Irina Saltykova is a popular singer, actress and business woman, whose biography and career began to take shape in the 90s. In her personal life, she found happiness with the equally famous singer Viktor Saltykov, although the paths of the spouses diverged over time.
Biography
Irina Saltykova (nee Sapronova) was born in 1966 in a small town in the Don Tula region. The family did not live well, but the parents tried to give Ira and her older brother Vlad everything that was needed. The girl was given to rhythmic gymnastics, and over the years she managed to achieve the title of candidate for master of sports.
After school, Irina became a student at the construction college, graduating in 1985. She continued to receive higher economic education in one of the capital's universities and received a diploma in 1990. Possessing an attractive appearance and a slender figure, the girl easily passed the casting in the popular group "Mirage", but soon left her, having married.
It was her husband, the famous singer Igor Saltykov, who accidentally pushed Irina to continue her musical career. At first she tried herself in entrepreneurship, but things were not going well. Then the husband jokingly spoke out that, at least, she did not need to tear her voice on the stage. Irina did not agree with him and, contrary to what was said, began to record her songs.
Saltykov was eagerly invited to Moscow concerts, at which her compositions “Let me go” and “Gray eyes” were sounded, which quickly gained the status of hits. In 1994, they, along with other songs, entered the singer's debut album, named after her first success - "Gray Eyes". Clips were shot on the main track and several others, thanks to which Saltykova also became a sex symbol of the Russian scene.
Two years later, the singer's new album, Blue Eyes, went on sale. By that time, her song was in full swing on radio and television, and Saltykova herself spent a lot of time on tour tours in Russia. In 1998, she secured success with another Alice record, and over the next few years she also released Fate, I Am Yours and Was Not
". Irina Saltykova is known for her small but memorable roles in the films" Brother 2 "and" Wings ".
