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Maria Smolnikova

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Maria Smolnikova
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Maria Smolnikova at the Golden Mask Award.
Born
Maria Alexandrovna Smolnikova

(1987-12-17) 17 December 1987 (age 36)
NationalityRussian
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present

Maria Alexandrovna Smolnikova (Russian: Мари́я Алекса́ндровна Смо́льникова; born 17 December 1987) is a Russian actress, best known for her role in the film Stalingrad (2013).[1]

Biography

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Maria Smolnikova was born in Sverdlovsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Yekaterinburg, Russia). She studied at the experimental school in Yekaterinburg.

As a child, she acted in the Youth Theatre in Nizhny Novgorod, hoping to enter the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS). However, the first two attempts were unsuccessful, only the third time Smolnikova was credited to the pilot course under the direction of Yevgeny Kamenkovich and Dmitry Krymov. She graduated from GITIS in 2011.

She works in the theater "School of Dramatic Art" led by Dmitry Krymov. Smolnikova became famous thanks to a lead role in the film by Fyodor Bondarchuk "Stalingrad" (2013).

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Without Witness Masha TV series
2012 Daughter Inna Kraynova, schoolgirl
2013 Stalingrad Katya
2014 Fort Ross: In search of adventure librarian
2014 Kuprin Liza TV series
2016 After You're Gone Alisa

References

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  1. ^ "IMDb". Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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