Maria Mashkova

Acting career and life path of Masha Mashkova

The name of Maria Mashkova became known to millions of viewers throughout the former CIS after the actress embodied on the screen the image of a cheerful, frivolous secretary of the fashion company "Zimaletto" Masha Tropinkina in the series "Not Born Beautiful". Thanks to this project, the performer demonstrated her versatile abilities, individual style of acting, and also gained international popularity. However, the career of a talented artist began long before participating in this series.

Childhood years of the actress

The family of Maria Mashkova predetermined her creative path. The future actress was born April 19, 1985 in Novosibirsk, Russia. Maria's father is a famous actor Vladimir Mashkov, on whose account hundreds of roles in films, theater productions. He is not only an actor, but also a director, producer, screenwriter, public figure, who has many awards, nominations, prizes. The mother of actress Mashkova Elena Shevchenko is also associated with the world of cinematography and stage. On the account of the famous artist about 40 roles in various Russian, American, Ukrainian films. In several of them she played with her daughter.

In view of the parents' busy parents teaching theater art in Moscow, Masha's early childhood was spent with her grandparents. When she was 7 years old, the girl moved to her mother in the capital. There she first took part in a theater performance, performing a small role in the production "Victoria?..." on the same stage with Elena Shevchenko. At the age of 11, Masha made her movie debut. She played the character Lavinia in the project "Little Princess". By the time of graduation in the creative biography of Maria Mashkova there were two theater productions and three film roles. Despite this, the girl joined the faculty of business and finance. However, quickly realizing the mistake, after just a couple of months she transferred to the Shchukin Theater Institute. Shchukin, without informing her parents about this.

Creative career and filmography of the artist

During her studies, Mashkova continued to act in films, participate in theater performances. At first, Maria received small roles. Among other things, she played an episodic character in her father's movie "Daddy". Having completed her training, in 2006 Masha joined the troupe of the Moscow theater "Lenkom", where she worked for 4 years until the birth of the child. In 2005, the first episode of the series "Not to be Born Beautiful" was released, in which the actress played a minor, but bright role. Participation in the project brought the girl people's love and recognition of directors.

After that, more and more often viewers could see Maria Mashkova in films and TV series. The actress enjoys playing complex characters to hone her skills. Among her most popular projects can be noted such:

• Mama, do not grieve (1 and 2);
• Step Kids;
• Next 2;
• Escape from Moskvabad;
• Hot News;
• Sveta from that world (1 and 2);
• Hunting the Gauleiter;
• It is not recommended to offend women;
• Talisman of Love;
• Closed Spaces;
• Mutiny, etc.

Maria talented reincarnates on the screen in a variety of images, both protagonists and negative characters. For the project "Escape from Moskvabad" actress received the prize XI Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema "Best Actress in a feature film.

Despite some difficulties, first the artist was able to get a major role in the science fiction project "I.S.S." ("International Space Station"). She also appeared in several episodes of the series "For the Sake of All Mankind" and "Woman in the Lake". In 2023 Masha presented to the public the author's mono-performance "Nadezhdins", based on the real story of her great-grandmother Melania Sevruk. The production was a great success on the stages of Europe, USA, Canada and Israel. Critics called it a theatrical sensation of the year.

Personal life of Maria Mashkova

During the filming of "Not to be Born Beautiful" the young actress began a relationship with a colleague on the series, Artem Semakin. In 2004, despite her father's disapproval, Masha married her lover. However, the marriage did not last long, less than 5 years later the couple divorced.

In 2009, the artist again found the status of a wife. Maria Mashkova's husband became a famous musician Alexander Slobodyanik, who also comes from a creative family. Already at a young age, the young man gave concerts in the New York halls of Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. In addition to a musical career, the husband of the artist showed himself as a good actor, screenwriter, director, successful entrepreneur. For those who are wondering how many children Maria Mashkova has, it should be said that the actress is the mother of two daughters - Stephanie and Alexandra, who was named after the family tradition of the Slobodyanik family. Despite various rumors, the couple happily lives together, works together on projects.