Inna Churikova
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Inna Mikhailovna Churikova (Russian: И́нна Миха́йловна Чу́рикова, born October 5, 1943) is a Soviet Russia
n film and theatre actress.
in Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
, USSR. In the early 1950s her mother and she moved to Moscow
. Inna was bent on becoming an actress from an early age: as a schoolgirl she studied at the drama studio attached to the Stanislavsky Theatre and later, after a few failures, entered Shchepkin Drama School. She debuted in filming when a first-year student already, yet those were minor episodic roles. Inna Churikova became famous thanks to the films V ogne broda net (No Path Through Fire) (1967), and especially the triumphal Nachalo (The Debut) (1970) by the then beginning film director and her future husband Gleb Panfilov
.
Her other most remarkable works were in the films: Tot samyy Myunkhgauzen (That Munchhausen) (1979) written by Grigory Gorin and directed by Mark Zakharov
, Voenno-polevoy roman
(Wartime Romance) (1983) by Pyotr Todorovsky
, Rebro Adama (Adam's Rib) (1990) by Vyacheslav Krishtofovich, God sobaki
(The Year of a Dog) (1993) by Semyon Aranovich
, Plashch Kazanovy (Casanova's Raincoat) (1993) by Aleksandr Galin, Kurochka Ryaba
(Ryaba My Chicken) (1994) by Andrei Konchalovsky
, and Shirli-Myrli
(What a mess!) (1995) by Vladimir Menshov
. For her role in Wartime Romance, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress
at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival
, and won the Nika Award
in 1991 in the Best Actress category for her role in Rebro Adama.
Inna Churikova is also a renowned stage actress, mainly working in Lenkom
theatre with director Mark Zakharov
, as well as a non-repertory theatre star.
Together with her husband and son, Churikova was a co-screenwriter for the historical feature Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya (The Romanovs: An Imperial Family) (2000), in which rather than appear on screen, she dubs the English actress Lynda Bellingham
starring as the tsarina Aleksandra Fyodorovna.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n film and theatre actress.
Biography
She was born in BelebeyBelebey
Belebey is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the bank of the Usen River, from Ufa. Population: .-Demographics:Ethnic composition: Russian people: 46.9%; Tatar people: 23.6%; Chuvash people: 12%; Bashkir people: 11%....
in Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
The Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the former Soviet Union. Currently it is known as Bashkortostan....
, USSR. In the early 1950s her mother and she moved to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. Inna was bent on becoming an actress from an early age: as a schoolgirl she studied at the drama studio attached to the Stanislavsky Theatre and later, after a few failures, entered Shchepkin Drama School. She debuted in filming when a first-year student already, yet those were minor episodic roles. Inna Churikova became famous thanks to the films V ogne broda net (No Path Through Fire) (1967), and especially the triumphal Nachalo (The Debut) (1970) by the then beginning film director and her future husband Gleb Panfilov
Gleb Panfilov
Gleb Anatolyevich Panfilov is an internationally acclaimed Russian film director noted for a string of mostly historical films starring his wife, Inna Churikova:...
.
Her other most remarkable works were in the films: Tot samyy Myunkhgauzen (That Munchhausen) (1979) written by Grigory Gorin and directed by Mark Zakharov
Mark Zakharov
Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov is a Soviet and Russian theatrical director and playwright. He was also a professor of the Moscow Theatre Institute ....
, Voenno-polevoy roman
Wartime Romance
Wartime Romance is a 1983 Soviet film directed by Pyotr Todorovsky.-Cast:* Nikolay Burlyaev as Netuzhilin* Natalya Andreychenko as Lyuba* Inna Churikova as Vera* Yekaterina Yudina as Kat'ka...
(Wartime Romance) (1983) by Pyotr Todorovsky
Pyotr Todorovsky
Pyotr Yefimovich Todorovsky is a Soviet Russian film director, screenwriter and film score composer.His film Wartime Romance was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival, where Inna Churikova won the...
, Rebro Adama (Adam's Rib) (1990) by Vyacheslav Krishtofovich, God sobaki
The Year of the Dog (film)
The Year of the Dog is a 1994 Russian drama film directed by Semyon Aranovich. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution.-Cast:* Inna Churikova as Vera...
(The Year of a Dog) (1993) by Semyon Aranovich
Semyon Aranovich
Semyon Davidovich Aranovich was a Soviet and Russian film director whose work included the documentaries I Was Stalin's Bodyguard and The Anna Achmatova Files as well as features like Torpedo Bombers...
, Plashch Kazanovy (Casanova's Raincoat) (1993) by Aleksandr Galin, Kurochka Ryaba
Assia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs
Assia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs is a 1994 Russian comedy film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. It was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Inna Churikova - Asya* Viktor Mikhaylov - Vasili Nikitich* Aleksandr Surin - Stepan...
(Ryaba My Chicken) (1994) by Andrei Konchalovsky
Andrei Konchalovsky
Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky is a Soviet-American and Russian film director, film producer and screenwriter....
, and Shirli-Myrli
Shirli-Myrli
Shirli-Myrli is a 1995 farce comedy film of late post-Perestroyka era directed by Vladimir Menshov based on a screenplay by Vitali Moskalenko and Andrei Samsonov. Produced by Vladimir Dostal and Aleksandr Litvinov. Music by Timur Kogan, sound by Olga Ilyina. Cinematography by Vadim Alisov...
(What a mess!) (1995) by Vladimir Menshov
Vladimir Menshov
Vladimir Valentinovich Menshov is a Soviet and Russian actor and film director. He is noted for depicting the Russian everyman and working class life in his films. Like many other Russian filmmakers, he studied acting and directing at the state film school VGIK, the world's oldest educational...
. For her role in Wartime Romance, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress
Silver Bear for Best Actress
The Silver Bear for Best Actress is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actress.-Awards:- External links :*...
at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival
34th Berlin International Film Festival
The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 17 to February 28, 1984.-Jury:* Liv Ullmann * Jules Dassin* Edward Bennett* Manuela Cernat-Gheorghiu* Lana Gogoberidze* Tullio Kezich* Steffen Kuchenreuther...
, and won the Nika Award
Nika Award
The Nika Award is a prestigious annual ceremony held by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences which was established in 1987 in Moscow, Russia by Yuli Gusman, and ostensibly modelled on the Academy Awards . Russian Academy Award takes its name from Nike, the goddess of victory...
in 1991 in the Best Actress category for her role in Rebro Adama.
Inna Churikova is also a renowned stage actress, mainly working in Lenkom
Lenkom Theatre
Lenkom Theatre is the official name of what was once known as the Moscow State Theatre named after Lenin's Komsomol. Designed by Illarion Ivanov-Schitz, it was built in 1907 to house a Merchant's Club, and was home to many theatrical and musical performances...
theatre with director Mark Zakharov
Mark Zakharov
Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov is a Soviet and Russian theatrical director and playwright. He was also a professor of the Moscow Theatre Institute ....
, as well as a non-repertory theatre star.
Together with her husband and son, Churikova was a co-screenwriter for the historical feature Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya (The Romanovs: An Imperial Family) (2000), in which rather than appear on screen, she dubs the English actress Lynda Bellingham
Lynda Bellingham
Lynda Bellingham is a Canadian-born English actress, broadcaster and author, who is known for her distinctive husky voice.-Early life:...
starring as the tsarina Aleksandra Fyodorovna.
Selected filmography
- Thirty ThreeThirty Three (film)Thirty Three is a 1965 Soviet comedy film directed by Georgi Daneliya.-Plot:A rough factory worker of a distant rural town of Russia becomes a national celebrity, when it's discovered that his mouth bears 33 teeth...
(1965) - Dead SoulsDead Souls (film)Dead Souls is a 1984 Soviet television miniseries directed by Mikhail Shveytser, based on Nikolai Gogol's novel of the same name.-Cast:* Aleksandr Trofimov – Nikolai Gogol* Aleksandr Kalyagin – Chichikov* Yuri Bogatyryov – Manilov...
(1984) - The ThemeThe ThemeThe Theme is a 1979 Soviet film directed by Gleb Panfilov. It tells the story of an egotistical playwright who thinks of himself as an artist, but who allows the system to make him write conformist plays....
(1987) - MotherMother (1989 film)Mother is a 1989 Soviet drama film directed by Gleb Panfilov. It was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Inna Churikova* Viktor Rakov* Liubomiras Lauciavicius* Aleksandr Shishonok - * Dmitri Pevtsov...
(1989) - The Year of the DogThe Year of the Dog (film)The Year of the Dog is a 1994 Russian drama film directed by Semyon Aranovich. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution.-Cast:* Inna Churikova as Vera...
(1994) - Assia and the Hen with the Golden EggsAssia and the Hen with the Golden EggsAssia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs is a 1994 Russian comedy film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. It was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Inna Churikova - Asya* Viktor Mikhaylov - Vasili Nikitich* Aleksandr Surin - Stepan...
(1994) - Shirli-MyrliShirli-MyrliShirli-Myrli is a 1995 farce comedy film of late post-Perestroyka era directed by Vladimir Menshov based on a screenplay by Vitali Moskalenko and Andrei Samsonov. Produced by Vladimir Dostal and Aleksandr Litvinov. Music by Timur Kogan, sound by Olga Ilyina. Cinematography by Vadim Alisov...
(1995)
Honours and awards
- Order of Merit for the FatherlandOrder of Merit for the FatherlandThe Order of Merit for the Fatherland was instituted on 2 March 1994 by Presidential Decree. The statutes describe it as a decoration for merit, not an order of knights....
;- 3rd class (27 July 2007) - for outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical art, and many years of creative activity
- 4th class (25 August 1997) - a great contribution to the development of theatrical arts
- Russian Federation State Prize (1996) - for the role of Arkadina in the play "The Seagull" by Chekhov
- State Prize of the RSFSR Vasiliev brothers (1985) - for the main role in film "Vassa"
- Lenin Komsomol PrizeLenin Komsomol PrizeLenin Komsomol Prize was a Soviet annual award for the best works in science, engineering, literature or art carried out by young authors of age not exceeding 33 years...
(1976) - for the creation of images in contemporary cinema - People's Artist of USSR (1991)
- People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985)
- Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1977)
- Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (France, 2010)