Irina Sotikova - a beautiful and talented actress, rightfully earned the love of viewers

Irina Aleksandrovna Sotikova was born in Leningrad in the family of a military man in December 1973. Irina's height is 170 centimeters, weight is 58 kilograms.

Students

Irina Sotikova's biography is quite interesting. All childhood her parents had to move: Khabarovsk, Chita, Mongolia. Irina lived up to 11 years in the Far East, and for the rest of her life the actress retained a love of fishing, gathering mushrooms and long trips. Returning to Leningrad, she became a student of the St. Petersburg Academy of Theatrical Arts (workshop of V. V. Petrova).

Theatrical career

Since 1995, while still studying at the institute, Irina began to work at the Akimov Theater of Comedy. This theater Sotikova remains faithful to this day. Its choice is not surprising, since as a true Leningrader, she grew from an adolescent age in an atmosphere of art that is simply saturated with this city. Irina is an actress of the classical genre. Many performances of the Comedy Theater were remembered thanks to the participation in them of a young actress: the role of Anna Page in the Windsor Naughty Women, a woman in "The Cat that Walked by Itself," Dainti in "The Village Wife", a beggar and a courtier in the Shadow. Irina Sotikova is involved in many productions: Marie's maid in Harold and Maud, the second wife of Barbara Smith in the comedy "Too Married Taxi Driver," Agnia in "Not All Cats Shrove", the girl in "Solid Trouble", Lucille in "The Passion for Moliere" "Lame cat in" Jelsomino in a land of liars. "

Film works

Irina Sotikova made her debut in cinema right after graduating from the institute, in 1998, in the role of the Polish bride Ani Yadzi in the comedy film directed by Arkady Tigaya and Yuri Mamin "Bitter!". Irina's partners in the film were Andrei Zibrov and Mikhail Porechenkov.

Like other Petersburg actresses, she did a lot in the late 90s in popular serials on the police theme: a nurse in Streets of Broken Lights 2 (1999), Katya Slastina's role in Golden Ball Agency (2002). ), Based on the stories of the detectives Andrei Konstantinov. Irina starred in 6 series, and partners in the film Sotikova were Valery Degtyar and Andrei Sokolov.

In the early 2000s, she remained faithful to her role: Angelica in "The Street of Broken Lights 7" (2005), Masha in the series "Foundry, 4" (2007)

To date, the filmography of the actress has 25 paintings. Irina Also took part in the duplication of the role of Beyoncé Knowle in the film "The Pink Panther" (2006). But the main genres in which she works are still detective stories, adventures and crime. The role of the actress of the Theater of Young Spectators Raisa Golubeva in the melodrama of director Stanislav Mitin "Travesty" (2006) was especially successful for Irina.

From 2006 to 2010 on the screens of Russia there was a series "High school students", in which Irina Sotikova was Vanya Polessova's mother.

The talented actress was not ignored by such a venerable director as Nikita Mikhalkov, offering Sotikova the role of Arisha in the episode of "Burnt by the Sun-2" in 2011.

Filming in the Road Patrol

From 2008 to 2011 on a permanent basis Sotikova takes part in the series "Road Patrol". The role of Captain Marina Voronina made the actress famous and popular. According to Irina herself, in life she is not a bit like her screen heroine. In the series, the captain of the police takes on the most dangerous road investigations. Voronina is a tough and purposeful extreme. She drives a car, participates in dashing pursuits and carries out complex tricks with a risk to life. Sotikova does not even have a car, although she did most of the tricks and can drive. And the actress generally learned to shoot in one day in a shooting club from all kinds of weapons.

As Irina remembers, her parents could not believe for a long time that their daughter could be so opposite in character. In life Irina is feminine and soft, and here it was necessary to jump out of the window and shoot from the car at high speed.

Criminal detectives occupy the lion's share in Sotikova's work. In recent series, viewers could see the actress as Zaluzhskaya in the "Khabarova Principle" (2012). A big role for Irina (Lyuba, Shilova's acquaintance) and in several seasons of the series "Mentovskie Voiny" (2011 - 2013).

In the last films Sotikova remembered the role of Nyura in the film "Cossack" (2012) and Lily in the criminal melodrama "Personal circumstances", as well as the military physician Natasha in the military drama "Ladoga" (2013). Little work was in Irina in the "Secrets of the investigation" (2013) and in the "Alien area-3" (2013).

Personal life

Irina Sotikova currently lives in Moscow. A huge place in the life of an actress is working in the cinema. But, despite the high workload, for her beloved person and the most important and pleasant emotions in life she always finds time among tours and traveling.

Actress Irina Sotikova - beautiful, talented, feminine and without any pathos starry. For this it is loved by the viewers of the cinema, and the theatergoers specially come to the premiere screenings with her participation. Her career is developing quite successfully, and I want to believe that I will still please fans with a lot of works and my charming smile from the screen more than once Irina Sotikova. Photos of the actress from the new films will delight those who faithfully love her.