Irina Leonova

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yuryevna and the family name is Leonova.
For the Kazakhstani Olympic archer, see Irina Leonova (archer).
Irina Leonova
Born
Irina Yuryevna Leonova

(1978-08-22) August 22, 1978 (age 46)
Tallinn, Estonia
NationalityRussian
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present
Spouses
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(m. 2005; div. 2015)​
Children7
AwardsState Prize (2003)

Irina Yuryevna Leonova (Russian: Ири́на Ю́рьевна Лео́нова; born August 22, 1978) is a Russian theater and film actress.[1]

Biography

Irina Leonova was born in Tallinn. In 2000, she graduated from Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School (course of Viktor Korshunov) and joined Maly Theatre.[2]

Personal life

  • In 2000 — 2004 Irina was married to actor Igor Petrenko (born 1977).[3]
  • In 2005 — 2015 Irina was married to actor Yevgeny Tsyganov (born 1979). They have seven children:
    • daughter Polina (2005)
    • son Nikita (2006)
    • son Andrey (2009),
    • daughter Sophia (2010)
    • son Alexander (2011)
    • son George (2014)
    • daughter Vera (2015)[4]

Selected filmography

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Ирина Леонова". kino-teatr.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  2. ^ "Куда пропала актриса Ирина Леонова, которую Евгений Цыганов бросил с 7 детьми". Комсомольская правда (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  3. ^ Ирина Леонова. Биография (in Russian)
  4. ^ Ирина Юрьевна Леонова. mega-stars.ru
  5. ^ Звезда «Оттепели» Евгений Цыганов с женой-актрисой воспитывают шестерых детей Archived 2015-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Сплетник (in Russian)