Irina Leonova (Russian: Ири́на Ю́рьевна Лео́нова; born August 22, 1978) is a Russian theater and film actress.
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Biography
Irina Leonova was born in Tallinn. In 2000, she graduated from Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School (course of Viktor Korshunov) and joined Maly Theatre.
Personal life
In 2000 — 2004 Irina was married to actor Igor Petrenko (born 1977).
In 2005 — 2015 Irina was married to actor Yevgeny Tsyganov (born 1979). They have seven children:
daughter Polina (2005)
son Nikita (2006)
son Andrey (2009),
daughter Sophia (2010)
son Alexander (2011)
son George (2014)
daughter Vera (2015)
Selected filmography
We Must Live Again (1999) as Liza
Poisons or the World History of Poisoning (2001) as episode
Children of the Arbat (2004) as Lena Budyagina
Dream On (2005) as Alice
Hello, Moscow! (2005) as Tamara, the minister's daughter
Kuprin. The Pit (2014) as Vera Nikolaevna Sheina
Awards
2004 — State Prize of the Russian Federation