Biography of Irina Martynenko
Irina Martynenko is the same beauty who in 2020 “burned out” in the video for the composition “Voyage” by the group “Leningrad”. Having starred in “The Lost Place,” a sensational horror film from Nadya Mikhalkova, the young actress played in one of the most anticipated romantic comedies of 2019, “Sober Driver,” and found female happiness with cameraman Mikhail Khasaya.
Actress and model Irina Martynenko
Personal life
Irina is in a relationship. During the filming of the film “The Lost Place,” the girl met cameraman Mikhail Khasaya. Before meeting in person, the young people were friends with each other on the social network Facebook. Soon after they met, Mikhail invited Irina to ride bicycles. Thus began a romantic relationship between them.
Two months later, the young actress realized that she could not live without Mikhail. In February 2020, the couple had a son, who was named Leon. The actress gave birth at a clinic in Portugal. Young parents announced the birth of their son on their Instagram pages.
Childhood
Irina Martynenko is a native of Khabarovsk. She was born on February 19, 1995 in the family of Natalia and Sergei Martynenko. Irina grew up with her older sister Rita, dreamed of a career as a journalist and loved making up stories, hoping to someday write a book.
Irina Martynenko in childhood
After school, the girl entered the Faculty of Journalism at the University of the Pacific and, while studying in her first year, won the university beauty contest, becoming Miss TOGU - 2013. In the same year, tall, thin and big-eyed Ira was noticed by managers of the Khabarovsk modeling agency, and she soon became famous in Khabarovsk model, took part in shows and starred in commercials on local television.
Irina Martynenko’s height is 173 cm
In 2014, Irina moved to Moscow and became a student at the Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting. Ira couldn’t afford to rent an apartment, so she lived in a hostel, which she recalls with her characteristic humor: in an interview, the girl says that “it was a non-stop movement in the style of ‘hardcore and fun,’ but there was no time left for studying.” .
As a student, Irina Martynenko began working as a model
While studying, Ira worked part-time as a model and tried to study, realizing, however, that a career as a television journalist attracted her in a completely different way than before.
Childhood and youth
In her childhood, Ira dreamed not of a theatrical career, but of journalistic activity. The girl loved to invent different stories and dreamed of writing a book. Irina never forced herself to do anything. She always knew that she would find herself in life as a professional in her field. While studying at school, Irina kept a diary in which she wrote down her plans for the future and their implementation.
After graduating from secondary school, the girl entered the Pacific University to study journalism. In her first year at the university, Irina took part in a beauty contest and became Miss TOGU 2013.
After this, the girl was noticed in one of the Khabarovsk modeling agencies and was offered a job. Irina achieved fame as a model in her hometown. She not only participated in various shows, but also starred in television commercials. Her parents always supported the girl in everything.
In 2014, Irina goes to conquer the capital of Russia and enters the Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting to become a television journalist. During her studies, the girl lived in a student dormitory, where there was no time left for classes. At the same time, she worked part-time as a model. As a result, Irina has a diploma in journalism.
Career. Start
In 2020, the girl starred in the video for the romantic song “This Girl” by the French fashionable DJ Kungs, after which she played a cameo role in the film by Roman Volobuev. The action-packed crime comedy “Blockbuster” is considered the beginning of Irina’s acting career; in the film she played a very small role and was not even listed in the credits, but on the set she met Evgeny Tsyganov, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Mikhail Efremov.
Fame came to Ira after the video clip “Voyage”, in which she starred in the role of the beloved of the hero Alexander Pal, familiar to the viewer from the films “The Life Ahead”, “Icebreaker” and “Good Boy”. As conceived by director Ilya Naishuller, modern-day Bonnie and Clyde rob a bank, but the girl receives a fatal wound from which she dies. The young bandit wastes money, he first burns the corpse of his accomplice, and then the stolen millions to the song of Sergei Shnurov, and along with them his pain from the loss of his beloved burns in the fire.
Professional activity
In 2020, Irina starred in the video for the song “This Girl” by the fashionable French DJ Kungs. The actress’s first film role was the episodic role of the girl Claudia in the crime comedy “Blockbuster” directed by Roman Volobuev. On the same set, Irina worked with such artists as Svetlana Khodchenkova, Evgeny Tsyganov and Mikhail Efremov, whom she met.
Irina became famous after the release of the video of the group “Leningrad” and its lead singer Sergei Shnurov. The video was shot for the song “Voyage”, the idea was directed by Ilya Naishuller. In 2020, the girl starred in Nadezhda Mikhalkova’s debut film in the horror film “The Lost Place,” which became the most discussed film of the year. Also participating in the film were the following actors: Sergei Gorodnichy, Valentina Lyapina, Anna Mikhalkova and Alexey Lyapin.
The filmography of the aspiring actress today consists of three film works. In 2020, the actress could be seen in the romantic comedy “Sober Driver” directed by Rezo Gigienishvili. In the film, the girl played the role of the beautiful Christina.
Film roles
In 2020, the directorial debut of the heir to the glorious cinematic dynasty, Nadezhda Mikhalkova, took place. Her youth horror with elements of a psychothriller, “The Lost Place,” became, if not the most discussed, then certainly the most unexpected film of the year. Film critics did not call the film an unambiguous success for Mikhalkova, but the erotic scenes, bloody chainsaws, limbs separated from bodies and references to “pioneer” horror stories appealed to viewers unspoiled by Russian horror.
The actors who played in “The Lost Place” caused no less excitement, with the lion’s share of praise going to the performer of one of the main roles, Ira Martynenko. Most viewers agreed that if it weren’t for Ira’s acting and her undoubted beauty, they would hardly have watched the film until the final credits. Martynenko's company in this film was Anna Mikhalkova, Sergei Gorodnichy, Alexey Dyakin and Valentina Lyapina.
Personal life of Irina Martynenko
While working on “The Lost Place,” Ira met Mikhail Khasaya, a young cameraman. An interesting fact, but before meeting on the film set, the young people were friends on Facebook, but did not know each other personally and did not communicate.
Irina Martynenko and her husband Mikhail Khasaya
A few days after the filming process began, Mikhail invited Ira to ride bicycles and she agreed. The relationship that began so beautifully and romantically developed rapidly. In an interview for Glamor, Ira said that after two months she realized that she could not live without Mikhail. Young people try not to break up, buy each other a pair of perfumes and delight each other with little surprises.
On February 2, 2020, Irina gave her beloved a son. The boy was given the beautiful name Leon. It is known that the actress gave birth in a Portuguese clinic.
At first sight
In an interview, Irina stated that she believes in love at first sight. Between people, she believes, there is a certain click that is stupid not to notice. Within a few days after meeting Misha, she realized that she could not live without him.
At the beginning of February 2019, Irina became a mother. She and Mikhail had a son, Leon, and in March of the same year, another film with her participation was released - the comedy film “The Sober Driver.”
The girl doesn’t talk much about how she filmed while pregnant, but she admits that when her lover is behind the camera, it’s calmer to act.
A girl does not sit on maternity leave for a long time. They are already writing about her as one of the most fashionable mothers in the country. And also as an actress “who will soon be everywhere.”
Irina Martynenko now
In March 2020, the comedy-adventure film “Sober Driver” premiered. In this film, Ira played the role of the beautiful Christina, who did not calculate the dose of alcohol, and therefore mistook the poor provincial, moonlighting as a driver, for a millionaire playboy. The director of the film was Rezo Gigienishvili, and Ira’s lover, Misha Khasaya, took the place behind the camera. Also in the film were Viktor Khorinyak, Natalya Zhernakova and Andrey Burkovsky.
Ira’s future plans for working in cinema are not yet known. The young mother of little Leon tries to devote all her time to her son and clearly enjoys the joys of motherhood.
First steps in career
Irina Martynenko believes that you should only do what you sincerely love. And this is true, because if you do something dear to your heart, you may well end up with a masterpiece. A kind of start in the actress’s career was the video for the song “Voyage” by the group “Leningrad”. Irina appeared in it as the protagonist’s girlfriend. The incendiary song and video started almost at the same time. After the premiere, the young actress woke up famous.
It’s interesting that filming the video influenced the girl’s perception of acting. Irina was extremely excited by the interesting filming process, she sincerely fell in love with this work and decided to connect her life with it.
Now Irina Martynenko’s TV career is developing rapidly. In 2020, the film “Blockbuster” was released, where the girl appeared in the role of Claudia. Then in 2020, the country went to cinemas to see the Russian horror film “The Lost Place”, and in March 2020 the film “The Sober Driver” will appear on the big screens.
Many colleagues claim that at first the young actress took on literally any acting job. It didn’t matter at all what the conditions were to film, the main thing was to do what you liked. And such perseverance brought good results.
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