Marina Vyacheslavovna Zudina ( 3 September 1965, Moscow

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) is a Russia

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n actress of theatre and cinema. People's Artist of Russia. Meritorious Artist (1995).

Marina Zudina was born in Moscow. Her father was a journalist

Journalist

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 and her mother was a music teacher. In childhood Marina did not show any talent for dancing and singing

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

, therefore she did not participate in amateur performances. Moreover in school she often failed to enrol different hobby groups. One day she tried to enter musical school, but was rejected. So, her mother decided to teach her. Marina started to take lessons of dance and singing. She liked them and made sound progress in both. That success raised her self-esteem

Self-esteem

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 much. When she was nine, Marina dreamt about career as an opera

Opera

Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...

 singer. One year later she took to ballet

Ballet

Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...

 and even tried to enter choreography

Choreography

Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...

 school, but failed due to her age. In high school she decided to become an actress and started to prepare to enter theater school of Oleg Tabakov

Oleg Tabakov

Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov is a Soviet and Russian actor and the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theatre.-Theatre career:...

 (she was aimed to enter only that school). She worked hard getting prepare herself (for a year she visited phoniatrist to improve her singing) and passed exams successfully.
Zudina graduated from State Institute for Theatre Arts in 1986 (monitors О.Tabakov and А. Leontiev) and soon she got job in theatre-studio of O. Tabakov in Moscow (being a student she played in several movies). Zudina started an affair with her teacher Tabakov. Nine years later they got married. They are happy together and have two kids: Pavel (1995) and Maria (April 2006).

Roles in movies:

• 1985 — Still love, still hope (Ещё люблю, ещё надеюсь)
• 1985 — Return of Budulai (Возвращение Будулая)
• 1985 — Valentin and Valentina (Валентин и Валентина) — Valentina
• 1985 — Personal case of judge Ivanova (Личное дело судьи Ивановой)
• 1985 — After rain on Thursday (После дождичка в четверг) — Milolika
• 1986 — The trip of monsenior Perrishone (Путешествие мсье Перришона)
• 1986 — Down the main street with orchestra (По главной улице с оркестром) — Ksyusha
• 1987 — Youth's games (Забавы молодых)
• 1989 — Limited life (Жизнь по лимиту)
• 1989 — The noble outlaw Vladimir Dubrovski (Благородный разбойник Владимир Дубровский) — Masha
• 1990 — Cutie (Мордашка)
• 1990 — Under auroras (Под северным сиянием) — Anna
• 1992 — Исповедь содержанки
• 1992 — The 30th must be terminated! (Тридцатого уничтожить!)
• 1995 — Mute witness (Немой свидетель) / Mute Witness
• 1995 — Tribunal (Трибунал)
• 1996 — Golden mist (Золотой туман)
• 1996 — Funny stuff, family stuff (Дела смешные, дела семейные)
• 1998 — Two steps from sky (В двух шагах от неба)
• 2002 — Behind the curtains (За кулисами)
• 2005 — Esenin (Есенин) — Zinaida Reih
• 2006 — Aide de camps of Love (Адъютанты любви) — Aglaya Lanskaya
• 2007 — Jubilee (Юбилей) — Kira
• 2009 — Not alone (Неодинокие)

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