Nadezhda Lvovna Smirnova is a Soviet actress who was born in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on December 19, 1962. The woman is known not only for her roles in cinema, but also for her performances in the theater. About the biography and work of actress Nadezhda Smirnova can be found in this article.
Actress Biography
When the girl was 17 years old, due to certain circumstances, she and her family had to move to Moscow. Since childhood, Nadezhda wanted to become an actress, and therefore decided to purposefully study acting. To this end, she entered the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov. In it, the future actress Nadezhda Smirnova studied hard and graduated with good grades in 1987.
The first experience of filming a movie
It is worth noting that not only before studying at the institute, but also before moving to Moscow, Nadezhda already had experience in filming a movie. She received it at the age of 12, in 1974, when the film "Escape from the Palace" was shot. This was not the only cinematic creation, in the creation of which the girl took part before graduating. In 1978, she got the role of the Princess in the film "Tale Like A Tale." This movie, considered a musical fairy tale by genre, was directed by Oleg Biyma and presented Smirnova with the first significant success in her acting career. Soloists from the Kiev Theater, named after Taras Grigorievich Shevchenko, as well as from the Rainbow Theater, also took part in the same film.
Actor career
Over time, actress Nadezhda Smirnova became even more popular. She was provided with new film fans by the film “Sergeant Tsybuli's Summer Holiday”, which was directed by Nikolai Litus. In this film, she got the role of a simple Russian girl Alenka. Filming took place in the same year as moving to Moscow.
After that, for 7 years in the acting career of Hope there was a lull. In 1986, she starred in the movie "Jack Vosmerkin -" American ". In it, the director Evgeny Tatarsky provided the actress with the role of the daughter of Admiral Katsaurov, whose name is Tatyana.
In the same year, she got another role, but already in the film-play "The Theater of I. S. Turgenev." A year after graduation, actress Nadezhda Smirnova starred in a large cinematographic project called Esperanza. After that, Smirnova decided to try herself not only as an actress, but also as a screenwriter. She showed her writing abilities in the film Rain Trail, where she also played a major role. This film was shot in 1991.
Leaving life
Surely Nadezhda Smirnova in the future could have starred in a dozen good films, and, quite possibly, she could even take up directing. Unfortunately, fate had other plans for the actress. In mid-November 1995, she died at a fairly young age - 32 years. The cause of death of actress Nadezhda Smirnova was cancer, the treatment of which was impossible. Hope clung to life, but nothing could save her. Her acting professionalism, which Smirnova showed since she was 12, was remembered by many for a long time. There is no information about the personal life of actress Nadezhda Smirnova.