Maria Smolnikova: Katya from the cult film by Fyodor Bondarchuk

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Smolnikova Maria Alexandrovna, Russian theater and film actress, was born in the city of Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) on December 17, 1987. Masha's childhood passed in an atmosphere of love and understanding. Parents loved theatrical art and tried to instill this love in their daughter.

Maria Smolnikova: biography

Thus, Masha grew up as a creative artistic child, even her dolls were the characters of the home theater stage, and she herself put on impromptu children's performances, sitting on the floor in the living room.

When Masha was eight years old, she began to attend a theater studio. Studying at school was easy for the future actress, and the girl devoted all her free time from lessons to the stage and ballroom dancing. Before the final exams, she took part in the production of the play "West Side Story", in which the dancer Maria Smolnikova played one of the main roles. The classic musical by Leonard Burstein decided the fate of Masha, she went to Moscow and submitted documents to GITIS. However, on the first try, nothingit turned out, the girl was not accepted.

Nizhny Novgorod

The next year, Maria Smolnikova again tried to enter the capital's theater university, and again to no avail. Then young Smolnikova decided to enter the School of Culture in Yekaterinburg, and she succeeded.

At that time, the artistic director of the Sverdlovsk Youth Theater Vyacheslav Kokorin, who knew Masha and considered her a promising actress, was already working in Nizhny Novgorod. He invited Maria to his theater to play several performances.

Admission to GITIS

However, Maria Smolnikova continued to dream about GITIS, a year later she again went to Moscow and she finally managed to enter the course of Dmitry Krymov. Since the group was recruited experimental, at the entrance exam Masha was offered to portray, no less, a shooting Kalashnikov assault rifle, and she coped with the task.

In 2011, Maria Smolnikova graduated from GITIS and began working in the theater "School of Drama Art", directed by Dmitry Krymov. Maria sometimes had the most unexpected roles, for example, in the play "Gorki-10" she played Lenin. The experiments on the ShID stage are simply off the charts, but the creative atmosphere is such that any Moscow theater will envy it.

Maria Smolnikova: filmography

As usual in the acting environment, Masha acts in films from time to time.

List of films featuring Maria Smolnikova:

• "Daughter" - year2012.
• "God has his own plans" - year 2012.
• "Melisende", short film - year 2012.
• "Stalingrad" - year 2013.
• "Kuprin", series - year 2014.

The film "Daughter" directed by Natalia Vadimovna Nazarova and Alexander Kasatkin is Smolnikova's first dramatic experience. Her character is sixteen-year-old Inna, who finds herself in a difficult life situation. The girl's friend dies at the hands of a maniac, which becomes a real shock for the heroine. Then she meets Ilya, the son of a priest, and learns that his sister was killed by the same maniac. A common grief brings young people together, but the girl still does not know what a cruel blow fate has prepared for her …

In 2012, Maria Smolnikova played the role of Vika in the film "God Has His Plans" directed by Dmitry Tyurin. This is a picture of the tragedy of a 35-year-old woman who made a living through surrogacy.

In the same year, the actress took part in the filming of the short film "Melisende" directed by Natalia Taradina.

The main role in the creative life of the actress

The whole of 2013 passed for Maria Smolnikova under the sign of the film "Stalingrad", in which she played her main film role to date. This is the role of Katya, a girl living in a house on the banks of the Volga, who was not spared the horrors of the war. The psychologism of her character completely fits into the creative plan of director Fyodor Bondarchuk.

October 1942, the offensive of the 6th army of the Wehrmacht, and love,over which death has no power. This is the plot of the picture "Stalingrad", the highest grossing film in the history of Russian cinema.

Fyodor Bondarchuk in the fate of Maria Smolnikova

The young actress Maria Smolnikova had, in fact, only one characteristic role in the film "Daughter", and the deeply psychological picture "Stalingrad" required the highest acting skills. But Smolnikova did not doubt for a second that she would cope with the task. The euphoria that the young actress experienced when she learned that she was approved for the role of Katya was already the key to success, as it gave confidence in her abilities. Maria rushed to the phone, she wanted to share her joy with her mother.

The actress endlessly re-read the script of "Stalingrad", trying not to miss a single detail. She understood that she got one of the most important roles of the future film, the role of a Russian wartime woman, whose tragic fate not only did not break her, but even gave her love. It is one thing to play a high feeling in a peaceful life. And quite another thing is to love in an atmosphere of deprivation and constant danger. The task is extremely difficult, but noble. And Maria ended up pulling it off brilliantly.

On the set, Smolnikova was nervous, she was literally shaking from the consciousness of her responsibility. Fortunately, director Fyodor Bondarchuk noticed Masha's condition in time and very tactfully reassured her. The entire film crew, consisting of experienced filmmakers, actors and directors, unanimously supportedyoung actress in a difficult moment for her. "Stalingrad" became her finest hour, Maria Smolnikova gained popularity. In the future, she expects the main roles, universal recognition and love of a grateful audience.