Masha Shalaeva is one of the most mysterious actresses of modern cinema

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Actress Masha Shalaeva became famous thanks to the films "Mermaid" (2007), "I'll be there" (2012). She played one of the main roles in the series "Concerned" (2015). These roles brought Masha fame and success. The actress lives a harmonious life, devoting a lot of time to her family and children.

Biography

Masha Shalaeva was born in 1981 in an intelligent family of design engineers. As a child, she went to music school. I learned to play the domra. And then she decided to become an actress and entered VGIK.

Masha was expelled from VGIK after the second year for poor progress. But this did not stop her from receiving a well-deserved award for the best female role in the short film "Birthday Tomorrow", in which Masha Shalaeva played as a student.

Filmography

In 2007, Alla Melikyan's film "Mermaid" was released, the plot of which was specially invented for the heroine of ourarticles. But Masha Shalaeva says that the main character, Alice, is not close to her. The actress does not understand "what kind of fool she is", does not understand the meaning of some of Alice's actions. But in general, the actress is the same dreamer as her heroine. And never leave a person in trouble. Masha Shalaeva herself admits this. The photo below fully reflects the image of the heroine - open to people and free in her soul.

For the role of Alice, the actress received the Kinotavr award.

The second successful film for her - "I'll be there." He came out in 2012. This is a poignant story of a mother and her six-year-old son. The heroine Masha in this film is terminally ill and wants to find good foster parents for her son before her death.

The film "I'll be there" received the Grand Prix of the festival "Kinotavr". Masha Shalaeva received the Best Actress award at several film festivals at once: "Amur Autumn", "2 in One", "Sakhalin Screen"

Roles in TV shows

In 2009, Masha played the role of 14-year-old Liza in the series "Crime and Punishment", based on the novel by F. M. Dostoevsky. The actress at that time was 28 years old, but the task of playing a very young girl did not become a problem for her.

Firstly, Masha Shalaeva looks young. She laughs that in stores she is often asked for a passport. She came to the shooting sleepy with green hair (thanks to the filming of the film "Mermaid") - a typical teenager! Secondly, as the actress herself says, the main thing in the role is not age,but the essence of the character. Dostoevsky quite well reveals the image of Sophia. Shows her difficult character, creates a dramatic character.

In 2015, the youth television series "Concerned" was released about the adventures of three friends from Yekaterinburg in Moscow. The heroine of Shalaeva Sasha Gvozdikova is a writer who crossed out her life in her native city and came to conquer the capital. She dreams of becoming famous, but unexpectedly meets great love. And now Sasha has to choose: relationship with a loved one or polarity?

Talking about her character, the actress says that Sasha is a charming girl with a sense of humor. Initially, the heroine was conceived as unambiguously positive. But the creators of the series decided that such an image would not inspire confidence among viewers. Sasha does ambiguous things, but at the same time does not lose his charm.

Private life

The actress gave birth to her son Nestor back in 2005. With his father, actor Dmitry Shevchenko, Masha is not married, and therefore, for the most part, she had to raise a rebecca alone. The actress admits that at that time she was not ready for the birth of a child, but nevertheless she fell headlong into motherhood and for a long time she had no time to arrange her personal life.

The actress was introduced to her husband, composer Ilya Lubennikov by mutual friends. Maria and Ilya did not immediately begin to communicate. But life circumstances nevertheless developed in such a way that they fell in love with each other and got married.

In 2010, the coupledaughter Evdokia was born. The actress says that a child who is born in marriage and lives with both parents is initially easier, easier. Nevertheless, her eldest son communicates well with his own father Dmitry Shevchenko and will receive a lot of attention from him. Nestor also has a good relationship with his stepfather.

It is important for an actress to spend as much time as possible with her children. Sometimes they have to be left with a nanny. But Shalaeva travels with them with pleasure, communicates a lot. She is not chasing popularity and fame. The main thing for her is to live, to enjoy life. Never lose interest in her. Get your priorities right.