Maria Ivashchenko is a Russian theater and film actress, master of dubbing. On the professional account of the artist, more than 40 works in cinema and theater, and about 200 duplicated heroes of foreign paintings and television series. Her most famous roles include the oligarch’s daughter Lena in Biker, Alina Morozova in Molodezhka, Cessille in the musical Territory of Passion. Masha’s voice is spoken by such characters as Luna Lovegood from films about the young wizard Harry Potter, Mihrimakh-Sultan in the legendary historical drama “The Magnificent Century”, Anastacia Steele in the erotic scandalous film “Fifty Shades of Gray”.
Masha's school years
Maria Alekseevna Ivashchenko was born in the capital on August 30, 1991. We can say that the future of the girl was predetermined in advance - her family was directly related to creativity. Her dad Alexey Ivashchenko was an actor and musician.
Masha was an ideal child, she was happy to attend all sorts of circles and sections. The girl was engaged in choreography, drawing, swam, studied English, attended a theater studio and a music school. Initially, Maria did not even think about the career of the actress, she wanted to become either a singer or a journalist, then a doctor or scientist, or even a flight attendant or an astronaut. Only becoming a little older did the girl realize that only acting would give her a unique opportunity to become what she wants.
Maria took her first steps in the acting field thanks to her father. At Mosfilm, where he worked, a girl was required to duplicate Chrissy in the mystical thriller Promise. After listening, they took Masha. After a year, she was again entrusted with voicing several characters. At the age of nine, she began working in musicals, the libretto and music for which was created by Alex. Especially significant were the Nord-Ost and, somewhat later, the Ordinary Miracle.
From the age of 14, the young artist at the New Year's events played the role of the Snow Maiden. Often she can be seen in some episodes of "Jumble", and being in the eighth grade, the girl appeared in the performances "Count Nulin" and "Young Lady Peasant." A year later, Masha was taken on a cameo role in the detective story "The Law of the Mousetrap." Then at the age of 15, the girl passed exams externally, graduated from high school and easily entered the acting department of VGIK, having got on the course of V. Fokin. A year and a half, the student herself paid for her studies, and then, thanks to her excellent academic performance, she was transferred to the budget department. In 2011, Ivashchenko graduated with honors from the institute.
Creative biography of Maria Ivashchenko
The girl combined studies at the university with work as an understudy. During this period, she gave her wonderful voice to various characters in the animated film "Volt", the adventure film "Inkheart", the thriller "Uninvited", the series "Hannah Montana", the Western "Iron Grip" and many others. Do not bypass her and offers to voice animated films - "Winx Club", "Normal Show", "Ranko", etc. In general, the artist voiced up to 20 heroes annually.
In addition to dubbing, the student actively acted in films. So, in 2010, in her second year, she was offered the main roles in the melodrama "Biker" and the television series "Such an ordinary life." A year later, viewers saw Mary in the film "Porcelain Wedding", where she played the role of the daughter of the main characters. Her colleagues on the set were the most famous actors - Natalia Vdovina, Victor Rakov, Tatyana Dogileva, Victor Proskurin, Galina Polsky and others. After graduation, the actress often began to appear on the stage - “The Sound of Music”, “Mamma Miya!”, “Scarlet Sails”.
The year 2013 became especially productive for Maria Ivashchenko - she was offered one of the main roles in the TV series "Youth", beloved by millions. This role made the actress famous. Then there were work in the third season of the series "Sklifosovsky" and the tape "Mark's Ark."
In 2016, Masha took part in several projects at once. In the detective "The One Nearby" she portrayed the main character Lisa, Marusya in the detectives "The Ecumenical Conspiracy" and "Eternal Date" from Ustinova's books. In addition, the artist participated in the filming of a short social drama about family crises and about changes in relations "The Law of the Excluded Third, or the Third is Not Given."
There were also proposals to duplicate Hollywood films - "The Fifth Wave", "Fifty Shades of Black", "Cloverfield 10", "Nice Guys", "Snow White and the Hunter-2", "Actively Searching", "Ice Age, Clash" and a number of others.
In 2017, Ivashchenko was invited to the role of Ksenia Viktorovna in the comedy television series "Ivanov-Ivanov". Maria showed her talent for the understudy in the mass of films, many of which became blockbusters: The Great Wall, Emoji Film, Three X. World Domination etc.
