theater, where her idols Tatyana Peltzer and Vitaly Doronin played. But Inna was not taken there; the same fate befell her at the Ermolova Theater. Together with the guys from the school, she went to the Theater for Young Spectators, receiving a full-fledged place in the troupe. For a long time, the artist played exclusively minor characters, among whom were animals and comedic figures like Baba Yaga. Thanks to her participation in the psychological play “Behind the Prison Wall,” theater critics noticed the actress. Churikova worked at the Theater for Young Spectators for three years, after which she only occasionally participated in various productions and performances, actively acting in films. Churikova returned to the theater in 1973, already a fairly famous film actress. The head of the famous Moscow theater "Lenkom" Mark Zakharov offered the talented artist a role in the play "Til", with which she made her debut on the theater stage in 1974. Over time, Inna became one of the leading actresses of the theater: she played Fekla Ivanovna in the production of “Marriage”, Ophelia and Gertrude in “Hamlet”, Arkadina in “The Seagull” and other roles. Inna Mikhailovna continues to play in Lenkom to this day. One of her last serious and famous roles was Eleanor of Aquitaine from the production of “The Lioness of Aquitaine,” with which she appeared on stage in 2011. The performance is still very popular among audiences.

Inna Churikova is a unique theater and film star beloved by millions of viewers, known for her poignant roles.

An actress who masters the genres of comedy, drama and tragedy. She brings a special vision to every character she portrays on screen or stage. This is the heroine Tanya from the film “There is no ford in fire”, and Joan of Arc from the film “Inception”, and the heroine Lidiya Alekseevna from the film “The Courier”.

Childhood and youth

Churikova Inna Mikhailovna was born on October 5, 1943 in the city of Belebey, on the territory of Bashkiria. Her family was far from art and devoted their whole life to working with the land: Mikhail Kuzmich, Inna’s father, worked as an agronomist, and her mother Elizaveta Zakharovna was an agrochemist and soil scientist. When Inna was still a baby, her parents separated, and she and her mother left their hometown.

They moved often until they settled in Moscow. They lived modestly, not differing much in their lifestyle from other families of that time. Elizaveta Zakharovna found a job in the Moscow Botanical Garden. The mother devoted herself entirely to work, leaving the girl alone at home. Inna grew up as a dreamy child; she often imagined herself as a princess or the heroine of stories that her mother or the girl herself read aloud. The girl was no different from other children.

Churikova first appeared on stage at a children's summer camp, where she played a minor role in the production. Since then, the dream of becoming an actress has consumed her. In the 9th grade, Inna entered the theater studio at the theater named after. Her teacher was the great Soviet actor Lev Elagin, who helped to reveal her acting talent. Inna turned out to be a diligent student, she was ready to play even small roles and did everything so as not to become part of the crowd.

After graduating from school, Churikova applied to several theater institutes at once. At the Moscow Art Theater School, the examiners asked the girl to read poetry, and the young artist began to recite, closing her eyes, as her mother recommended. The admissions committee laughed at the girl, and Inna did not get accepted. Then she went to the Shchepkinsky School, where she was not accepted because of her non-standard appearance, which the teachers did not like.

As a result, Churikova successfully passed the exams at the Shchukin School and ended up on the course for actors Leonid Volkov and Pavel Tsygankov. In 1965, Inna graduated from the famous educational institution with honors. In her youth, the girl devoted a lot of time to the theater.

Theater

In 1965, Inna was assigned to a theater in distant Kamchatka, but her mother intervened. She made every effort to ensure that her only daughter remained living in Moscow. Churikova began auditioning for Moscow theaters. The artist wanted to go to the famous Satire Theater, where her idols and Vitaly Doronin played. But Inna was not taken there; the same fate befell her at Ermolova’s theater. Together with the guys from the school, she went to the Theater for Young Spectators, receiving a full-fledged place in the troupe.

In her youth, the artist played exclusively minor characters, among whom were animals and comedic figures like. Thanks to her participation in the psychological play “Behind the Prison Wall,” theater critics noticed the actress. Churikova worked at the Theater for Young Spectators for 3 years, after which she only occasionally participated in theatrical productions and performances, actively acting in films.

Churikova returned to the theater in 1973, already a popular film actress. The head of the Moscow Lenkom Theater offered the talented artist a role in the play “Til,” with which she appeared on the theater stage in 1974. Over time, Inna became one of the leading actresses of the theater: she played Fekla Ivanovna in the production of “Marriage”, and Gertrude in “Hamlet”, Arkadina in “The Seagull” and other roles.

Inna Mikhailovna continues to play in Lenkom to this day. One of her last serious roles was Eleanor of Aquitaine from the production of “The Lioness of Aquitaine,” with which she appeared on stage in 2011. The performance is still popular with audiences.

Movies

Inna Churikova first appeared in cinema while still a student at the Shchukin School. In 1960, she was offered a small role as Raika in the anti-religious film by Vasily Ordynsky “Clouds over Borsk”. Three years later, the actress was noticed on screen in a cameo, untitled role in the film “I Walk Around Moscow.” From this moment her creative biography in cinema begins.

In 1964, Inna Churikova played a role that brought her popularity in the USSR and abroad. She was invited to play Marfusha from the fairy tale film for children "".

Initially, the actress auditioned for this role, but the director gave preference to the aspiring artist Churikova. In the film, the actress had to ride a pig, and in the episode where her character eats apples and drinks milk, due to the lack of necessary products, she had to eat onions and drink a diluted dairy product several takes.

When Churikova first saw herself in the image of Marfusha on TV, she was horrified by her appearance and even thought about leaving cinema forever. But thanks to this character, the young actress was noticed by directors and began to be invited to other comedic roles.

In 1966, the actress was invited to play the main role in the debut film of the young director, “There is No Ford in Fire,” which was filmed at Lenfilm. The director searched for a long time for the performer of the key character, but the contenders were not suitable. Panfilov accidentally noticed young Inna on the TV screen and decided to find her. The director's assistants visited all the theater studios and institutes of Leningrad with a photo of the young artist. The idea that the girl was a Muscovite did not occur to Panfilov. Later, having learned the name of the actress in a conversation with, the director sent her the script. The girl agreed to come to the audition, where she was approved for the role.

Filming began that same year. Panfilov easily allowed improvisation on the set; some scenes were changed during the creation of the film. However, when the film was ready, it was not subject to strict censorship. Members of the Politburo did not like literally everything: from the unconventional appearance of the main character to the overly realistic scenes of the famine during the war. The premiere was delayed for a year, and the general public saw the film only in 1968.

1966 becomes a successful year for the actress. Filming has begun on the feature film “The Elusive Avengers,” which will become popular throughout the USSR. In the famous film she got the role of “Blonde Josie”.

Gradually, a long and fruitful creative union between Inna Churikova and Gleb Panfilov began. In 1970, the director’s next film, “Inception,” was released. The actress played two roles at once: the main character Pasha Stroganova, a weaver and aspiring actress, and the role. Churikova’s performance was highly praised by critics: in the same year, the magazine “Soviet Screen” recognized her as the best actress, a year later she received the “Golden Lion of St. Mark" at the annual Venice Film Festival and was recognized as the best foreign artist in Bulgaria.

Churikova continued to act in Panfilov’s films. With her participation, the films “Please Say”, “Theme”, “Valentina” and others were released. In 1979, the artist played Jacobina Munchausen in the film “That Same Munchausen” directed by Mark Zakharov.

A landmark production by Gleb Panfilov in collaboration with Inna Churikova was the film adaptation of the play “Vassa Zheleznova”. The main character is a merchant's wife who, in the context of the beginning of the revolution, is trying to keep her family and trading business from destruction.

In 1983, another premiere took place with the participation of Inna Churikova. presented to the audience the melodrama “War Romance”, where also shone. The film was nominated for an Oscar, and Inna Churikova received the Silver Bear award for her subtle interpretation of the image.

In 1993, the film “Casanova’s Cloak” was released. This film will become one of the main ones in her creative activity, but television viewers especially remember the film “Bless the Woman,” which was released ten years later.

Among the works of the 2000s, the actress’s repertoire includes many roles in TV series. In the film “Narrow Bridge” about love and fidelity, Inna Churikova played together with,. The actress appeared in the film adaptation of the novel “The Idiot” by the director, in the family series “Moscow Saga”, in the social drama based on the work “In the First Circle”.

Inna Churikova is not one of those who is afraid to experiment. Users of social networks were surprised when they saw the video for the song “Not vulgar.” Churikova performed the composition together with the singer.

Personal life

The actress’s personal life was happy. The film “There is no ford in fire” was fateful for Inna Churikova both professionally and personally. The actress fell in love with the aspiring director Gleb Panfilov, who soon became her husband. Their feelings turned out to be mutual, and the real love story began on the set of the film “Inception.”

The lovers began to live together in a tiny dorm room and soon got married. In 1978, their son Ivan was born. The boy also dreamed of becoming an actor. The young talent's first appearance on screen took place at the age of 4. Vanya played the grandson of the main character in the film “Vassa”. But his parents did not want an acting destiny for their son and sent him to study as a diplomat at MGIMO. However, in 2008, Ivan starred in his father’s film “Guilty Without Guilt” with his mother, thus continuing the family business. For acting education, the young man went to the London Academy of Theater and Film Arts.

Television viewers have repeatedly stated that Inna Churikova is related to the TV presenter. More than once, many have claimed that Yana is the daughter of the famous Soviet actress, but such assumptions turned out to be wrong. The actress and TV presenter are not related. The first meeting of two famous representatives of the family took place in the fall of 2017 at the play “Audience,” which Yana attended as a spectator.

In December 2016, information appeared in the media that Inna Churikova was urgently taken to the clinic. She was taken to a medical facility with a broken arm, and the People's Artist of the USSR was injured as a result of an unfortunate fall. Soon, Inna Mikhailovna herself told reporters that she was feeling well and hoped to return to the theater soon.

A similar incident happens again, because in 2012 Churikova broke two arms. This happened when she was heading to the rehearsal of the play “Tout paye, or Everything is paid for.” Sergei Volter, deputy director of Lenkom, who witnessed the events, told representatives of the Russian media that the actress got out of the car and headed to the foyer, but before entering the room she fell and broke both arms.

Inna Churikova now

In 2017, the Theater of Nations hosted a high-profile premiere of Gleb Panfilov’s play “The Audience,” where the main character, the British queen, was played by Inna Churikova. The plot of the play covers the reign of the crowned lady starting in 1952. The production became a significant event of the year. The play was previously performed at the Gielgud Theater in London and on Broadway.

In May 2018, Inna Churikova and Gleb Panfilov became laureates of the main prize of the Golden Knight film forum in the category “For outstanding contribution to cinema.”

In the fall of 2018, Inna Churikova celebrated her anniversary. The significant date did not pass over the country's leading television channels. The “Culture” channel showed documentaries dedicated to the artist’s work, as well as the full-length film “Adam’s Rib”, where Elena Bogdanova appeared on the screen together with Inna Churikova.

Filmography

• 1963 - “I’m walking around Moscow”
• 1964 - “Morozko”
• 1966 - “The Elusive Avengers”
• 1967 - “There is no ford in fire”
• 1970 - “The Beginning”
• 1979 - “That same Munchausen”
• 1983 - “Vassa”
• 1983 - “War Field Romance”
• 1986 - “Courier”
• 1990 - “Adam’s Rib”
• 2003 - “Bless the Woman”
• 2005 - “In the first circle”
• 2008 - “Guilty Without Guilt”
• 2015 - “The best day!”
• 2016 - “Forever and ever”