Irina Viktorovna Apeksimova - Soviet and Russian actress and film and theater director, pop singer, theater figure and television presenter. She is currently the Honored Artist of Russia and is the director of the Moscow State Theater of Drama and Comedy on Taganka. Fans are interested in information about her personal life and level of material well-being.
A native of Volgograd and a native of a family of musicians, she was able to reach the top of the national Olympus of culture and art solely thanks to her natural qualities and dedication. And she really became known to the general public after the release of the popular television series "Birthday of Bourgeois" (2000-2001) directed by Anatoly Mateshko.
short biography
On November 13, 1966, the Volgograd maternity hospital was filled with the life-affirming sounds of the born Irina Apeksimova. The parents of the future actress and singer worked as teachers at the local conservatory. Therefore, the future of Valery's daughter and eldest son was practically predetermined by their professional activities. Irina's brother later immigrated to the United States, where he became a famous pianist and jazz composer.
By the way, the popular domestic singer Larisa Dolina is Apeksimova's second cousin, which further characterizes the actress's genetic affiliation to the world of culture and art. At the age of 8, the girl managed to survive the tragedy of her parents' separation due to divorce. After that, Irina and her mother began to live in Odessa, where she first went to a regular school, and in high school she was transferred to a specialized class focused on theatrical specifics. It was Olga Kashneva who became her first teacher who began to professionally form the necessary qualities of a future artist.
After receiving a certificate of secondary education in 1983, the girl goes to the capital of our Motherland, where she is going to enter the Moscow Art Theater School. However, the Odessa accent becomes an insurmountable obstacle for the applicant of the legendary theater university. The next year, the failure was exactly repeated, after which Irina moved to Volgograd, where her father lives. In her hometown, she gets a job in a musical comedy theater, with active speech training overcomes the ill-fated Odessa accent and on the third attempt she enters the coveted Moscow university, where she studies in the workshop of Oleg Tabakov.
After graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School, Apeksimova continued her professional development at such foreign specialized courses as the London School of Acting at the Barbican Center and the New York Julliard School. According to these actions of the actress, it can be said with precision that the desire to achieve success by overcoming many difficulties is inherent in her inner nature.
Personal life
In 1988, Irina Apeksimova married her classmate Valery Nikolaev for the first time. This family-creative tandem was considered for a very long time among their colleagues in the creative workshop as exemplary. In 1994, the couple had a daughter, Daria. And after graduating from the capital's university, the aspiring actors left for the United States together, where they sought to win recognition of the world community, actively pursuing their professional activities in New York theaters.
However, for economic reasons, they were forced to return to their homeland. Moreover, Irina got a job at a Moscow theater, and Valery made the next attempt to conquer Hollywood. Life on different continents, of course, did not contribute to the strength of their family relations. And even joint shooting in the sensational film project "Birthday of the Bourgeois" could not strengthen the already cracked marriage.
2000 was the year of separation for Apeksimova and Nikolaev, after which the daughter changed her last name from Nikolaeva to Avratinskaya, which belonged to her grandmother. The talented girl decided to follow in the footsteps of her parents, graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School in 2015.
Some time after her divorce from her first spouse, Irina remarried the entrepreneur Alexei Kim. However, the second attempt was doomed to failure due to the regular scenes of jealousy that the husband arranged.
After this attempt to build family happiness, Apeksimova stopped talking to the press about her personal life. Several times they tried to convict her of a romantic relationship with motorcycle racer Oleg Kotelnikov, who is several years younger than the actress. However, this information has not received confirmation from her.
Irina Viktorovna is an active user of social networks, where she regularly comments on various events from her creative life. But her personal photos can be found exclusively on the pages of friends or close fans.
Figures and facts
The financial viability of the actress can be judged by her latest creative projects. In this regard, it is worth noting the production of Irina Apeksimova "Rehearsal", which in 2016 was recognized as the best in the capital. In the same year, she starred in the mini-series "Drunken Firm", where she appeared in the frame as part of a whole galaxy of Russian movie stars, among whom were M. Efremov, E. Boyarskaya, A. Mikhalkova, M. Basharov, E. Tsyganov and V. Isakova.
And since 2017, the most significant projects of the Honored Artist of Russia include the premiere of the play "The Seagull 73458", the theatrical performance "Bench" and the "Theater March" festival in the Hermitage Garden, which is traditionally organized by her.
According to Irina Apeksimova, her earnings do not allow her to feel like a person who has access to all the delights of modern life. She shared her experiences on this score, categorically refuting the opinion of glossy magazines about the wealth of Russian stars. The Honored Artist of Russia allows herself "madness" only for the first time after receiving the money earned on the set. And the rest of the time, like many compatriots, is waiting for the next financial receipt, when it will be possible to "come off to the fullest." The actress does not disdain credit funds if she believes that a large purchase cannot wait long.
