Marina Ilyina is an actress with Russian citizenship, known today for the most part for her theatrical roles. The professional list of natives of the city of Riga has 5 cinematographic works. She is familiar to viewers from the painting “State Border. Film 8. At the far border ”, on the set of which she received the first experience of a film actress. She participated in the creation of the popular film "Brothers in Exchange" - a multi-part television comedy. Marina Pavlovna interacted in the frame with such actors: Andrei Aleshin, Natalia Lapina, Ivan Biryukov, Sergei Martynov and others. He plays in films of the following genres: drama, adventure, military, comedy. Now she works at the Moscow Academic Theater of Satire. In 2002, Marina Ilyina became the Honored Artist of Russia.
Biography
Born on February 26 in the city of Riga. About her desire to become an actress, Marina told her family at the age of five. She left her hometown when she was eighteen years old to enter a theater university. In the mid-1980s, she studied acting at the Moscow Art Theater School. Having received a creative specialty in 1986, got a job as an actress in the theater "Benefis". In 1991, she joined the troupe of the Moscow Academic Satire Theater and has not changed her place of work since then.
According to the actress
Marina Ilyina says that in childhood she wanted to become an actress, because then she connected this profession with a bright and beautiful life. As a child, it seemed to her that acting was a fairy tale with endless transformations and colorful costumes.
According to the actress, when she first came to Moscow, she, a native of Riga, accustomed from childhood to the leisurely rhythm of life, for a long time could not come to terms with the bustle of the capital. At that time, she did not understand the manner of Muscovites to speak loudly and the fact that local people cross the road anywhere and move quickly. Marina Ilyina admits that her “Nordic and secretive” temperament absolutely did not correspond to her nature. Because of this, she had to overcome certain complexes in order to liberate herself on the theater stage.
The actress, who has lived in Moscow for more than two decades, considers herself a woman with a Russian mentality. She says that thanks to the Baltic upbringing, she always considered it a rule to be restrained, never to “stick my nose into other people's affairs” and to distance oneself in communication.
About teachers and more
The actress thanks her teachers: Oleg Efremov, Alla Pokrovskaya, Andrey Myagkov. She is grateful to these “fantastic teachers”, who seemed to her to be gods at the time of college, for “having set such a high professional standard” in front of her.
Actress Marina Ilyina believes that every person, not just an actor, is a transparent vessel. When an actor enters the stage, his whole essence immediately becomes visible, and it is simply impossible to hide his upbringing and mentality in this situation. According to Marina, the viewer can always see that a person from the stage carries - "light or darkness."
Marina Ilyina confidently claims that she will never play what she does not like and is unacceptable to her.
Filmography of the actress
- “State border. Movie 8 ".
- "The horror that is always with you."
- "The loss of sexual innocence."
- "Youth".
In 2013, our heroine was among the actors of the film “Brothers in Exchange”, where she portrayed the wife of the general, Olga. This is a comedy story about two twin brothers, one of which is a successful businessman, and the second is a poor-natured good man in his personal life and work. It happens that one day one of them takes the place of another, which entails global changes in their lifestyles.