Irina Starshenbaum

Irina Starshenbaum
Born
Irina Vladimirovna Starshenbaum

(1992-03-30) 30 March 1992 (age 32)
Moscow, Russia
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present
AwardsTEFI (2020)[1]

Irina Vladimirovna Starshenbaum (Russian: Ирина Владимировна Старшенба́ум; born 30 March 1992) is a Russian actress. For her role in T-34, she won the TEFI award for Best Actress and was a nominee for the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress.[1][2]

Biography

She graduated from the Faculty of Media Business and Public Relations at Moscow State University of Printing Arts.

She has been acting since 2013. In 2017, she made her debut in a feature film, a lead role in the science fiction movie Attraction by Fyodor Bondarchuk.

In 2018, Kirill Serebrennikov's film about Viktor Tsoi and Mike Naumenko Leto was released, in which Irina played a lead role.

In the winter of 2018, together with other actors and musicians, she recorded a collective video message to President Putin with a request to pass the Law on the Protection of Animal Rights.[3]

In 2023, she had her first English-speaking role in Michael Winterbottom's Shoshana. She plays Shoshana Borochov, daughter of Ber Borochov, one of the founders of socialist Zionism.[4][5]

Personal life

After filming the movie Attraction, she began dating actor Alexander Petrov. In 2017, they announced their engagement, but broke up in 2019.[6][7] She is Jewish.[8]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b Объявлены лауреаты премии «ТЭФИ-Летопись Победы»
  2. ^ КиноПоиск. Александр Петров опять соревнуется с собой в номинациях на «Золотого орла» ('Alexander Petrov is again competing with himself in the Golden Eagle nominations')
  3. ^ Дакота, Броневицкая и Старшенбаум обратились к президенту
  4. ^ Shoshana: ‘It’s not even-handed when it comes to depicting Jewish victims of violence’ The Jewish Chronicle. 22 February 2024
  5. ^ ‘Shoshana’ Review: A Troubled Love Story Set Against the British Mandate in Palestine Variety. 17 September 2023
  6. ^ "Фёдор Бондарчук был против романа Петрова и Старшенбаум". // Собеседник. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Петров женится на Старшенбаум". // Дни.ру. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Irina Starshenbaum". ASPIPG. Retrieved 5 September 2024.