Moscow, 07.25.2021, 23:48:55, editorial office of FTimes.ru, author Zoya Zharkova.
On April 18, 2021, it became known about the death of Irina Tsyvina, a Russian theater and film actress, Honored Artist of Russia.
Irina Konstantinovna Tsyvina is a truly talented person. She proved herself not only as a singer, artist, actress, but also as a teacher and psychologist. Not everyone manages to combine such unique qualities.
Her name never aroused indifference - some admired the talents of this woman, others did not like them, but her activity did not leave anyone indifferent. She often became a participant in scandals and spoke on various shows about her personal life, which was also sometimes condemned by people.
Childhood and youth
The actress was born in the summer of 1963 in Minsk, in a family where the parents had nothing to do with the world of art. Her father had a secondary technical education, but Irina doesn’t remember her dad: her parents separated when their daughter was not even three years old.
Tsyvina’s creative beginning comes from her mother, Antonina Viktorovna. The woman worked as a painter, but in all life situations she preferred a non-standard approach. For example, if the task was to paint the floor, Antonina would choose red or blue paint. Irina Tsyvina dreamed of becoming a fabric artist since childhood: in elementary school, she went to art school and teachers saw bright potential in the girl. After 8th grade, Irina Tsyvina took the documents to the technological college, but it didn’t come to study.
At a school graduation, Ira was approached by a friend, a student of the directing department. Having learned what specialty Tsyvina had chosen, he convinced the girl that she was mistaken. After all, Irina is a born actress, she has all the data to shine on the stage and screen. Irina Tsyvina went to enter the Minsk Theater University and miserably failed the exams. But she didn’t give up: when she heard that the youth theater at the Minsk Automobile Plant was recruiting a troupe, she hurried there. Tsyvina was accepted and immediately entrusted with the main roles in productions.
The stage brought pleasure to the young Minsk woman, but not money. And the family was in dire need of them: the mother alone had to get Ira and her younger brother back on their feet. Therefore, Irina Tsyvina got a job as a nurse in a maternity hospital. A year later, the artist set off to conquer Moscow fully armed: the girl thoroughly prepared and entered four theater universities. I chose the famous Moscow Art Theater School. Irina Tsyvina studied on the course of Vasily Markov. At the time of receiving her diploma in 1985, the actress had several roles in plays.
Irina Tsyvina Biography
Name: Irina Tsivina Date of birth: July 1, 1963 Zodiac sign: Cancer Age: 55 years Date of death: April 18, 2021 Place of birth: Minsk, Belarus Activities: theater and film actress, Honored Artist of Russia
Irina Tsivina is a Russian theater and film actress, known to viewers for the dramas “The Pit”, “Walking People” and the youth series “Kadetstvo”. Today, her filmography includes fifty film roles and three dozen in the theater. There is one more chapter in Tsyvina’s biography: Irina Konstantinovna is the third and last wife of the great artist and favorite of millions - Evgeniy Evstigneev.
Childhood and youth
The actress was born in the summer of 1963 in Minsk, in a family where the parents had nothing to do with the world of art. Her father had a secondary technical education, but Irina doesn’t remember her dad: her parents separated when their daughter was not even three years old.
Actress Irina Tsyvina
Tsyvina’s creative beginning comes from her mother, Antonina Viktorovna. The woman worked as a painter, but in all life situations she preferred a non-standard approach. For example, if the task was to paint the floor, Antonina would choose red or blue paint. Irina Tsyvina dreamed of becoming a fabric artist since childhood: in elementary school, she went to art school and teachers saw bright potential in the girl. After 8th grade, Irina Tsyvina took the documents to the technological college, but it didn’t come to study.
At a school graduation, Ira was approached by a friend, a student of the directing department. Having learned what specialty Tsyvina had chosen, he convinced the girl that she was mistaken. After all, Irina is a born actress, she has all the data to shine on the stage and screen. Irina Tsyvina went to enter the Minsk Theater University and miserably failed the exams. But she didn’t give up: when she heard that the youth theater at the Minsk Automobile Plant was recruiting a troupe, she hurried there. Tsyvina was accepted and immediately entrusted with the main roles in productions.
Irina Tsyvina
The stage brought pleasure to the young Minsk woman, but not money. And the family was in dire need of them: the mother alone had to get Ira and her younger brother back on their feet. Therefore, Irina Tsyvina got a job as a nurse in a maternity hospital. A year later, the artist set off to conquer Moscow fully armed: the girl thoroughly prepared and entered four theater universities. I chose the famous Moscow Art Theater School. Irina Tsyvina studied on the course of Vasily Markov. At the time of receiving her diploma in 1985, the actress had several roles in plays.
Theater
In his second year, Evgeny Evstigneev came to the Studio School, looking for young artists for a play he was going to stage. Irina Tsivina appeared on stage in the role of the crazy boy Vasily in the play “The Old House”. Unexpectedly for a sophomore, she was approved for the main role in Evstigneev’s play “The Marriage of Belugin.” Tsyvina played on the same stage with the legendary Sofia Pilyavskaya.
In 1986, Irina Tsyvina was accepted into the troupe of the Mossovet Theater, where she was involved in the play “The Cat That Walked By Itself.” But the artist stayed on this stage for one season. Since 1987, Tsyvina played on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater for two years. She played Julia in the play “Round Table Lampshaded” and was involved in the productions of “The Marriage of Belugin” and “Rut.”
On the stage of the Anton Chekhov Theater, Irina Konsantinovna played in “The Cherry Orchard”, and in “Satyricon” she was entrusted with a role in the production of “The Imaginary Invalid”. But Tsyvina was lucky enough to play most of her roles in enterprise performances. Irina appeared in the productions “Battle with a Psychic”, “Not Like Everyone else”, “Bride for a Banker”, “View of the Sea from the Closet” and several others.
Filmography of Irina Tsyvina
Every role of this wonderful actress will not go unnoticed. Irina Tsyvina is the winner of many awards and prizes from various film academies. Actress Irina Tsyvina was awarded the honorary title - Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
Theatrical works - “The Marriage of Belugin”, “Round Table Lampshaded”, “Rut”, “The Cherry Orchard”, “The Cat That Walked on Its Own”, “The Imaginary Patient”, “Battle with a Psychic”, “Not Like all”, “Bride for a Banker”, “Don’t Spit Against the Wind, or Archangels Don’t Jokes”, “Bella Ciao”, “View of the Sea from the Wardrobe”, “Joke”, “Scammers”.
Film roles
From 1988 to 1992, Irina Tsyvina actively acted in films. Among her early film works are “Walking People”, “Yolki-Palki”, “I Propose My Hand and Heart”, “Prishvin’s Paper Eyes”, “In the Surf Line”, “The Pit”, “Eternal Husband”, “Night Fun”.
This was followed by a rather long break in the actress’s film career. It coincided with the period of life in America. Only since 2006, Irina Tsyvina received incredible popularity and a huge number of offers from directors.
Among the most notable are “Kadetstvo”, “Women’s Stories”, “Rich and Beloved”, “Santa Claus Calls... Three Times”, “How to Scam a Millionaire”, “Olga”, “Jackal”, “Beyond Death” and many others .
Today Irina Tsyvina is one of the most sought-after actresses in Russian cinema.
Movies
The film biography of Irina Tsyvina started in 1988. Sergei Nikonenko’s comedy “Firs and Sticks” was released, where the director brought together the color of Soviet cinema. Viewers saw the actress in the company of Leonid Kuravlev, Leonid Yarmolnik, Evgeny Evstigneev, Georgy Burkov and Galina Polskikh. In the same year, Tsyvina reincarnated as the noblewoman Malka in the historical film “Walking People” and Alisa Aleeva in Valery Ogorodnikov’s drama “Prishvin’s Paper Eyes” about Stalinism and the cult of personality.
In 1990, Irina Tsyvina appeared in three projects. In the detective drama based on Anatoly Romov’s story “In the Surf Line,” she starred in the title role, playing Lieutenant Svetlana Lozovaya. On the set, the actress met with Vladimir Kuznetsov and Valery Barinov.
Irina Tsyvina demonstrated her talent for impersonation in drama adaptations of classic works. In the film “The Eternal Husband” based on the story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Irina Tsyvina played Natalie, and in the film “The Pit” by Svetlana Ilyinskaya, based on the work of Alexander Kuprin, she appeared in the image of the prostitute Manka-little. Together with her, Tatyana Dogileva, Valentina Talyzina, Oleg Menshikov and Evgeny Evstigneev, who played the role of the chairman of the court, starred in the drama.
After a 10-year break and life in America, Irina Tsyvina returned to Russian screens. Playing a supporting role in the TV series “Kadetstvo” (she played the mother of the chief cadet Maxim Makarov), the actress reminded viewers and directors of her existence. Since then, Tsyvina has appeared in 5-6 films and TV series a year. She was cast in supporting roles, but even in cameos, the artist knew how not to get lost. Irina Tsyvina starred in the melodrama “Circus Princess,” broadcast on Channel One from 2007 to 2008. Appeared in the continuation of the audience’s favorite “Cadets” - the series “Kremlin Cadets”. And also in the sci-fi comedy “Nanolove” and the sitcom “Daddy’s Daughters. SuperBrides" as Yuri Antonov's mother. In the New Year's fairy tale film "Santa Claus always calls... three times!" Irina Tsivina played Svetlana Nikolaevna, and in the melodrama “Secrets of the Institute of Noble Maidens” - Antonina Izvolskaya.
In 2021, the actress appeared on television in six projects, of which the most rated melodrama “Marriage Next Door,” the crime detective “The Jackal” (the continuation of “Mosgaz”) and the film “The Other Side of Death.”
Filmography
- 1988 - “Christmas trees!”
- 1988 — “Walking People”
- 1989 — “Paper eyes of Prishvin”
- 1990 — “In the surf”
- 1990 - “The Pit”
- 1992 — “The Price of the Head”
- 2007 — “Kadetstvo”
- 2008 — “Circus Princess”
- 2009 -2010 — “Kremlin cadets”
- 2010 — “Nanolove”
- 2012 - “Daddy's Daughters. Super Brides"
- 2012 - “Santa Claus always calls... three times!”
- 2013 — “Secrets of the Institute of Noble Maidens”
- 2015 — “My beloved dad”
- 2016 — “Beyond Death”
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Personal life
The first husband of Irina Tsyvina was the administrator of the Moscow Art Theater. According to the actress, it was a fictitious marriage for the sake of registration in the capital. The second husband of the Minsk resident was Evgeniy Evstigneev, with whom Irina Konstantinovna lived for 8 happy years. She persuaded her husband to play a starring role in Vladimir Bortko’s two-part film “Heart of a Dog”: Evstigneev doubted whether he should transform into Professor Preobrazhensky.
The age difference between the spouses (37 years) did not become an obstacle to love, although at first the couple hid the relationship - Evgeniy Aleksandrovich was ashamed of his relationship with the student. But after a three-year romance, they legalized their relationship. The couple's dream of having a common child did not come true: Irina lost her child on a tour. After the death of Evgeny Evstigneev, Irina Tsyvina was married twice. Before her official marriage, she had a short affair with Vlad Listyev. The third husband was Shchepka graduate Georgy Pusep, whom Tsyvina met at Kinotavr a year and a half after Evstigneev’s death. Pusep introduced himself as a Hollywood producer, but the reality turned out to be prosaic: in Los Angeles, where Irina Tsyvina arrived with Pusep, she learned about George’s unbroken marriage. They lived in a tiny apartment in Los Angeles with no air conditioning (in the local heat). Pusep divorced his wife and married Tsyvina.
The marriage produced two children - son Zhenya (named after Evstigneev) and daughter Zina. Irina Tsyvina, yearning for Russia and work, returned to Moscow with her family, but her marriage to Georgy Pusep was bursting at the seams. The actress met a new love - Alexander Blagonravov, an entrepreneur and neighbor in the country. The marriage was overshadowed by the fact that the ex-husband took his daughter Zina to Montenegro. Tsyvina could not sue the girl, no matter how hard she tried: she only achieved the right to regular visits with Zina. After 11 years, the marriage with Blagonravov collapsed - Irina found out about his betrayal. During that difficult period, Tsyvina’s best friends were Tatiana Vasilyeva and Elena Tsyplakova.
There has been a lull in Irina Tsyvina’s personal life in recent years. She claimed that she despaired of finding a man whom she could love and respect as much as Evgenia Evstigneeva.
In 2021, Irina announced her desire to leave the stage and cinema and enter a monastery.
