Irina Melnik was born on March 30 in Fastov (Ukraine) in the Kiev region in 1962. After graduation, she came to Moscow and entered the Moscow Art Theater School.
Study and work (roles, pictures)
In 1981, director Konstantin Ershov invited Irina to play the role of Zhenya in the film "Women seriously joke." The director has collected three short stories that are connected by the monologue of the protagonist, who tells about his first love. After the girl’s indifference towards him, Zhenya Boris has been looking for her image in other women all her life.
In 1983, Irina Melnik, whose photo is presented above, successfully completes the course of the Honored Artist of the RSFSR V. K. Manyukov. Upon returning to his homeland, he works at the Kiev Film Studio.
A. Dovzhenko, in the Studio Theater of the film actor.
Here he plays one of the first roles (1987) in the famous production of “Babi Yar” - the girl Miriam.
1985 for the actress was marked by a role in the heroic two-part film "Feat of Odessa". The film was based on documentary sources telling about the heroic defense of Odessa before the order of Stavka to retreat to Sevastopol. Irina Melnik plays the modest nurse Tanya, in love with the main character.
And already in 1987, the director Yaroslav Lupiy invites the young actress to a role in the historical film "Daniil - Prince of Galitsky".
The widow of the murdered policeman Irina Melnik plays in the film "Personal Weapons" (1991). The provincial town is frightened by the arrival of police captain Lyubov Virtanen. She came to sort out the strange murder of a policeman.
In 1995, she plays an episodic role of a patient in a mental hospital with director Yaroslav Lupiy. The painting is called "The score on a gravestone."
In the cult Soviet film "Hearts of Three" (1992) directed by Vladimir Popkov, the young actress played the role of Mercedes. This film was shot according to the script of Jack London about romantic adventures and true friendship.
In 2001, Irina was invited to work at the Kiev Theater on the left bank of the Dnieper.
TV series
In 2002, Melnik Irina Vasilievna plays an interesting role in the Russian series "Women's Logic". As you know, it is an ideal tool for the investigation. Tumanova, a lady of retirement age, easily proves this in every episode. The image of a vacationer, played by Irina, is amazing with its simplicity and frankness.
The heavy role of the judge reveals the depth of Irina's talent in the first season of the series of the studio "Motor - film" "Lawyer". Contrary to her, the main character always goes - a lawyer who deals only in criminal matters, an incorruptible and honest romantic. He wins even hopeless deeds.
Favorite series of most Russians - "The Return of Mukhtar." Specialists of the internal affairs bodies, with the darling of the entire department, are investigating another crime and suddenly encounter a fortuneteller, who was successfully played by the actress.
Indirect Evidence is a crime film. Investigators suspect a writer who described this crime in his book. Secrets that are involved in a written detective story do not allow the author to get out. What role will Karina, the heroine of Irina Melnik, play in his life?
In 2008, Star Media released the movie "Squad" (2008). The plot is tied to the events of our days. In a remote, almost deserted village, the daughter of the governor of the region and her two friends disappear. The girl’s father asks for help from the Major General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he does not keep his promise. Then dad sends to look for a girl with friends (a squad of policemen). The trip is not easy. And the girl’s mother (played by Irina Melnik) behaves strangely.
A group of companies filming a melodrama in several episodes called "Kostoprav" invites Irina to the role of head nurse. A doctor with a difficult fate is the main character of the picture. Having cured the hopelessly sick son of a businessman (owner of an expensive commercial clinic), he goes to Moscow by his invitation. He should become the head of the department. Reception of a senior nurse does not really surprise him.
In the 2011 film, Medication for Grandma was released. Irina Melnik is an actress in this background picture. She plays the mother of the best friend of the protagonist, her name is not even in the credits.
"Honey love"
In the same year, the film "Honey Love." The girl Lyuba, brought up by her grandfather, is direct and principled. Grandfather devoted his whole life to bees, and, naturally, the granddaughter inherited the profession. Living in a village with ancient foundations, in the "world" Lyuba looks at least "strange", if not old-fashioned. She does not care about her appearance, fashionable novelties in clothes and hairstyles, and the principles often scare off merchants-dealers. She seems to be from the 19th century.
But then Vitya, the joker, the handsome man and the rake, returned to the village. Lyuba, it seems, falls in love ... But he is taken away by "best friend" Lera. The mother of this girl is played by Irina Melnik.
"Citizen Nobody"
And in 2016, the mini-series Citizen Nobody was released. The protagonist of the series - a detective with great experience, is trying, so far unsuccessfully, to identify the criminal committing terrible crimes, with the "gentle" nickname "Paper Killer". But after receiving a head injury, falls into a coma and "wakes up" after more than twenty years. The detective understands that everything has changed, and only the killer is still free. Ira Melnik plays the melancholy Anna, the grandmother of a detective’s friend.
Conclusion
Now you know who Irina Melnik is, her biography is described in the article. We also watched films with this wonderful actress.