What is known about actress Nina Shatskaya? How successful was her career in theater and cinema? What films did the actress star in? The answer to these and other questions can be found in our material.
Childhood and youth
Nina Shatskaya, whose biography will be considered further, was born on March 16, 1940 in the city of Moscow. From an early age, stood out against peers with a variety of talents. Especially the teachers noted the excellent vocal abilities and good hearing of the girl. At school, she was engaged in singing for a long time, planning to connect adult life with pop music. However, she later preferred the acting career, applying for admission to the State Institute of Theater and Satire. From the first attempt, Nina Shatskaya managed to get on the course of musical comedy. GITIS girl successfully graduated in 1963.
Theater work
Having received a diploma, the young actress Nina Shatskaya wished to become part of the troupe of the Moscow City Council Theater. It was here that at that time the husband of our heroine, Valery Zolotukhin, worked. However, our heroine was not accepted.
On the advice of a friend, Nina Shatskaya went to audition at the Taganka Theater. Having played a small segment of the play, the actress was immediately enrolled in the creative group. The actress devoted more than 3 decades of her life to work in this theater. During this time, Nina Shatskaya managed to become a leading actress in such famous productions as “The Dawns Here Are Quiet,” “Life of Galileo”, “Crime and Punishment”, “The Master and Margarita”, “Feast during the Plague” and many others.
Movie debut
To star in films Nina Shatskaya began in 1962. Even while studying in the last courses of GITIS, the actress played a rather prominent role in the film "Colleagues", where she appeared in the form of a girl named Inna. However, our heroine became a widely recognized artist thanks to another film, namely, the famous comedy film directed by Elem Klimov entitled “Welcome, or No Trespassing”.
Career development
Thanks to the fruitful cooperation with the director Elem Klimov, the actress began to receive numerous offers about the shooting. Another success to Nina Shatskaya came in 1968, when she was invited to the musical comedy "White Piano". Here, the actress got the image of Alla Arsenyeva - a musicologist obsessed with the idea of tracing the lost artifacts of certain eras.
Then for Nina Shatskaya followed the famous role in the film "Smuggling". In the course of working on the film, the actress was lucky to light up on wide screens in a duet with Vladimir Vysotsky himself. Together, the artists prepared the song and performed it in one of the episodes of the picture. Since Nina had outstanding vocal abilities since childhood, she was able to cope with the task quite simply. As the actress herself later noted, her voice just merged with the voice of Vysotsky.
Shatskaya’s appearance in a whole series of subsequent films turned out to be extremely bright. Among the most successful works of the actress, which contributed to the advancement of her career, it is worth noting such paintings as “Visit to the Minotaur”, “Rage”, “Bitch Children”.
Personal life
With her first husband - actor Valery Zolotukhin - the actress connected her life while studying at the institute. Young people were on the same course. As the artist recalled, the decision to marry came suddenly.
In 1969, the firstborn was born to Nina and Valery, who was named Denis. The son of celebrities also decided to connect life with high art. In 1988, he received a diploma from the music school. Then he studied as a director at VGIK. Denis later went to the seminary. Today he is a minister of the church in the suburbs.
The second wife of Nina Shatskaya was the outstanding Soviet actor Leonid Filatov. Despite the fact that the famous couple did not have common children, they lived together a long, happy life.