Born in Dnepropetrovsk and raised in a theatrical family in Maykop, she entered the Moscow Institute of Nonferrous Metals and Gold in 1956 before switching to drama, graduating from GITIS in 1962 and debuting on the stage of the Moscow Youth Theatre in 1961. Her screen debut came with the 1973 film Looking for a Man, which earned prizes at Locarno and Varna, and she became a member of the Sovremen…
