Biography Zinaida Kirienko: a happy woman and a great actress

Актриса Зинаида Кириенко родилась в начале июля 1933 Her father, George Shirokov, was from a fairly wealthy family. He graduated from the cadet school in Tbilisi, and in 1919 he and other cadets were sent to England. Only there nobody was concerned about them, and after several years of wandering in a foreign land, he returned to Russia in 1928. Only now George settled in Dagestan, where he met Alexander Ivanov - a beautiful, strong-willed and very desperate girl. She combined the work at the cannery with the leadership of the Voroshilovsky Riflemen circle, while she famously rode on horseback, participated in all competitions and always took top places.

Being pregnant, Alexandra read a novel“Aida”, he made a huge impression on the girl. Sasha decided that she will definitely have a daughter named Aida, and she will certainly become an actress. So, one might say, the biography of Zinaida Kiriyenko was predicted. Only the chosen name was wrong, which the father did not immediately like with its pretentiousness. And he, while his wife was ill, went to the registry office and registered the girl as Zinaida.

When Zina was not yet 3 years old, her parents, toUnfortunately, divorced: they were too different. Although perhaps this particular divorce later saved them with their mother. Georgy Shirokov was arrested in 1939, and no one heard about him again. Even before the war, Zina's mother was sent to the Stavropol Territory to restore the economy in the village of Novopavlovskaya. There, in 1942, Alexandra met Mikhail Kiriyenko, who was transferred from the war. Soon they were married. Stepfather really replaced her daughter's father, the girl even took his middle name and surname, now she is Zinaida Kiriyenko. The biography of the future actress after graduation continued in Moscow.

Immediately she entered the financial railwaytechnical school, but studied there for six months and returned to the village. For the next academic year, Zina again goes to the capital and tries to enter the VGIK, where she is accepted, but conditionally. Tamara Makarova was in the admissions office, she drew attention to a beautiful provincial girl and advised her to come next year. Zinaida did just that - entered the course of Sergey Gerasimov.

Creative biography of Zinaida Kiriyenko beganafter the end of the first course. Sergei Appolinarievich shot the film "Hope" and was not afraid to give the main role to his student. And Zina also got her second job in cinema from her teacher. She played Natalia Melekhova in “Quiet Don”. This role brought her great success, and by the end of VGIK (1958), Zina already had several pictures on her account.

Then she enters the Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya,but in 1961 he moved to the Studio Theater actor. By the mid-60s, Zinaida becomes one of the most famous young actresses. But suddenly it seems to disappear. What happened? Zinaida Mikhailovna herself recalls this period of her life with bitterness and explains that she did not want to pay for the roles with her own feelings. Up until 1974 she did not act in films, all this time she was occupied by work in the theater. The official ban violated Yevgeny Matveyev, who invited her to play Euphrosyne in the film “Earthly Love”. For this work, the actress received the State Prize and the title of People's Artist.

It must be said that the biography of Zinaida Kiriyenko isThis is not only work in movies and theater. She is also a happy woman who lived with her husband Valery Tarasevsky (died in 2003) a long and happy life. They had two sons: Timur and Maxim. Today, Zinaida Mikhailovna is the grandmother of five grandchildren, but Zinaida Kiriyenko’s creative biography is not over. She still works in the theater and travels a lot around the country with concerts.