Childhood and adolescence
The future actress Irina Sotikova, whose films have been on screen for two decades, was born a few days before the new year, 1974, in a military family.
Her childhood years were quite unusual, because because of her father’s work, the girl’s parents constantly moved from city to city. They lived in Mongolia, Khabarovsk, Chita... Until her eleventh birthday, Ira lived in the Far East. This is probably why she retained her love for long hikes, mushroom picking and fishing.
The family moved to Leningrad when Ira had already grown up. The girl entered the St. Petersburg Academy of Theater Arts - LGITMiK (studied in the workshop of V. Petrov), from which she graduated in 1996.
Theater path
When Irina Sotikova was still a student, she began her career at the Akimov Comedy Theater. She does not betray the walls of this temple of art to this day. And this should not come as a surprise, because the actress, like a real Leningrader, from an early age grew up in the atmosphere of art that permeated this beautiful city.
She is an actress of a truly classical genre. Many performances of the Comedy Theater remained in the memory of the audience precisely because of her. Sotikova was a beggar and a courtier in “The Shadow”, a Woman in “The Cat Who Walks Alone”, Barbara Smith in “The Too Married Taxi Driver”, a Girl in “Perfect Trouble”, Anna Page in “The Merry Wives of Windsor”.
Biography of Vera Sotnikova
The biography of Vera Sotnikova begins in 1960, in the city of Stalingrad, which a year later became Volgograd. Although the parents themselves were not associated with the arts, they did their best to instill in their daughter a love for them from an early age. Father Mikhail worked at a factory, and mother Margarita was a telephone operator.
Biography of Vera Sotnikova
Also, Vera’s older sister was raised in the family. From an early age, girls attended various museum exhibitions and theater performances. The mother wrote poems, which she read in front of her family, and the head of the family tried his hand at writing war memoirs.
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While already studying at school, Vera Sotnikova immediately signed up for amateur performances. Various creative evenings and special events were not complete without her participation. In addition to this, the girl liked to read poems and act in school plays. In her free time, she attends clubs and sections where she improves her creative talents.
Having received a diploma of secondary education, the future actress goes to the Saratov School, where she plans to study theater skills. It is noteworthy that Vera made such a decision thanks to the advice of her older sister, who at that time had already graduated from the educational institution. But the management does not take her seriously and refuses the girl. Of course, you have to return to your hometown. Immediately upon arrival, Vera studies foreign languages, in particular French. Her plans include entering Moscow State University.
A year later, Vera Sotnikova leaves for Moscow. However, there was no success here either. In addition, the reason turned out to be stupid - there was not enough medical certificate, and because of this, the selection committee refused to consider her candidacy. On the way to the station, the girl tries her hand at the Shchukin School. It is noteworthy that Vera did not experience any worries, because I didn’t expect successful admission. This time, luck smiled, the management saw her as a talented actress and accepted her for training.
Vera Sotnikova graduated from the educational institution in 1982. The graduation performance was “Three Sisters”, where she played the central character. Two years later, the artist was accepted into the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya. In those days, Vera almost did not participate in the filming of films, preferring theatrical productions. During all this time, she managed to work at the Mossovet Theater, the Moscow Art Theater, and Roman Viktyuk. The most notable roles and performances are “Doctor Zhivago”, “The Dog Waltz” and so on.
Biography of Vera Sotnikova
To this day, the actress plays in the theater, appearing on television a little less often. Vera herself notes that there is little work in cinema now. He blames this on economic problems within the country. Despite this, last year the film “Fools” was released, starring Vera Sotnikova. Theater performances are organized more often. In addition, television viewers know the actress from “Battle of Psychics,” where she appears as a presenter. In addition to this, she notes that she believes in the supernatural abilities of those around her.
Of course, Vera Sotnikova does not remain without male attention. The biography and its men are still of interest to many fans who follow the actress’s work. And there were enough of them in a woman’s life, and all the men were diverse. But we will tell you more about this below.
The road to the big cinema
Actress Irina Sotikova began going on the set immediately after receiving her diploma, in 1998. Her first character was the pretty Polish bride Ani Jadzia in the comedy by Yuri Mamin and Arkady Tigai called “Bitter!” Her partners in the film were Mikhail Porechenkov and Andrey Zibrov.
Like other St. Petersburg actors and actresses, she had to film quite a lot at the end of the difficult nineties. These were popular series about police officers at that time. She was cast in the role of a nurse in “Streets of Broken Lights” and Katya Slastina in “The Golden Bullet Agency” (2002). Moreover, she played Katya in six episodes with Andrei Sokolov and Valery Degtyar.
Several years later, she never changed her role, having “settled” firmly in it. She turned into Angelica in the seventh part of “Street of Broken Lanterns”, Masha in the TV series “Liteiny, 4” (2007).
Two words about her...
The actress’s filmography contains about three dozen works. But she not only acted in films and appeared on the theater stage. Irina Sotikova, whose films are known to a large number of viewers, twelve years ago participated in dubbing the role of Beyoncé Knowles in the film “The Pink Panther.”
For four years, the actress was Vanya Polesov’s mother in the TV series “Senior School Students,” which was broadcast on Russian channels. One of the best directors of the twenty-first century, Nikita Mikhalkov, could not help but notice Irina’s magnificent performance in her transformations. The master approved her for the role of Arisha in one of the episodes in the second part of the film “Burnt by the Sun” seven years ago.
And yet, the main genres in which she works now and plans to remain for a long time are adventures, detectives and crime. It is in such genres, which are not always typical for a fragile woman, that Irina Sotikova can show everything she is capable of, can realize herself as a talented and hardworking actress, who does not allow herself to leave the set until the take turns out the way it needs to be .
Official marriage
The famous TV presenter Vera Sotnikova began her cinematic career in the early eighties. She played her first role in the film “Found Guilty,” which appeared on screen in 1983. After this debut role, the actress was immediately noticed by directors and began to be invited to their films. Therefore, at that time, Vera Sotnikova could be seen in many films.
But her last bright and memorable role was the role of Lyudmila Zykina in the film “Lyudmila”. In addition, Vera Mikhailovna is now known as a TV presenter of several projects on the TNT channel. Viewers remembered her as a presenter in such programs as “Battle of Psychics” and “Ex-Wives Club”.
And, despite the fact that this beauty attracts men throughout her life, she herself was fascinated in her youth. The young student Sotnikova, who was studying in her second year at the Moscow Art Theater School, was charmed by Yuri Nikolsky, who introduced himself to the girl as a restorer at the museum. He simply fell in love with her and deceived her, since it later turns out that he was just a simple museum janitor.
But only the deception was revealed after they had already gotten married and Vera was expecting a child. She did not expect such deception, so immediately after the birth of her son they divorced. After this, Vera began a difficult life, which she still remembers with tears in her eyes and suffers from the fact that she spent little time with Ian when he was still a child.
And then she had to leave her son to her parents, and go to the capital to look for work, to act a lot and be able to send money to Volgograd, where her little son was waiting. Vera also tried to arrange her personal life, but despite the fact that she had many affairs, many men simply went crazy about her, official marriage remained the only one in her biography.
Her "Highway Patrol"
The first season of this series was released exactly ten years ago and instantly won the sympathy of the audience. It talks about a special police unit that deals with special traffic incidents. And the whole story begins with an investigation into the details of the death of a major businessman who was at the top of the management of a famous bank.
The first to arrive at the scene of the disaster were the main characters - the beautiful and very strict captain Marina Voronina and her colleague and partner, senior lieutenant Odintsov. He is always ready to help Marina.
Eleven seasons are a very worthy indicator of the longevity of Russian television. Each episode talks about cases related specifically to incidents that happened on the road. Each time it is necessary to carry out numerous investigations, find evidence, carry out checks in order to understand the reasons for what happened on a given day.
Irina Sotikova, who played Marina, showed herself simply magnificent. She and Yuri Elagin (older Odintsov) formed a magnificent tandem.
Briefly about personal...
Irina Sotikova, who is currently 44 years old, assures journalists that her personal life is quite settled. She met her future husband at the theater, where they still work together. The actress was always sure that she would not start a family with the actor, but... feelings turned out to be stronger than conviction. The wedding took place according to all the rules, elegantly and on a grand scale.
Her husband now works a lot in the theater and acts in films. They failed to arrange a honeymoon, but later they went on vacation to Greece.
Actress Irina Sotikova (her husband and children are of interest to ordinary viewers) once told journalists that in recent years it has become fashionable in the acting profession not to have children. And he cites his theater as an example, whose actors and actresses have been in no hurry to expand their families over the past twenty years. But Irina herself is sure that it is a child who can turn an ordinary woman into a very soft, gentle, feminine and at the same time more self-confident creature.
She is very happy with her husband, actor Alexei Krasnotsvetov, who is 14 years younger than Irina. Now she dreams of children's voices being heard in their house and the laughter of their little ones ringing.
Irina Sotikova, husband
Irina Sotikova was born in Leningrad on December 25, 1973. As a child, she and her family often moved from one place of residence to another. Until the age of eleven, the girl lived in the Far East. It was these places that instilled in her a love of fishing, mushroom picking and hiking. Irina Sotikova’s husband is fourteen years younger than his chosen one, but this does not in any way interfere with their happiness.
After graduating from school, Irina becomes a student at the St. Petersburg Academy of Theater Arts. However, even in her student years, the girl begins to work at the Akimov Theater. This is where she currently works. From an early age, she absorbed the atmosphere of art that reigned in her hometown. The girl played mainly in the classical genre and many performances were remembered by the audience precisely because of her participation.
In the photo: Irina Sotikova
Immediately after graduating from university, Irina made her film debut. It was the comedy “Bitter!”, where the young actress had the opportunity to work on the same set with quite famous artists. In the late 90s, she, like many artists, starred mainly in police detective stories. However, in the early 2000s, the girl did not change her role and continued to play in the same genre. Over time, the girl began acting in popular youth TV series. This continued until the famous director Nikita Mikhalkov noticed her. He offered her a role in the film “Burnt by the Sun-2.”
Somewhat later, Irina worked in the TV series “Road Patrol,” which earned people’s love, and the actress gained a significant increase in fans. Now the girl has a busy work schedule, she is in demand and popular.
In the photo: Irina Sotikova
The personal life of Irina Sotikova is quite arranged. She met her husband at the same Akimov Comedy Theater, where they work together. Previously, she always insisted that she did not plan to become the actor’s wife, but fate decreed otherwise. At first, the newlyweds did not want to celebrate a lavish wedding; they wanted to invite only their closest people. However, then they decided to celebrate the celebration according to all the rules and on a grand scale.
Irina Sotikova’s husband is now working a lot, in particular acting in films. It was not possible to arrange a honeymoon after the wedding. Only after some time the couple went to Greece for three weeks. They lived on several islands and communicated with interesting people. Now the young family is thinking about getting a new addition.
In the photo: Irina Sotikova
As Irina admitted, it is now very unfashionable to have children in the acting profession. For example, in their theater for twenty years no one had a child. However, the woman believes that it is children who make the actress even more beautiful, feminine, confident, and softer.
Irina is very happily married and is not at all embarrassed by the age difference with her husband. When she turned thirty-five, she felt like an old woman, but then she rethought everything. Now she perceives life and age completely differently. Her life values and views have changed somewhat. Now, most of all, she dreams of her family becoming complete and the sound of children’s laughter in the house. As you know, dreams tend to come true. Perhaps the popular actress will in the near future delight her fans not only with new roles, but also with pleasant changes in her personal life.
