Irina Rakshina Biography

She is also known as the wife of the famous comedian Yuri Galtsev. On May 3, childhood in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky was born Irina Rakshina, the first-born in the Rakshin family. Later she had a younger sister.

However, fate ordered that the responsibility for raising the younger sister fell on Irinin's shoulders, as her mother passed away when the girl was not even five years old. Father was forced to send both daughters to a round -the -clock kindergarten, taking them home only for the weekend. In kindergarten, girls were actively engaged in creativity in circles.

Irina Rakshina, in her youth at school, Irina showed interest in studying and dedicated to classes, her diary was full of excellent grades. At the same time, she was fond of music, playing on the accordion, and was engaged in athletics. At the age of 12, Irina went to the popular pioneer camp Artek, but when the shift ended, she found out that she and her sister remained a round orphan.

Plans for the definition of girls in the shelter were interrupted thanks to a neighbor who issued custody of the sisters. Irina Rakshina, after graduating from the 8th grade, Irina, at the insistence of the guardianship, entered the vocational school for sewing, although she herself dreamed of an acting career. Despite the fact that the attempt to enter VGIK failed due to an age-related restriction, this did not repel her desire.

Irina got a job as a cleaner in the tourist complex and began to visit the theater studio, not missing a single metropolitan premiere. The following attempts to enter the Moscow Art Theater were also unsuccessful, but in the end Irina nevertheless reached her goal. She ended up in the Lensovet Theater after completing training at the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography.

In this film, the actress got the role of Katka, sister of the main character. A successful debut attracted the attention of the directors, so that this role was followed by a number of others in such paintings as the “gardener”, “whose old are you, old? Irina Rakshina in the film “The Tramp Bus” in the year Irina appeared in the cult film by Alexei Balabanov “Brother”, where she played the role of Zinka, who helped Hoffmann care for the wounded Danila Bagrov.

This cooperation with Balabanov continued: the next year, Rakshina played the first aunt Lisa in the film “About Freaks and People”, and at the beginning of X got the role of an alcoholic in the “Georgian”. For her achievements in art, the actress was awarded the Golden Sofit Award. They may be familiar.