Actress Irina Grineva deliberately fasts for seven days, but dreams of a simple cucumber

Biography

Irina Grineva is a Russian theater and film actress who was lucky enough to work with such theater masters as Anatoly Vasiliev, Vladimir Ageev, Vladimir Mirzoev, Declan Donnellan.

Actress Irina Grineva

Thanks to her appearance, the artist received the role of a “non-everyday heroine,” which influenced her choice of film roles. Aristocratic manners and an impeccable sense of taste are combined in Irina’s character with dreaminess - she is fond of writing fairy tales and poetry.

Actress Irina Grineva deliberately fasts for seven days, but dreams of a simple cucumber

Natalia Shakhanova, globallookpress.com Actress Irina Grineva wants to be not only thin and slender, but also healthy. The 46-year-old wife of the famous figure skater Maxim Shabalin goes in for sports to stay in shape. Irina doesn’t eat anything extra.

But she decided that completely refusing to eat would help her look even better. Grinev's week-long fast is carried out under the supervision of doctors in a specialized clinic.

Irina told how the fasting process goes. “Today is day 5 of fasting. I feel cheerful... Today I had Yoga, in the morning, I ran a little, walked in the forest, sat by the pond looking at the swans, even attended the liturgy. The morning was probably the calmest, as if both body and soul were resting. The state is peaceful...Lightness,” shared the actress.

“I am absolutely sure that fasting is health, and overeating is disease and old age,” says Grineva. – The body, of course, should receive vitamins, and you need to eat 5 times a day, but not much. Healthy foods. I am for a healthy lifestyle, but how difficult it is to follow it! So I decided to make a knight move. Seven-day fasting: only water, not a crust of bread...”, Irina wrote on Instagram. But I really want to eat. At least a cucumber and a piece of bread.

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Childhood and youth

Irina Anatolyevna Grineva was born on February 6, 1973 in Kazan. Since childhood, the girl dreamed of becoming an actress; her mother played in the theater in her youth, but because of her family she gave up her career. This did not prevent a woman from maintaining the manners and tastes of an aristocrat in everyday life. She had an impeccable sense of style; Grineva Sr.’s wardrobe consisted of elegant things, hats with veils, fur capes and high gloves.

Irina Grineva with her parents

After listening to stories about the theater world, Irina firmly decided that the profession would always come first for her. Therefore, after graduating from school, the girl goes to the capital to enter the theater institute. Although, even as a child, Irina had the opportunity to take a different path, to become a student at a school at the Vaganova Ballet Academy. However, even then the girl remained true to her dream.

Irina Grineva in childhood

The first attempt at admission was unsuccessful, and it was not possible to get into a Moscow university. Not wanting to waste a year, Irina submitted documents to the Yaroslavl State Theater Institute and was enrolled in the 1st year. After graduating from university, the young actress refuses the assignment and again goes to conquer Moscow. This time the girl enrolls in an expressive plastic course at the School of Dramatic Art, where the famous master of acting Anatoly Vasiliev teaches.

Biography of Irina Grineva

Grineva Irina her biography is bright and full of interesting events. But at the beginning of her career, the actress was disappointed - she was unable to start her studies in Moscow, so she entered the Yaroslavl State Theater Institute. Having successfully graduated from the university, the actress again goes to conquer Moscow. There she manages to enroll in the course of master of acting Anatoly Vasilyev. After this, the biography of Irina Grineva begins the countdown of creative success:

1995 - first performance on the theater stage in Moscow;
Since 1998 he has been working at the Stanislavsky Theater;
In the same year, Irina Grineva makes her debut on television in the series “Impostors”;
For her role in this series in 2002 she received the award “Best Actress in a TV Series”;
In 2003, Irina Grineva was nominated for the “Seductive Woman” award;
2004 brought fame to the actress for her role in the series “Only You”;
And next year she will be awarded the “Look of the Year” award;
In 2009, in addition to filming films and performing on stage, the actress participated in the “Two Stars” project on Channel One;
Irina Grineva finds family happiness together with European figure skating champion Maxim Shabalin in 2010;
In 2013, the couple had a daughter, Vasilisa.
To this day, the actress continues to perform in the theater, act in films and work as a TV presenter.

Theater

The actress made her debut on the capital's theater stage in 1995. Irina played in Vladimir Ageev's production based on Julio Cortazar's novel “The Hopscotch Game.” For this role, Grineva was awarded the “Best Debut” prize at a festival dedicated to Vladimir Vysotsky.

Irina Grineva on stage

Since 1998, the actress has served in the troupe of the Moscow Stanislavsky Theater. Her track record includes serious work in the famous productions “Hamlet”, “Twelfth Night”, “Millionairess”, “Boris Godunov”. Irina considers the role of Tanechka in the production “Ornithology” to be a significant milestone in her theatrical biography. The actress's heroine is on the verge of a nervous breakdown throughout the entire story.

Irina Grineva in the theater

Today Irina continues to play on the stage of the Stanislavsky Theater, in addition, she acts as a guest actress. As Grineva admitted in an interview, theater means more to her than cinema, as it requires daily work on herself and full exposure on stage. She carefully chooses her roles, preferring to play in serious plays.

Irina Grineva

– Irina, do you have any thoughts that another time would be more suitable for you as a film actress – the 20-30s of the twentieth century?

– I have a film, “Flip-Up” by Evgeny Serov, about the 20s, and it really was a 100% hit.
I like that time, it resonates with me, it is very beautiful. And at the same time tragic - the war, the fateful years. People lived so hard. At the same time, what the women looked like! I have a grandmother in photographs from the war in stockings with arrows, an astrakhan hat, in full dress. I asked: “Granny, how was this possible?” In the most difficult times, women exchanged potatoes for nylon stockings and bought dresses in the markets. There was dancing. They put felt boots on the shoes, walked through the snow, then took off the felt boots at dances. At that time, women were women, and men were like real men who could protect us. – Now we don’t make many films about the first half of the twentieth century...
– These are expensive films.
And now we mostly have TV series, and few feature films are filmed. As one of my favorite actors said: directors should be sent to Solovki for TV series, let them sit there! (Laughs.) Somewhere, perhaps, I agree with him. In general, I like acting in the theater more than acting in films, although I love cinema more than theater. - What a paradox!
- Yes.
But the kind of cinema that I love is very rare these days. I haven't acted like this before. I like boring movies. I love Antonioni, Bergman, Bertolucci, Buñuel, Truffaut. From the modern, perhaps, Andrei Zvyagintsev’s film “Exile” corresponds to this style. (Zvyagintsev is Irina’s ex-husband. - Ed.) Cinema is more of a director’s territory, where the director creates his own world into which you find yourself. Sometimes you think that you played terribly, and a talented director filmed you in such a way that you look at the screen and don’t recognize yourself. Or vice versa. I know that I did the scene well, but at this time the face was illuminated incorrectly, the eyes are not visible, and everything is wrong. And theater is a direct contact with the audience. Even if you play for a not very gifted director, when you go on stage, you can do something, fill it with yourself. – Now many actresses have gone into film directing.
This year Tatyana Dogileva and Irina Apeksimova made their debut in this field. Don't you want to try yourself on the other side of the camera? – I understand that I am not a director.
To say something, I must give birth to an idea and die for this idea. I don't find such strength in myself. I have a sacred attitude towards this profession and believe that the director is responsible for what he does. The surgeon is responsible if he performed the operation poorly. It's the same here. Cinema is an operation on souls. We can vulgarize consciousness or elevate it. We can express a thought that will make a person move mountains, or, conversely, crush him like a tombstone. And the worst thing is when it’s completely empty, when there’s nothing. But in today's situation, when films are made by people without any education at all - yesterday they sold cassettes, today they make films, I am for actors to make films. They will still make better films than current directors. There was such a real case when in St. Petersburg Oleg Basilashvili came to a screen test for a boy director, and he doesn’t even know who he is, and says to him: “Could you read it, I want to see your temperament.” But, of course, not everything is so scary. A lot of good things are happening. – For example, you starred in a very good film – “I Stay” directed by debutant Karen Oganesyan.
There, your heroine is in a coma and at the same time exists in the other world called “Coma”. How do you like this version of what happens to a person after death? – I don’t quite agree with the concept of this film.
But I agree with something. Probably, when a person is in a coma, he is between that world and this one. But I believe that we are met there by angels, and not by a guide with a Rubik’s cube. – In the image of Fyodor Bondarchuk...
– Yes, in a prisoner’s robe.
It seems to me that our saints and angels will meet us there. This is the best case scenario, of course. (Laughs.) But I hope for the best. Otherwise the idea is very interesting. Andrei (the late Andrei Krasko played his last role in the film “I Stay.” – Author) Alena Bondarchuk and I kept asking: “Aren’t you girls afraid to play something like this?” We: “No, we’re not afraid.” But something scared him. Probably, a person before death is in some kind of premonition. When my brother died, it became clear that he had lived the last year in anticipation of death. He came to visit all his relatives, sat and hugged them. He said goodbye to everyone. We don’t realize this with our minds, but our soul probably feels it. How Mozart was afraid of the Black man. – Since we’re talking about Mozart, what performances can you see in the theater now?
– Recently the premiere of the play “Ornithology” took place, where I have the main role.
This is at the Quartet I theater. This is an amazing play, stylish, written in very good language. – – And at the Stanislavsky Theater?
– I have a role in the play “Evgraf - Adventurer.”
Almost all the actors in the troupe are involved in the production by Tatiana Akhramkova, the theater’s artistic director. This play has not been performed on stage for more than seventy years, but I think it is relevant now. I play tightrope walker Betty Schneider, who came from Berlin to Russia in the 30s. My partner in the play, Evgeny Samarin, a young leading artist of our theater, plays the main character. His Evgraf is in love with my circus performer, she is not averse to having fun with the romantic klutz who succumbs to the charms of my seductress heroine. He seeks salvation in love from the constant feeling of his own uselessness and worthlessness. Basically, I play a seductress. – Who do you think is more difficult in love – a man or a woman?
Who is more vulnerable? - The one who loves.
– I read in many of your interviews that you believe that a woman should not conquer a man, it is the man who should seek the love of a woman.
But in our time, everything has changed so much... - In general, a woman gets MARRIED.
That is, for my husband. And not husband for wife. It's not you who makes the offer, but you. You are chosen. And this person should take care of you all your life. And you must trust him. You will give birth to children from him, and he will take care of them, about the house. What kind of life will you have if the person you fell in love with doesn’t love you?! You are trying to achieve it in every possible way. And even if you achieve it, nothing good will come of it. This is some kind of nonsense. No one has ever become happy by marrying someone. We have now leveled the image of a man, so we have what we have – low birth rates, few marriages. Our men now are not men, but solid homosexuals. If war starts now, I don’t even know who will go to defend the Motherland. It's even scary. – Is everything really so gloomy?
– Of course, there are many good men. And some of my friends are surrounded by them. I’m not saying that there are no real men, or there are no heroes, or there is no love. As long as there is love, there is Earth. When she is gone, the world will end. And these days there are amazing novels. Anatoly Aleksandrovich Vasiliev once told a story that he read about in the newspaper. This is a true modern story, similar to a myth. It happened in Japan. A guy has cancer and his girlfriend wants to marry him. And according to their customs (I really don’t know them at all, so if I get it wrong, I’m sorry) you can’t marry anyone a second time. This is for life. He knows that he will die, and does not give her consent, he wants her to be happy, to arrange her destiny. But before death they still get married. And he dies. And she says: “I am very happy that in this life I was his wife.” These are modern people in the 21st century. And there are and will be such stories.

Movies

Grineva began acting in films in 1998, making her debut in the film “Impostors.” During this time, the actress played in the films “Passenger without Luggage”, “Station”, “My Personal Enemy”, “Always Say Always”. Her popularity was brought to her by the role of Liza Subbotina in Nana Dzhoradze’s series “Only You”.

Irina Grineva and Daniil Strakhov in the film “Always Say Always”

The artist’s career included many significant film roles that brought her prestigious awards. So, in 2002, Grineva was awarded the “Best TV Series Actress” prize for her work in “Impostors.” As for theatrical recognition, Irina’s talented performance in the theatrical production “I am Another” was awarded the “Seductive Woman” nomination, and in 2005 she received the “Look of the Year” award.

Irina Grineva and Andrei Sokolov in the film “Touch the Sky”

Among the works in Grineva’s filmography, the role of Maria Dolgova in the action film “Pokidnaya”, where her partner was Alexander Pashkov, and the image of the main character Taya in the melodrama “Touch the Sky”, in which the actress appeared in a duet with Andrei Sokolov, are revered by the audience.

Grineva has extraordinary vocal abilities. So, in 2009, she participated in the television entertainment show of Channel One “Two Stars”, where Grigory Leps became her partner.

Irina Grineva and Grigory Leps in the show “Two Stars”

Later, with the participation of the actress, the melodrama “New Year's Flight” was released, which brought together a star cast. Irina’s shooting partners were Oksana Fandera, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Marat Basharov, Sergei Chonishvili and others. The actress played an episodic but striking role in the film adaptation of “Mysterious Passion.” She appeared before the public in the image of the star of Soviet cinema of the 60s, Tatyana Lavrova (based on the story by Katya Chelovekova).

Personal life

The actress's first husband was director Andrei Zvyagintsev. Almost nothing is known about the relationship between the former spouses. After several years of married life, the couple separated; there were no children in the marriage.

Irina Grineva and Andrey Zvyagintsev

The second and current chosen one of the actress was the famous figure skater Maxim Shabalin. It’s interesting that Irina and Maxim were introduced three times, but they remembered each other only the last time. Before this, they couldn’t even remember the names presented. Their first conversation began during a holiday, where they found themselves next to each other at the table.

Literally from the first exchange of phrases, Irina and Maxim found each other’s company pleasant. This is how their romance began, the relationship developed rapidly, and already in 2010 the couple got married in the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God. Grineva was wearing a beautiful wedding dress in the style of the 19th century.

Irina Grineva with her husband Maxim Shabalin

The couple went on their honeymoon to the south of France, to the town of Bouleau. There the actress's dream came true - to ride with her beloved in a convertible along the Cote d'Azur in a wide-brimmed straw hat.

Irina Grineva now

Continuing to tour Russia with theatrical projects, the actress does not forget about filming films. After a short break that lasted throughout 2020, she landed roles in several projects. Films with the participation of Grineva “Diary of a New Russian” and “Evil Empire” are being prepared for release.

Irina Grineva with her daughter in 2020

In 2020, it is planned to release the film “Faina”, in which the artist will transform into Lyubov Orlova.

“Daddy’s Daughter”: Irina Grineva showed her young husband with 6-year-old Vasilisa

Irina Grineva was remembered by viewers from the TV series “Always Say Always”, “After School”, “Mysterious Passion”. The artist has been happy for almost ten years in her second marriage with figure skater Maxim Shabalin . The 47-year-old actress and the 38-year-old world champion are raising a daughter, Vasilisa, who will turn seven in July. Irina admitted that self-isolation and lack of work are not easy for her: “Many people write how much good quarantine has brought. Nothing good.

Besides the opportunity that you can be alone with yourself, with your family, take care of the housework and think about life...

The development of spiritual growth is possible in a situation of seclusion, when you are an ascetic monk and when you yourself have chosen to freely leave the world, but when you are in prison against your will, is it good?.. How suddenly you realize what a happy life we had! There is nothing more valuable than freedom. When you go wherever you want, the step is wider and nothing threatens you except yourself, no one limits you, you are deprived of outside control.” On Wednesday, Irina posted a photo of her husband and daughter, succinctly captioning the frame: “Summer and... love.”

Irina Grineva's husband Maxim Shabalin with daughter Vasilisa

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Fans of the actress rejoiced at the summer photo and noted Vasilisa’s resemblance to her father: “Daddy’s Daughter”, “Photocopy”, “Growing Up Snow White”, “Daddy’s Daughter”, “Sweetness”, “I love Shabalin’s dances, I watch recordings on YouTube. I wish you happiness and health”, “She looks like dad”,

“Maxim, you are a good dad. And a great dancer”, “Beauties and beauties! And the one who takes pictures, especially”, “Daddy’s love. How I like this relationship between father and daughter”, “What a merging of souls”, “Cool photo! Be happy” (spelling and punctuation of the authors have been preserved. - Ed.).

Irina Grineva and Maxim Shabalin

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Irina Grineva was married to film director Andrei Zvyagintsev. The couple separated after six years of marriage and remain silent about questions about their life together. After the divorce, Grineva met world figure skating champion Maxim Shabalin.

The athlete is 9 years younger than the actress, which did not stop the lightning romance. Two days after they met, Maxim proposed to Irina. In July 2013, the 41-year-old actress became a mother for the first time - the only daughter of the couple, Vasilisa, was born.

Did you know that Irina Grineva was married to Andrei Zvyagintsev?

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Irina Grineva with her daughter Vasilisa

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On this topic: “I was sure that I would conquer the world”: Irina Grineva showed what she looked like 23 years ago

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Childhood and adolescence

Irina Grineva was born on February 6, 1973 in the capital of Tatarstan, in the family of a woman who not only dreamed of becoming an actress, but also had the talent and stunning appearance for this. But her acting career did not work out due to personal circumstances - very early, at the age of 19, she became a wife and mother.

Ever since Irina can remember, her mother taught her to art: she took her to the theater, where the girl enthusiastically watched the actors play, and in the evenings the woman read Russian classics to her daughter.

When Ira was 5, her parents divorced. Dad stayed to live in Kazan, and she and her mother moved to her grandmother, where she finally got a break from her mother’s strict upbringing - the grandmother spoiled her granddaughter every day.

At school, Ira began studying in the drama club, and at the age of ten she passed a strict selection process for the Vaganova ballet school. But, despite the opening prospects, her parents did not let her go to Leningrad, considering her too young to live independently in a boarding school. Later, she herself lost interest in dancing, concentrating on acting. However, the skills she acquired in childhood helped her more than once in the future.

After graduating from high school, Ira went to Moscow to enter a theater university. To her great disappointment, she did not succeed in becoming a student in the capital.

Having arrived from Kazan to Moscow at the age of 16, I looked like Pippi Longstocking - very thin, only knees and nose, and two thin ponytails on my head.

Without thinking twice, the girl took the documents and left for Yaroslavl, where she was accepted into the local theater institute. Having successfully graduated from the university, Ira returned to Moscow again and entered the Anton Vasiliev School of Dramatic Art, famous for its stage experiments. There, the young actress attended an expressive plastic class under the guidance of Gennady Abramov, where she was able to fully realize her ballet ambitions.

Irina Grineva admitted for what role she “desperately ran” throughout her vacation

The actress said that she brought her figure to perfection because of the piquant costume in the play

Actress Irina Grineva showed on her microblog on Instagram a photo from her dressing room in her underwear. She admitted that she ran “so desperately” for the role of Blanche DuBois in the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” because in the third act that was “the costume of my heroine.”

Fans agreed that Grineva has a magnificent figure and the actress herself is a person with character. “Flint,” wrote one of the residents of Voronezh about Irina, who recently watched a performance in her hometown.

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It’s for this role that I’m running so desperately, because in the third act it’s my costume))) #a streetcar of desires #blanchedubois #grinevairina #chambertheater #Voronezh..#grineva The next performance is October 4. Seriously, I’m so glad that I’m with you. .There are such actors here, you can spread your wings and fly.. The theater is magnificent, this is exactly how I see the theater, where everyone does their own thing. I love you!..
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g.popova.60 wrote that she finally received an answer to the question “why are you running in all the photos?” Throughout August, Grineva posted numerous photos from her morning jogs from her vacation in Sochi, which left her subscribers perplexed. Followers did not understand what kind of passion for running the actress, who came to the sea to relax with her family, had.

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The beginning of the day. Krasnaya Polyana. The final run of my Sochi Marathon. Tomorrow to Moscow! .Quote - It's never too late to start a new life. Renata Litvinova
Posted by Irina Grineva (@grinevaru) Aug 20, 2020 at 1:59 PDT

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#goodmorningjoy Well, let's shake off the fat after the weekend)) #greenevairina #run and pray
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Morning. Mozart Symphony 40 in G minor. Running has many benefits. First of all, no company is required. Secondly, you don’t need to buy any special equipment. Thirdly, it is not necessary to go to some specially equipped place. All you need are decent sneakers and a good road - and run as much as you want. Murakami #run and pray #goodmorningjoy . Today 7 km. But this is also a result, still better than lying in bed.
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Actor career

In 1995, she made her debut on the capital’s stage in the play “Hopscotch,” based on the novel of the same name by Julio Cortazar. The role of Magi became a landmark in the actress’s career and brought her her first theater award – “Best Debut” at the festival. Vladimir Vysotsky.

Subsequently, the director of the play, Vladimir Ageev, involved her in his other productions: “Antigone”, “Ornithology”, “Salome”. For her role in the latter, she was awarded the Golden Lyre Award in the Excellence category.

"I will be there!"

Speaking about her childhood, Irina Grineva often remembers her mother, an actress who abandoned her stage career for the sake of her family.
However, mom managed to instill good taste in Ira. They often went to classic film screenings, when Ira felt involved in the world of the game. "I will be there!" - she said, not yet even knowing the word “actress”. And there she was. In Irina’s career there was a place both for the theater stage and for the film and TV sets. She has two dozen theatrical roles in productions of Shakespeare, Wilde, Gogol, Turgenev, Chekhov and other classics. However, starting from the late 2000s, Grineva makes her choice in favor of filming films and television series. Although the actress’s cinematic career includes few “folk” films, she was still loved by the audience.

And besides this, the girl draws, writes poetry and fairy tales, performs in various television shows and draws. And on Irina Grineva’s Instagram you can touch different sides of her talent.

Today Grineva is married to figure skater Maxim Shabalin. The couple has a daughter, Vasilisa. Irina’s previous husband was director Andrei Zvyagintsev; however, the marriage did not last long and received neither life nor creative development.

Personal life of Irina Grineva

Until recently, Irina did not like to talk about her personal life. She devoted six years of her life to the famous director Andrei Zvyagintsev, with whom she broke up in 2010. The actress does not advertise their love story and the reason for the breakup.

The actress was introduced to her future husband, figure skater Maxim Shabalin, by their mutual friend, actor Euclid Kyurdzilis. They had already met once before, but were not interested in each other. But during the second meeting, Cupid’s arrow hit the target and ignited a real love fire in their hearts.

Three days later, the athlete proposed to the actress, and a few months later their wedding took place. In the summer of 2013, the couple became parents for the first time - their baby Vasilisa was born.