Maria Valeshnaya is a Russian theater and film actress, who became famous for the series "Streets of Broken Lights".
Before career
Maria Valeshnaya was born on January 23, 1987 in the small Russian city of Vorkuta, in which a little more than 50 thousand people live in a family of artists who constantly toured and often changed jobs. Her life consisted of many moves. Novosibirsk, Kostroma, Kirov and other cities of Valeshnoy were to be visited with their parents.
From her parents she got the desire to perform on stage. Therefore, having received education at school, it was obvious to her who she would become in the future.
Maria Valeshnaya manages to enter the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts, where Grigory Kozlov becomes her teacher, and the daughter of the famous actor Evgeny Sidikhin becomes her classmate.
Actress career
For the first time on TV, Maria Valeshnaya appeared as a criminal in the series "Streets of Broken Lights". Then the actress studied at the university. In the same years, she was invited to star in the historical film "Ivan the Terrible" and in the film "The Operations Group".
Valeshnaya did an excellent job with her work, and the directors invited her to take the lead role of investigator Olga Ushakova in the series "Streets of Broken Lights".
From 2010 to 2013, he took part in the filming of the series "State Defense". In this film project, she played the criminal Taisiya Zlatogradova. Thus, she had to alternate the roles of investigator and felon until the year 2013.
In 2011, the actress was invited to star in the main role of Maria Olkhovskaya in the melodrama "My Last Love". This was followed by a four-year creative break. For all the time she starred only in the films "Road to the Void" and "Exception from the Rules", released in 2012.
In 2016, after the end of her vacation, films with the participation of “The Verdict of the Perfect Couple”, “Investigator Tikhonov”, “What the French are Silent about, ” and “When I Quit Drinking” are born with her participation.