Biography
Polina Agureeva was born on September 9, 1976 in Volgograd in the family of a physicist and a teacher of Russian literature.
She also has a younger brother and sister. When Polina was still little, she lived for some time in the village of Mikhailovka, Volgograd region, and later moved with her family to Moscow.
According to the actress herself, during her school years she read a lot, spending all her free time reading books.
Polina decided on her profession already in high school. In 1993, she entered the directing department at GITIS, in the workshop of Pyotr Fomenko, where she studied in an acting group.
No one doubted her talent
The girl’s acting talent began to manifest itself during her school years.
Starting from elementary school, almost all school performances took place with her participation. The provincial spontaneity that she did not lose in the capital, combined with her innate acting talent, already fascinated both teachers and peers. In high school, the girl was already purposefully preparing to enter GITIS, where, after graduating from school, she entered on the first try - Pyotr Fomenko immediately spotted the future star and took her to his workshop.
Theater
Educational theater GITIS:
- Alix - "Mr. House's Idea"
- Nymphea – “School for Fools”
- Loss - "Winter's Tale"
- Julia – “Harpagoniad”,
- Sonya - "Summer Residents"
- Pirogov - “Yu”.
Immediately after training, the actress was accepted into the troupe of the Pyotr Fomenko Workshop theater, where today she has already played quite a lot of different roles:
- Annushka; Shlepokhvostova - “Vladimir III degree”,
- Marya Ivanovna Veselkina; Stepa - “Barbarians”,
- Polina - “One absolutely happy village”,
- Chris - "Dancing at the Harvest Festival"
- Julie Karagina, Helen Kuragina, Natasha Rostova - “War and Peace. The beginning of the novel"
- Sibylle - "The Madwoman of Chaillot"
- Countess K. or “Such rubbish” - “Egyptian Nights”,
- Nastenka - “White Nights”
- Larisa Ogudalova - "Dowry"
- Tamara - "Five Evenings"
- Ilse (Countess) - “Giants of the Mountain.”
The actress also played the maid Lisa in the play “Woe from Wit” directed by Oleg Menshikov.
Works in other theaters: “Riga Russian Drama Theater” - Sophie in the play “Artists”. Theater "Praktika" - one-man show "July".
Polina Agureeva also tried herself as a director - she staged performances based on the poems of Alexander Blok, as well as “Giants of the Mountain” - based on the play by Luigi Pirandello.
Theater and films
Of course, the young graduate’s first place of work was the Pyotr Fomenko Workshop theater. The actress devoted herself completely to her work, spent a lot of strength and energy during rehearsals, and once even suffered a hemorrhage of her vocal cords, which led to a short pause in her performances.
On the theatrical stage, Polina managed to earn a good name. Agureeva became the winner of the Golden Mask award for her main role in the play Dowry and the Golden Eagle award for her work in Life and Fate.
Despite being extremely busy at the Fomenko Theater, Agureeva accepted offers from other directors: she played in the enterprise play “Woe from Wit,” staged by Oleg Menshikov, in Elena Nevezhina’s production on the stage of the Riga Drama Theater, as well as in the play “July” at the Moscow Theater “ Practice".
The death of her beloved mentor Pyotr Fomenko had a completely indelible impression on the actress, bordering on shock. According to Polina, she walked, performed and generally lived as if she were a robot come to life - she did everything automatically, without thinking or investing emotions.
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Polina Agureeva and Evgeny Tsyganov on the theater stage
Later, Agureeva began to try herself as a theater director. First she staged a play based on the poems of Alexander Blok, then based on the play “Giants of the Mountain” by Luigi Pirandello, which is a myth about art.
Polina Agureeva’s debut in cinema occurred in 2000, when the film adaptation of Alexander Griboyedov’s imperishable comedy “Woe from Wit” was released, where the actress played the role of the maid Lizonka. A year later, the girl appeared in a television production of the sketch play “One Absolutely Happy Village” by Oleg Korvyakov and Pyotr Fomenko, where she appeared in the role of the girl Polina.
In 2004, the actress starred with Sergei Ursulyak in the melodrama “The Long Farewell.” In the film, she played the popular theater actress Lyalya, who becomes the mistress of the fashionable playwright Nikolai Smolyanov (Boris Kamorzin), while being the wife of the unsuccessful writer Grisha Rebrov (Andrei Shchennikov). For the role of the heroine, a participant in a love triangle, the artist received an award from the Moscow Premiere and Kinotavr festivals.
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Polina Agureeva in the film "Euphoria"
After 2 years, the main role followed in the drama “Euphoria” directed by Ivan Vyrypaev. The film is about a man and a woman who, once they meet, cannot forget each other.
In 2007, the actress received a supporting role in the military series “Liquidation” with Vladimir Mashkov, Vladimir Menshov, Sergei Makovetsky and Svetlana Kryuchkova in the lead roles. The detective story was about a gang of raiders, opposed by the head of the Odessa Criminal Investigation Department and Marshal Georgy Zhukov, who was at that time on the Black Sea coast. Polina Agureeva appeared before television viewers in the image of the charming actress Toni Tsarko.
The actress’s next film work followed in 2009. Agureeva played the Moscow gangster Anna in the spy series “Isaev”. A year later, Polina appeared in the action-packed film “Everything’s OK, Mom!” received the main role of the maid Ivanka, who assisted the Russian journalist Sergei Sotnikov (Alexey Filimonov). In the film adaptation of “Lord Golovlev”, Polina reincarnated as Anninka.
In the same year, the actress’s filmography was supplemented by work in the mystical detective story “Which Wasn’t There,” where she tried on the role of Katya, who one day discovers a dead stranger on the threshold of her own house.
In Sergei Ursulyak’s next military drama “Life and Fate,” aired on the Rossiya-1 TV channel in 2012, Polina Agureeva received the main role of the former wife of Commissar Krymov (Alexander Baluev), who became the lover of the tank platoon commander Novikov (Evgeny Dyatlov).
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In 2013, Polina Agureeva was invited to the film adaptation of “Kuprin. Yama" for the role of Tamara. In the film, the main character was presented on the screen by Mikhail Porechenkov. The series was shown on Channel One and was warmly received by the public.
The actress embodied the opposite image in the tragicomedy “Sex, Coffee, Cigarettes,” where she appeared in one episode. In 2014, the actress gave fans the opportunity to enjoy her performance in the detective story “Farewell, Beloved!”, where she played Margarita Sotnikova, the wife of analyst Vladimir (Konstantin Lavronenko), who one day is found dead.
In 2020, filming began on the biographical film “The Diamond Cross” about the life of surgeon Valentin Voino-Chsenetsky (Alexander Baluev), who, at the height of the persecution of the church, takes church orders and continues to selflessly serve people. Polina Agureeva played the doctor's assistant Sofya Veletskaya. The film was never completed or shown.
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Polina's acting style is determined by her ability to mentally move to other eras, to see events through the eyes of completely different people and, of course, harmonious gestures and plasticity. As in the theater, the actress strives to take on dramatic roles exclusively, where it is necessary to show the character’s nerve and suffering.
In 2020, the drama “Collector” was released, in which Polina got a role behind the scenes. The girl voiced the heroine Tamara, who communicates with the main character Arthur (Konstantin Khabensky) on the phone. Later, the actors repeated their collaboration in the military drama Sobibor, where Agureeva voiced the heroine Luke.
Among the acting works of 2020, Polina’s repertoire includes the role of Nika Ivannikova in the medical drama “Doctor Richter. Continued”, as well as the main female character in the film “The Lancet”. In the second film, Agureeva reincarnated as a psychologist, which was helped by the experience of communicating with her mother, who at one time made psychology her profession.
According to Polina, the actor is forced to show psychological insight, which helps in working on each image, so the peculiarities of the profession were not alien to her.
Movie
Polina Agureeva appears in films quite rarely. Her debut took place in 2004 in the film “The Long Farewell” by Sergei Ursulyak, based on the play by Yuri Trifonov. There she played the main role - Lyalya Telepneva.
In 2006, Polina Agureeva starred in the first directorial film by Ivan Vyrypaev - “Euphoria”.
The actress then again worked repeatedly with director Sergei Ursulyak. She had the role of singer Tanya Tsarko in the TV series “Liquidation”. In the telenovela “Isaev” she appeared in the image of the Moscow bandit Anna. Another of their collaborations is the series “Life and Fate” based on the novel of the same name by Vasily Grossman.
Biography of Polina Agureeva
Polina Agureeva is a very special actress.
There are not many screen roles in her filmography, however, despite this, the popularity of this young girl can be the envy of many other recognized figures of Russian cinema. After all, each of her roles is a real pearl. Every image she embodies is a standard of acting. It is probably simply impossible to remain indifferent to this wonderful actress. And is it worth it? After all, enjoying her acting is always incredibly pleasant.
Prizes and awards:
1997 - Grand Prix of the Moscow Debuts-97 theater festival.
2000 - laureate of the Russian theater award "Chaika" in the "Double Impact" category.
2000 - nominee for the Russian Prize in the field of highest achievements in literature and art "Triumph".
2001 - laureate of the competition for young actresses "Premiere-2001" for the reader's choice prize of Komsomolskaya Pravda.
2001 – laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation for performances of the Moscow Theater “Petr Fomenko Workshop” - “One Absolutely Happy Village” based on the story by B. Vakhtin, “Family Happiness” based on the story by L. Tolstoy, “War and Peace. The beginning of the novel. Scenes" based on the novel by L. Tolstoy.
2004 – award in the category “Best Actress” at the Kinotavr Film Festival (film “The Long Farewell”).
2009 - laureate of the Russian national theater award "Golden Mask" in the category "Best Actress" for the role of Larisa in the play "Dowry" (Moscow Theater "Pyotr Fomenko Workshop").
2014 - laureate of the national film award "Golden Eagle" for best actress on television (TV series "Life and Fate").
Agureeva Polina - theater actress
Fomenko made the right decision - his student was already a fully established artist, whose talent only needed to be slightly polished. Polina’s debut was a small role in the student production of “Barbarians” (1997), which the aspiring actress did brilliantly. Very soon she was given the first leading role in her creative career in the “big” theater - the play “One Absolutely Happy Village”. This role revealed a new rising star to the theater world. And the production itself, primarily thanks to Agureeva’s outstanding performance, was recognized as the best performance of the Fomenko Workshop repertoire in 1997 and the highlight of the theater repertoire for several seasons in a row.
Direct speech
ABOUT WORKING IN THE THEATER AND CINEMA: “For me, in general, working in both theater and cinema is always a painful process. No, I can’t say that I don’t enjoy it - why would I even engage in this profession? But it’s like catharsis—a kind of purification through suffering.”
ABOUT THE FILM “EUPHORIA”: “This is a mythological story about the relationship between a woman and a man. The story is about how a huge feeling descended on these people, but they were not ready for it, so it crushed them. And these people turned out to be closer to animals than to people. The main character of this myth is the spirit of the steppe, terrible and beautiful at the same time.”
ABOUT THE PROFESSION: “I would rather see the profession discuss not charm, not eroticism, not the ability to sing or dance, but more essential things. I understand that few people discuss them at all, but I would like to play in such a way that they would discuss not my charm, but the themes that I play ... "
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Personal life
From 2003 to 2007, she was married to director Ivan Vyrypaev, for whom, in particular, she starred nude in the film “Euphoria.” The marriage, which Vyrypaev called “patriarchal,” according to Agureeva, “existed in struggle - both in life and in creativity”]. From the broken union there is a son, Peter (b. 2005)]. The actress lives in Moscow. Her mother (now a psychologist[14]) and nanny help her raise her child. Vyrypaeva now calls the director “the third husband from the end of the actress Agureeva.” A new marriage is not yet part of her life plans[15]
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Filmography: Actress
- Dr. Richter. Sequel (2018), TV series
- Yana is Anya in reverse (2018), short film
- Van Gogh (2018)
- Diamond Cross (2015)
- Farewell, my love! (2014), TV series
- Sex, coffee, cigarettes (2013)
- Kuprin (2013), TV series
- Life and Fate (2012), TV series
- Who Wasn't There/ (2010)
- Messrs. Golovlevs (2010)
- It's okay, mom! (2010)
- Isaev (2009), TV series
- Liquidation (2007), TV series
- Euphoria (2006)
- The Long Goodbye (2004)
Brief oblivion
Despite the huge success of The Long Goodbye and instant audience popularity, for two years after that no one offered Polina new film roles.
This was partly due to her pregnancy (she gave birth to a son in 2005). And only in 2006, Ivan Vyrypaev invited Agureeva to play the main role in the lyrical film drama “Euphoria”. The film turned out amazing (it was awarded by experts at many film festivals). But Polina again dropped out of the ranks of film actors for two years, only this time through her own fault - she was not in the mood for what was being offered to her at that time. In addition, she loved the theater with all her heart and was not ready to exchange the stage for the “cheap” popularity of a “soap-opera” film actress. The breakthrough in her career came in 2007, when she agreed to play singer Tonya Tsarko in Sergei Ursulyak’s series “Liquidation.” After the release of this film on television, offers rained down on Polina one after another. In less than four years, she starred in five films:
- the image of Anna in the TV series “Isaev” (2009);
- the role of a maid in the film “It's All Right, Mom!” (2010);
- the image of Anninka in the film “Lord Golovlevs” (2010);
- the role of Katya in the film “Which Wasn’t” (2010);
- the image of Evgenia Shaposhnikova in the film “Life and Fate”.
Film critics noted that each of these images of the young talent can be considered a real masterpiece worthy of the highest ratings. Polina amazingly combines lyrical reverence and spontaneity with pronounced sexuality. It’s simply impossible not to love such a woman.
In the near future, fans of Agureeva’s talent will be able to enjoy watching her new works - very soon the lyrical films “Sex, Coffee and Cigarettes” and “Farewell, Darling”, as well as the historical drama “Kuprin” will appear on movie screens.
Early years and recognition of the actress
When the girl was seven years old, they moved to Moscow for permanent residence, but an unbreakable love for the steppe region remained in Polina’s soul for the rest of her life. Already as an adult, the famous actress admitted more than once that her childhood in the provinces was a happy time.
At school, Agureeva studied quite well, was fanatically interested in books, and was even elected chairman of the squad council in the fifth grade . Since childhood, the girl was sure that becoming an actress was her true calling.
Since 1993, Polina has been studying at the directing department of GITIS in the acting group, and during her student years she takes part in a number of theatrical productions. From 1997 to the present time, she has been actively performing in performances and plays, the most famous works: the main role in “One Very Happy Village”, Lisa - “Woe from Wit” and “Hot and Cold or the Idea of the Master of the House”.
The girl’s debut as a film actress took place in 2003 on the set of the film “The Long Farewell” by the famous director Sergei Ursulyak. But real fame came to her after the premiere of the television series Liquidation in 2007. From this moment on, Polina also becomes known to the audience as an excellent performer of romances. The following successful works of the actress in television series:
- "Isaev";
- “Kuprin. Pit";
- "Euphoria" and other films.
Polina Agureeva has an impressive list of theater and film awards: Grand Prix “Moscow Debuts 1997”, “The Seagull” - nomination “Double Impact”, State Prize of the Russian Federation, “Golden Mask”, “Golden Eagle”, etc.
Personal and family life of the actress
In 2003, Polina married director Ivan Vyrypaev, in whose films she took part. From this union, the couple had a son, Peter, in 2005, and in 2007, Agureeva divorced her husband. In 2013, Polina married for the second time, to the young actor Fyodor Malyshev. Two years later, their son Timofey is born. Her mother, who is currently a psychologist, helps the actress raise her children.
Among the actress's favorite hobbies are reading books at night and Eastern philosophy. There is no TV in Polina’s house and she is absolutely indifferent to typical “women’s hobbies.” Agureeva is not interested in fitness classes or visiting beauty salons. As the actress herself says, sports are always present in her life - she is always in a hurry, running and late.
