Maria Mikhailovna Poroshina is one of the most recognizable contemporary actresses in Russian films and series of the melodramatic genre. However, it can be very difficult to immediately recall where she played the main role. Especially for those who want to find out, the following is a list of the top ten series and films with Maria Poroshina in the title role:
- "Always say always".
- "The night Watch".
- "Day Watch".
- "Christmas trees".
- "Shuttles."
- "Fourth desire."
- "Family circumstances".
- "Black blood".
- Counterplay.
- "My mom is a snow maiden."
"Always say always"
One of the main projects in the filmography of actress Maria Poroshina is the melodramatic series “Always Say Always,” which was aired on television from 2003 to 2012. The author of the original source and screenwriter was the writer Tatyana Ustinova. Actress Maria Poroshina played the role of Olga Gromova, the main character around which all events of the series unfold. The authors themselves call this television film "the story of modern Cinderella" - yes, Olga is beautiful, kind and sympathetic, but for every happy moment of her life she has to pay difficult series.It is believed that this series is the best domestic product in its genre, and a lot of the merits of the actress herself.Thanks to the efforts of Poroshina, Olga Gromova completely changes as a character from the first series to the last, many viewers still enjoy watching and even revising this series.
"The night Watch"
In the first Russian blockbuster of 2004, shot by Timur Bekmambetov according to the book of the same name by Sergey Lukyanenko, Maria Poroshina got the main female role - the magician Svetlana Nazarova. According to the plot, Svetlana is a doctor who does not suspect that she is the Other, possessing supernatural abilities. In the difficult period of her life, Svetlana cursed herself, and because of this, a kind of "funnel of evil" began to form around her, bringing death and failure to everyone who surrounded her. Despite the strong deviations of the film from the original source, the character of Maria Poroshina appeared practically unchanged, since Svetlana Nazarova is one of the main plot driving forces of the picture.
"Day Watch"
The sequel to The Night Watch, released in 2005, was another film starring Maria Poroshina. She again played Svetlana Nazarova. In the second part of the story, she begins to practice the Other's supernatural abilities under the supervision of Anton Gorodetsky, the main male character of the Dozors. In the story, again filled with the war of the guardians of Light and Darkness, the viewer learns about the love line between Svetlana and Anton. In The Day Watch, Gorodetsky manages to rewrite history in order to prevent the coming terrible battle between good and evil, and Sveta herself learns that she is not just a sorceress, but the Great Other. When the mistakes of the past are corrected, Sveta and Anton begin their new, joint life. Despite the fact that the film was rated lower than The Night Watch, the game by Maria Poroshina was again rated highly and devoid of negative criticism.
"Christmas trees"
As you know, Timur Bekmambetov’s famous New Year’s film "Fir-trees" of 2010 is a movie album of short stories, united by a single main plot - the desire of a little orphan girl to hear a personal congratulation from the president’s lips on New Year’s address. Maria Poroshina became the main character of one of these stories. Her character is Julia Mikhailovna, a business woman who does not manage to build her personal life. She came to celebrate New Year's with her friend's family, and there she learned about a way to make a wish with a burned note. Unfortunately, the woman does not have time to complete the ritual, but finds out that the neighboring city of Bavla has a different time zone, and there the New Year has not yet arrived. Desperate Julia Mikhailovna hurries there to make a wish again, and in the end she really finds her happiness.
"Shuttles"
“Shuttles” - a series of 2016-2018, in which Maria Poroshina also played the main role. Her character is Olga Rodionova, the wife of an officer who lives in a military town. It’s 1994, and when Olga’s family urgently needed money, she decided to become a “shuttle trader,” bringing goods from Turkey and Poland to the market. Unfortunately, the money that seemed easy, soon turned into big problems, criminal takedowns and irreparable losses. The second season tells of the events of 1998, when the life of Olga and her friends, the “shuttle traders” more or less came back to normal. She becomes the director of the market. But soon life again makes it clear that it’s too early to relax and rest on its laurels, and the nineties have not yet ended. The series was perceived ambiguously by the audience, but it may be extended for the third season.
"Fourth desire"
Another noteworthy film with Maria Poroshina in the title role is the New Year’s melodrama with elements of the 2003 fairy tale Fourth Desire. The plot of the film sends the audience’s memories to many cult New Year’s films, including The Irony of Fate and The Wizards. The main character is an aspiring actress Anastasia Vetrova. She is going to meet the holidays abroad with her fiancé, but is late for the necessary flight, and then completely falls into the weather trap, forcing the plane to land in an unnamed Siberian town. As a result, Anastasia finds herself in the enchanted hut of Santa Claus, helps Baba Yaga to organize the New Year's holiday, gets acquainted with the eccentric Zaitsev and Volkov, and finally finds her true happiness.
"Family circumstances"
The 2016-2017 series is somewhat reminiscent of the 1978 Soviet film "For Family Circumstances". The plot tells about the lawyer Larisa Zimova - it is her who plays Maria Poroshina. This woman puts her whole life on the decision of the "family circumstances" of other people, ignoring her own problems behind other people's problems. A surgeon turns to her for help, able to help in at least one problem - the expensive operation of her sick mother-in-law Larisa. She, in response, must solve his question with the division of property after the divorce. At first, these man and woman help each other, only pursuing their own goals, but soon feelings flare up between them, and cold calculation suddenly turns into mutual, interested help to each other. Many viewers call the series "Family Circumstances" one of the best works of actress Poroshina.
"Black blood"
Black Blood is the 2017 series in which Maria Poroshina also played the main role. She played Ira Kotova, a country girl who lived happily with her sister Olga exactly until the moment when they had a new neighbor named Slava. Both sisters fell in love with him, but the man chose Irina. Offended Olga turns to the witch, makes a love spell on Vyacheslav and drops a curse on her whole family, which can be removed only by death. And Irina does not suspect anything. She builds her family with another person, but soon meets Glory again, and in the meantime, the curse of the sorceress begins to act and both sisters lose their loved ones one by one. The actress herself in an interview called the role of Ira Kotova the hardest in her career.
Counterplay
In the serial film "Counterplay" in 2011, Maria Poroshina does not have a major, but very noticeable role. She played Olga Knipper-Chekhov, a German actress of Russian descent, the wife of the famous actor and theater figure Mikhail Chekhov. The plot of the series is dedicated to the events of the Nuremberg trials. Since Olga Chekhova was one of the leading actresses in the cinema of the Third Reich, she, along with other war criminals, was arrested and taken to Moscow. Despite the fact that the speculation about the work of Olga Chekhova on Soviet intelligence has not yet been confirmed by real documents, in the series "Counterplay" she appears to be just such an agent. The question is being examined whether she was preparing an attempt on Hitler. Despite the fact that Maria Poroshina did not even appear in all episodes of Counterplay, many viewers separately noted her game and image in this series.
"My mother Snow Maiden"
Completes the list of best films with Maria Poroshina in the title role, a picture of 2007 under the title "My Mom Snegurochka". This is another New Year ribbon in the filmography of the actress, and again she plays the role of a business woman who does not care about the general holiday. The heroine's name is Lena, and on New Year's Eve, in the middle of the street, she meets a little boy Stepa, who is tired of the indifference of his always busy parents and went to look for a new mother. He takes Lena for Snegurochka, and the woman herself cannot pass by the child, who so urgently needs her "magic". The meeting between Lena and Stepa dramatically changes not only their own lives, but also those around them, and in fact, the New Year miracle turns out to be the simplest things that modern people have almost forgotten how to notice.