Films and series with Maria Shukshina carry warmth and worldly wisdom. Basically, she plays strong and purposeful women, her heroines are beautiful and successful. Currently, she is one of the sought-after film and television actresses.
Early career, or you won’t get away from fate
Maria Vasilievna was born in Moscow in the family of the famous writer and film director Vasily Shukshin and the equally famous actress Lidia Fedoseeva-Shukshina. This event took place on May 27, 1967.
From a young age, his father had already started filming his daughter in the cinema. The debut took place in the film almanac "Strange People" when Maria was only a year and a half. A little later there was a picture of “Stoves and Shops” (1972), where Vasily Shukshin decided to shoot also his youngest daughter Olga. The sisters played the role of the daughters of the Rastorguevs.
A couple of years later, filming took place in the film "Birds over the City." The work was already with the director Sergei Nikonenko.
Despite this, Maria did not plan to become an actress, after entering the M. Torez Institute of Foreign Languages after school. For some time after his graduation, Shukshina even worked as a secretary-translator, but, as they say, you won’t get away from fate. Since 1990, filming in the cinema has resumed.
At first, Maria Vasilievna worked in the drama Eternal Husband, where her mother played the main role. Then, Maria Shukshina herself gets her first leading role in the film "American Daughter", which premiered in September 1995. The film was a success.
There was work in the films “What a wonderful game” and “Russian roulette”. Series were shot with Maria Shukshina, such as People and Shadows, The Perfect Couple, Dear Masha Berezina, Brezhnev and others. Let us dwell in more detail on some of them.
The series "The Snoop" with Maria Shukshina
Aleksandra Anatolyevna Marinets, the new head of the “slaughter department” of the city police department of St. Petersburg, is an attractive young woman who needs to step over all the negativity that has befallen her with getting a new position. The subordinates met the new boss with bewilderment, expecting that at least such a man would be sent to such a large post from Moscow, capable of decisive action, but not a woman.
The heroine of Maria Shukshina had a hard time. The male team that she got into was skeptical of her appointment, many interfered with her, even openly substituted and rejoiced at her mistakes. Not everything is smooth and in the personal life of the heroine. But, despite this, from the first steps, the newly-made leader makes it clear to many that she is not a temporary figure in this position.
Gradually subordinates are convinced that Lt. Col. Marinets is not just the owner of a model appearance, but a person with a strong character, perseverance in work and a completely non-feminine mind, and the "bloodhound" always started the business.
"Who if not me?"
The series in which Maria Vasilievna played the role of a rather successful Moscow lawyer Nina Berkutova. Family and favorite work are the main values in the life of the heroine. She loves money, gifts, attention and prefers not to deal with poor clients at work. But, life is an unpredictable thing, and in an instant everything begins to crumble. Nina is betrayed by her husband, he goes to another woman. Children, growing up, began to move away. And to top it all, she is fired from her job, depriving her of the only source of income.
It all happened when a woman was 42 years old. It seemed to her that all the goals had already been achieved, life had developed, and there was stability in everything.
Under the influence of the circumstances, Berkutova herself has to change, otherwise look at her principles, at the life of her clients. From an almost negative heroine there is a gradual transformation into a person who, achieving success in his next business, rejoices that he was able to help someone. Clients of the heroine Shukshina are now people from disadvantaged segments of the population. “Who, if not me?” Says Nina Berkutova, helping those who are unable to pay for the services of an expensive lawyer.
Series
The series "Take Me With You" tells the story of three school friends - Margarita, Galina and Tamara. They were always close, but each person’s life is different.
Maria Shukshina played the role of Rita in this film. Despite the fact that her character bathes in luxury, receives expensive gifts from numerous fans, she feels at the same time the most unhappy woman. Rita begins to get pleasure from life only after reaching the orphanage, where orphans took her attention.
Galya constantly monitors her husband. She is tormented by suspicion and jealousy, and one day she discovers that her husband really has another woman. Galina painfully undergoing treason and decides to revenge, planning to have a lover.
The third friend is Tamara. This is a strong personality, accustomed to build their own lives. She has no husband, no children, not even a hint that they will be in the near future. And Tamara is already almost 40 years old, at times I want close relatives to be with whom I can share my problems. It is good that she has friends, but each of them has its own road to happiness.
Other jobs
In addition to the above, there are also films and series with Maria Shukshina, such as:
- "Dear Masha Berezina."
- "The terrorist Ivanova."
- "Bury Me Behind the Baseboard".
- "Case of grocery store number 1".
- "A bag with a bright future."
- "Guilty without guilt."
- "Christmas trees 5".
One of the last series with Maria Shukshina is a picture of a joint production of the USA and Great Britain under the name "McMafia". The first season premiered in January last year (2018). The geography of filming is very extensive: England, Egypt, India, Croatia, Serbia, Russia, Turkey, Israel. The continuation of this criminal drama is expected.