Actress Maria Leonova. Biography of the actress, filmography, family

Famous Russian actress Maria Leonova was born on August 6, 1974. She is a native Muscovite.

"The first steps" in art

Maria consciously chose an acting profession and received an appropriate education in the Shchukinsky School. Her mentor was Eugene Rubenovich Simonov.

Actress Maria Leonova received a document on the end of "Pike" in 1997. Noteworthy is the fact that she met her future husband, the popular actor Daniil Strakhov.

The first steps on the way to the glory of Leonov did at the Gogol Theater. At the same time, she got into this "Melpomene" church quite by accident.

Actress Maria Leonova has two diplomas

It would be wrong to say that the talented lieutenant Leonova spent all the time on the stage. She also has a second diploma in "Interior Design". In this field, she is also in demand: she is constantly invited to decorate the apartment in the prestigious districts of the metropolitan metropolis. However, the actress Maria Leonova says that the decor for her is just a hobby, her passion is, of course, cinema and theater.

Theatrical productions

In the "Gogol" theater actress took part in six performances. The debut role was the image of Odile in the work "My crime", sponsored by L. Verneuil and J. Burr. After that, actress Maria Leonova was involved in the play "The History of the Soldier", in which the Princess played.

Then she took part in the play staged by Anton Chekhov's "Ivanov", where she brilliantly reincarnated as Sasha Lebedeva. After that, she perfectly coped with the role of Masha in the production of "Notebook of Trigorin" based on the work of T. Williams. She also remembered the viewer in the role of Snow Maiden in the play "Woman with the Past." In addition, Maria perfectly played the image of Mani in the "Alien child."

Maria Leonova is an actress, whose photo was regularly decorated with posters of the Gogol Theater. After all, she also has an "angelic" appearance. Of course, Leonova was and remains in demand not only in the theater, but also in the cinema.

However, it should be noted that Leonova subsequently decided to leave the stage of the Gogol Theater.

In the period from 2003 to 2005, the place of her work was the Center for Drama and Directing A. Kazantseva and M. Roshchin. Here she took part in the production of "Ice pictures". In addition, she happened to enter the stage of GITIS, in which she reincarnated as General Anna Petrovna Voinitsova from Chekhov's work "The Fatherlessness". It should be noted that in the last production her partner in the scene was her current husband - Daniil Strakhov.

However, Maria Leonova - an actress, a photo with an autograph, which many fans of her talent want to get, - declares that playing with her husband on the same stage for her is incredibly difficult.

The actress is against the partner in the scene was her husband

"I did not want to see Daniil and I go out onto the playground together. To this perspective, I'm somewhat wary. I understand how important this role is for me, but I would not like to perceive my beloved as my stage partner. We have been looking closely at each other for a very long time, and so far I can not imagine that we are playing with Daniel in one performance. I'm just convinced that a husband and wife, if they are creative people of the same profession, should not work together, "- says the actress.

Cinema

Actress Maria Leonova offered her debut role in cinema in 2001. Then the famous director Sergei Borchukov was busy shooting the tape "Ordinary Days", where he was invited to Masha.

The plot of the picture tells about how resting modern youth. They spend time in nightclubs, take walks, reflect on what life and death are. In order to bring a note of originality to their everyday leisure, they decided to steal a suitcase, and then plan its searches step by step. As a result, this "entertainment" was transformed into a real detective story.

Of course, Maria Leonova did not feel very confident on the set, since she first appeared on it.

Two years after the release of "Ordinary Days" she becomes the heroine of the picture "Remember, my name is Ragozin."

It should be emphasized that the actress Maria Leonova, whose biography is not particularly noteworthy, can just as brilliantly play the role of the second plan.

In 2004 she took part in one of the episodes of the movie "The Children of Arbat".

Director Sergei Burchukova Maria also starred in the film "One of many." The viewer remembered the actress also for the "small" role in the well-known Russian TV show Always Say Always -2. In addition, she was involved in another domestic "soap opera" titled "Do not Be Born Beautiful," in which she represented the image of Diana Belyaeva.

Success waited for Leonov and after filming in the film "Model", directed by Tatyana Voronetskaya. Fans of the actress's talent will be interested to know that this film also starred Daniil Strakhov, who got the image of an engineer.

It should be noted that the cast of "Model" is impressive. In the picture involved Nikolai Fomenko, Victoria Tolstoganova, Daniil Spivakovsky.

It is also necessary to mention the film "Nothing Personal", directed by Larisa Sadilova. Leonova reincarnates into the image of the girl Katya, who is the main character of the film. It should be noted that even here the cast was matched with taste, Masha's partners on the set were Natalia Kochetova, Valery Barinov, Alexander Klyukvin. The plot of the picture is also intriguing and fascinating: detective Zimin must fulfill the task, namely, to monitor the apartment through video surveillance.

Suddenly, two women appear, one of them is the pharmacist Irina, and the second is an unknown lady with blond hair. They tell each other about all their worries and problems.

Zimin suddenly begins to understand that the life that the objects of his observation conduct, practically does not differ from his own. But in his youth he imagined how all his dreams will be realized ...

The last work at the moment in the cinema of actress Maria Leonova is a role in the film "From Thursday to Friday". The director of the picture is Alla Kofman. The partners of the actress on the set were Oleg Feoklistov, Elena Korobeinikova, Konstantin Milovanov. This is a vital film, telling how loving each other husband and wife plan their vacation abroad.

Personal life

With her husband Daniil Strahov, Maria Leonova met, as already emphasized, at the Shchukin school. This was in 1994. Before that he worked in the Mkhatovsk studio school. On a nice young man future actress immediately drew attention, but the heart of Maria Leonova at the appearance of Strakhov for some reason did not flinch. At the same time, Daniel did not hide his feelings towards Masha: for him it was love at first sight. After the "Pike" in 1997, they together get to the theater named after Gogol. It was here that the "spark of love" broke out between the actors, and four years later they applied to the registry office. At the same time, beloved refused to lavish celebrations, they did not even bother to choose a wedding dress: they came to a wedding in T-shirts and jeans. The thing is that financial opportunities did not allow us to celebrate the ceremony, besides, there was no special desire to do it.

That's it, Maria Leonova is an actress. Children, according to Daniil Strakhov, her choice, would further strengthen their feelings for each other. Meanwhile, the enamored husband only dreams of Masha giving birth to a child.