Irina Vladimirovna Starshenbaum (; born 30 March 1992) is a Russian actress. For her role in ''

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'', she won the

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award for Best Actress and was a nominee for the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress.

Biography

She graduated from the Faculty of Media Business and Public Relations at

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. She has been acting since 2013. In 2017, she made her debut in a feature film, a lead role in the science fiction movie '' Attraction'' by

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. In 2018,

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's film about

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and

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– accessed 20 October 2011

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'' was released, in which Irina played a lead role. In the winter of 2018, together with other actors and musicians, she recorded a collective video message to President

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with a request to pass the Law on the Protection of Animal Rights. In 2023, she had her first English-speaking role in

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's ''

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''. She plays Shoshana Borochov, daughter of

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, one of the founders of

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Personal life

After filming the movie '' Attraction'', she began dating actor Alexander Petrov. In 2017, they announced their engagement, but broke up in 2019. She is

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Selected filmography

*2017 — '' Attraction'' as Yuliya Lebedeva *2017 — '' Black Water'' as Polina *2018 — ''

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'' as Zhzhyonova *2018 — ''

'' as Natalia Naumenko *2019 — ''

'' as Anya Yartseva, translator *2019 — '' Gold Diggers'' as Ulyana Lisina *2020 — ''

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'' as Yuliya Lebedeva *2020 — '' Sherlock in Russia'' as Sofya Kasatkina *2021 — ''

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'' as Nelly *2021 — '' Koschey: The Everlasting Story'' as May (voice) *2022 — ''

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'' *2023 — ''

'' as Shoshana Borochov *2024 — '' The Enchanted Tinderbox'' as Nastasya Ivanovna

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Starshenbaum, Irina 1992 births Living people Russian film actresses Russian television actresses Russian stage actresses Russian voice actresses Actresses from Moscow 21st-century Russian actresses Jewish Russian actors Russian people of Jewish descent