Maria Antonova is a promising Russian theater and film actress. Today, her professional career is in its infancy. However, the track record of several theater projects and twenty film works eloquently suggests that the young artist has already managed to achieve sufficient fame among the theater and cinema community in our country.
A native of the city on the Neva and a native of a family far from the world of culture and art, Maria Antonova, belongs to the galaxy of young and promising stars of Russian theater and cinema, which today form audience sympathy. So her biography and creative career cannot but properly excite many fans of her talent.
It is important to understand that a young talent paves the thorny path to Olympus of domestic glory without using the advantages of a dynastic start-up, but only at the expense of his own natural talent and determination.
Biography of Maria Antonova
On September 1, 1988, a future theater and film artist was born in North Palmyra. From childhood, the girl showed remarkable artistic abilities. Therefore, parents decided that in parallel with studying at a general educational institution, she needed to study dancing, vocals and music in specialized schools.
After receiving a certificate of secondary education, Maria Antonova entered SPbGATI (acting course of S.D. Cherkassky) in her native city, which she successfully graduated in 2012.
Creative career of the actress
Maria began her career after graduation from the theatrical stage of the Educational Theater on Mokhovaya, where she played in productions of "Bright Souls" and "Man-Pillow." And then there was work as a member of the “ON. THEATER” troupe, where theatergoers remembered her talented play in the play “Last Days” (Rachel’s character), and a cinematic debut in 2009, which took place from the short film “Pingelape”.
Fans can primarily consider Maria Antonova to be a cinematic artist, since her professional portfolio contains mainly film works. After the first experience in the frame, in the period until 2011 she went on the set in a number of episodes of the films “Farewell, Makarov!” (2010), "House by the Big River" (2010) and "Secrets of Investigation-10" (2011).
And then there was the first main role in the thriller "Split", where her character Iva - the girlfriend of the heroine Kristina Brodskaya (Leah Rozanova) - is immersed in the fantasy world of centuries-old enmity between people and vampires. Here, the audience will find many unexpected intricacies of the storyline, when the complex relationships of people, evil spirits and half-breeds (splits born in the process of coition of people and vampires) depend on a source that replaces the blood of the original blood-sucking creatures. It is the search for such a source by the Prophet Ardoc from the splits that leads him to Leah.
Maria Antonova brilliantly coped with the director's plan and attracted the great attention of the cinema community to her person, which led her to the genuine attention of many Russian directors who want to see her in their projects. And then a series of film projects followed, among which were Squat (2011), Peppers (2012), I Will Cancel Death (2012), Peppers (2012), Univer. New Hostel (2013), “Black Cats” (2013), “Abolition of all restrictions” (2014), “New Year's flight” (2014).
In 2014, creatively prolific for Maria Antonova, there was a peak in her popularity, which occurred at the premiere of the title film "Battalion". The historical military drama, shot by Igor Ugolnikov and Dmitry Mehsiev, immerses the audience in the spring of 1917, when the character of Antonova (Evdokia Kolokolchikova) is placed at the disposal of the women's military unit - the Death Battalion. The commander of this unique “army” was Maria Bochkareva, the gentleman of St. George. This honorable role went to Maria Aronova.
In the same year, Maria Antonova played an important role in the film "Bertsa". This drama, shot by Ekaterina Shagalova, tells the story of a young journalist who meets love in a difficult period of his life. The intrigue of this plot is twisted around justice, personal happiness and family relationships of loved ones.
The military drama "Major Sokolov's Heterosexuals" (2014) also chained many millions of moviegoers to the screens. In it, Maria Antonova reincarnated as the character of the Soviet scout Sinitsa, and the main role in the film went to Andrei Panin.
The latest film works of the talented actress include her roles in the film projects "Sputniks" (the image of the nurse Klava Mukhina), "About Vera" (the character of Mickey) and "Landing season" (the heroine Zoya Voskresenskaya, a disabled woman in a wheelchair).
