Actress Zinaida Kiriyenko was born in early July 1933. Her father, George Shirokov, was from a fairly wealthy family. He graduated from the cadet school in Tbilisi, and in 1919 he was sent to England with other cadets. Only there, nobody cared for them, and after several years of wandering in a foreign land, he returned to Russia in 1928. Only now George has settled in Dagestan, where he met Alexandra Ivanova, a beautiful, strong-willed and very desperate girl. She combined work at the cannery with the leadership of the Voroshilovsky Shooter club, while she dashingly rode a horse, participated in all competitions and always won prizes.
Being pregnant, Alexandra read the novel "Aida", he made a huge impression on the girl. Sasha decided that she would definitely have a daughter named Aida, and she would certainly become an actress. So, we can say, the biography of Zinaida Kiriyenko was predicted. It turned out to be erroneous only the chosen name, which the father did not immediately like about his pretentiousness. And he, while his wife was ill, went to the registry office and registered the girl as Zinaida.
When Zina was not yet 3 years old, her parents, unfortunately, divorced: they were too different. Although, perhaps this particular divorce subsequently saved them with their mother. Georgy Shirokov was arrested in 1939, and no one else heard of him. Even before the war, Zina's mother was sent to the Stavropol Territory to restore the economy in the village of Novopavlovskaya. There, Alexandra in 1942 met Mikhail Kiriyenko, who was commissioned from the war. Soon they were married. The stepfather really replaced her father’s daughters, the girl even took his middle name and last name, now she is Zinaida Kiriyenko. The biography of the future actress after graduation continued in Moscow.
Immediately she entered the financial railway college, but studied there for six months and returned to the village. The next academic year, Zina again goes to the capital and tries to enter the VGIK, where she is accepted, but conditionally.
Tamara Makarova was in the selection committee
, she drew attention to a beautiful provincial girl and advised her to come next year. Zinaida did so - she entered the course of
Sergei Gerasimov.The creative biography of Zinaida Kirienko began after the end of the first course. Sergei Appolinarievich shot the film “Hope” and was not afraid to give the main role to his student. And Zina also received her second movie job from her teacher. She played Natalia Melekhova in "Quiet Don". This role brought her great success, and by the end of VGIK (1958), Zina already had several paintings on her account.
Then she enters the drama theater on Malaya Bronnaya, but in 1961 he transferred to the Theater Studio of the film actor. By the mid-60s, Zinaida was becoming one of the most famous young actresses. But suddenly it seems to disappear. What happened? Zinaida Mikhailovna herself recalls this period of her life with bitterness and explains that she did not want to pay for the roles with her own feelings. Until 1974, she did not act in films, all this time she was occupied with work in the theater. The official ban was violated by
Yevgeny Matveev, who invited her to the role of Efrosinya in the film "Earthly Love." For this work, the actress received the State Prize and the title of People's Artist.
I must say that the biography of Zinaida Kiriyenko is not only work in the cinema and theater. She is also a happy woman who lived with her husband Valery Tarasevsky (died in 2003) a long and happy life. They had two sons: Timur and Maxim. Today Zinaida Mikhailovna is the grandmother of five grandchildren, but the creative biography of Zinaida Kiriyenko is not over. She still works in the theater and travels a lot around the country with concerts.