Born in Moscow. Graduated from Galina Volchek and Igor Kvasha's acting class at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS). Has performed in the following theatre productions: “Into the Whirlwind,” directed by Galina Volchek, Sovremennik Theatre, 1991;

“Ivanov,” directed by Mikhail Feigin, Stanislavsky Theatre, 1992;

“That, This Other World,” directed by Vladimir Mirzoev, Stanislavsky Theatre, 1997;

“Doves,” directed by Vladimir Mirzoev, Stanislavsky Theatre, 1997;

“The Taming of the Shrew,” directed by Vladimir Mirzoev, Stanislavsky Theatre, 1999;

“Twelfth Night,” directed by Vladimir Mirzoev, Stanislavsky Theatre, 1999; “Moscow — the Open City,” directed by Vladimir Mirzoev and others, Playwright and Director Center, 2000;

“The Millionairess,” directed by Vladimir Mirzoev, Independent Theatre Project, 2000;

“The Resurrection of Lazarus,” directed by Boris Milgram, Actors House, 2001; “The Will Italian-Style,” directed by Semyon Spivak, Stanislavsky Theatre, 2001;

“The Sensation of a Beard,” directed by Olga Subbotina, Playwright and Director Center, 2001;

“Oblom Off,” directed by Mikhail Ugarov, Playwright and Director Center, 2002;

“Red Thread,” directed by Vladimir Pankov, Playwright and Director Center, 2003; “Transfer,” directed by Mikhail Ugarov, Playwright and Director Center, 2003;

“Captive Spirits,” directed by Vladimir Ageev, Playwright and Director Center, 2003; “Shocked Tatyana,” directed by Mikhail Ugarov, New Drama Festival, 2003;

“Seven Saints from the Village of Bryukho,” directed by Vladimir Mirzoev, Stanislavsky Theatre, 2003;

“Floor Covering,” directed by Olga Subbotina, Playwright and Director Center, 2004;

“Sliding Lucia,” directed by Vladimir Skvortsov, Playwright and Director Center, 2004;

“The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents,” directed by Georg Genoux, Playwright and Director Center, 2005;

“Love and Cards,” directed by Vladimir Krasovsky, Stanislavsky Theatre, 2005;

“The Naked Pioneer,” directed by Kirill Serebrennikov, Sovremennik Theatre, 2005; “Phedre. The Golden Collossus,” directed by Andrii Zholdak, Theatre of Nations, 2006;

“Yevgraf the Adventure Seeker,” directed by Tatyana Akhramkova, Stanislavsky Theatre, 2006;

“Cuba — My Love,” directed by Tatyana Akhramkova, Stanislavsky Theatre, 2006;

“Confusion in the Pigeon Coop,” directed by Nina Chusova, Art Partner XXI Theatre Agency, 2007.

Awards and Prizes: Best Supporting Actress (“The Sensation of a Beard”) — Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, 2002;

Best Actress — New Drama Festival, 2003; Golden Lyre award, Female Face of the Year (“Seven Saints from the Village of Bryukho”), 2004;

Nominated for a Chaika (Seagull) award ("“Seven Saints from the Village of Bryukho”), 2004;

Has worked in the following international projects: The Woman-Fool international festival of female clowns (organized by Slava Polunin), St. Petersburg, 1993; Pogranice Center, Poland, 1988-1991;

Theatre des Fetes, France, 1992-1993;

Participated in international theatre festivals in Brazil, Germany, France, Belgium, Norway, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Poland. Has performed as a folk music singer, and has conducted master classes in Russia, Poland, Italy and France. Released a compact disc of folk music recordings in 1993.

Has performed in the following films: “Sikimoku,” directed by Olga Zhukova, 1993;

“Vitka-Trash and the Automobile,” directed by Veronika Tokarskaya, 1993;

“Children of the Arbat,” directed by Andrei Eshpai, 2004;

“Ragin,” directed by Kirill Serebrennikov, 2004;

“The Goddess. How I Fell in Love,” directed by Renata Litvinova, 2004;

“Matchmaking,” directed by Anna Fenchenko, 2005(Best Actress award at the Greek Film Festival, 2007);

“The Kukoktsky Case,” directed by Yury Grymov, 2005;

“The Case of the Dead Souls,” directed by Pavel Lungin, 2006; “Ellipses,” directed by Andrei Eshpai, 2006;

“The Banishment,” directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev, 2007; “The Mad Woman,” directed by Dmitry Fyodorov, 2007;

“The Event,” directed by Andrei Eshpai, 2008;

“Heavy Sand,” directed by Anton Borshchevsky, 2008;

“The Fly,” directed by Vladimir Kott, 2008;

“All Will Die, but I Will Survive,” Lera Gai-Germanika, 2008;

“Your Stop, Madame!” directed by Sergei Komarov, 2008.