She was born on September 8, 1961 in Kiev. Back in 1972, she, a schoolgirl, had a directing job-television performance “The Freeloader”. Graduated from LGITMIC (SPbGATIC) in 1983, the course of A. Katsman - L. Dodin. She worked in Tovstonogov ABDT (then named after Gorky): the play "Amadeus" (Mozart's girlfriend), etc. Then she went to her teacher, Lev Dodin, to the Leningrad Maly Drama Theater. In 1990, she left Russia with her husband, Maxim Leonidov. She was the leading actress of the Chamber
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She was born on September 8, 1961 in Kiev.
Back in 1972, she, a schoolgirl, had a directing job-television performance “The Freeloader”.
Graduated from LGITMIC (SPbGATIC) in 1983, the course of A. Katsman - L. Dodin.
She worked in Tovstonogov ABDT (then named after Gorky): the play "Amadeus" (Mozart's girlfriend), etc.
Then she went to her teacher, Lev Dodin, to the Leningrad Maly Drama Theater.
In 1990, she left Russia with her husband, Maxim Leonidov. She was the leading actress of the Chamber Theatre in Tel Aviv. The performance “Russian Love” was a success in Israel and even took first place at the festival of single performances. She worked with famous directors: B. Morozov in his "Seagull" and with M. Kozakov in the "Love" on the play of the English playwright Pinter.
Irina Selezneva, known throughout Russia for her role as an eccentric Italian in the film “Moscow Holiday”, almost ten years won the hearts of the Israeli public with her game.
When Irina Selezneva left for Israel, many, almost all, were confident that she would return to Russia. But she was destined to become the first actress from Russia who managed to play in the Israeli theater on an equal footing with local actors, without discounts on absorption and accent.
In the “Moscow Holiday” Seleznev got with the filing of Yarmolnik. Alla Surikova, the master of comedies, had never suspected the existence of such an actress. After leaving for Israel, she was forgotten. Both the audience and the directors. Therefore, the return of Irina as an eccentric Italian was triumphant. The audience loved the film, and with it the actress Selezneva. Unfortunately, Israeli cinema never offered her such a role.
“I am often invited to act,” says Irina, “and I sometimes agree, but often refuse when offered roles with a certain set of local stamps – most often we are talking about the fate of people who came from Russia.” But at the same time, I understand why this is happening – I’m so different that I can’t play a native Israeli. It’s a movie, you can’t lie in front of the camera. After “Moscow Holidays” she starred in Belarus with director Ptashuk in the film “The Game of Imagination” based on the script by Emil Braginsky.
The actress currently lives and works in London. In early 2006, she took part at the invitation of L. Dodin in the play “Blazh” (Small Drama Theater, St. Petersburg), as the production was in danger of failure. And the theater in a difficult situation did not fail. The play “Blazh” Irina Selezneva had never seen before, the text of the play received by e-mail. Three days to prepare and watch the tape in London and the only rehearsal in St. Petersburg.