Biography
Irina Petrovna Kupchenko (Russian: Ирина Петровна Купченко; born 1 March 1948 in Vienna) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. She rose to prominence after acting in Andrei Konchalovsky's 1969 movie adaptation of A Nest of Gentry. She has performed in more than forty films since 1969.
Her performance in Lonely Woman Seeks Life Companion won her a Best Actress award at the Montreal World Film Festival.She also played Alexandre in The Last Night of the Last Tsar, a play that was based on the book The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II by Edvard Radzinsky. She was born in Vienna in a military family that, after the withdrawal of the Soviet Army in Austria (1955), moved to Kyiv. In childhood, Irina showed an interest in ballet. After high school, she initially studied foreign languages at the University of Kyiv, but after her debut in the role of Liza in A Nest of Gentlefolk, she decided to pursue a career in acting. She graduated from the Shchukin Theatre Institute in Moscow (1970) and began working in the Moscow Vakhtangov Theatre (1971).
Filmography
all 65
Movies 61
TV Shows 4
Narrator 1
Patient No. 1 (2023)
Заступница (2022)
French Master (2022)
The Film That Went Wrong (2022)
The Wizard (2019)
The Victory Will Be My Gift To You! (2019)
The Last Trial (2018)
The Teacher (2015)
Yankovsky (2015)
Kalachi (2011)
A Pair of Bay (2010)
Yulenka (2009)
Practical Joke (2008)
Судебная колонка (2008)
Kuka (2007)
The Three and the Snowflake (2007)
Demons (2006)
The Night Is Bright (2004)
Bless the Woman (2003)
Spasibo (2003)
Moscow Suburbs Elegy (2002)
Come Look at Me (2000)
Memories of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
Old Hags (2000)
Poor Liza (2000)
Listen If it's Raining... (1999)
Summerfolk (1995)
Роман «Alla Russa» (1994)
Budulai, Whom No-one Waits For (1994)
House on the Stone (1994)
Dancing Ghosts (1992)
The Inner Circle (1992)
The Waltz on the Petschora (1992)
Николай Вавилов (1991)
Homo Novus (1990)
The Life of Klim Samgin (1988)
Forgotten Tune for the Flute (1987)
Another Life (1987)
Lonely Woman Seeks Life Companion (1986)
The Last Road (1986)
Misty Shores (1986)
Without Witness (1983)
Домой (1982)
Posledniy pobeg (1981)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 2 (1981)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 1 (1981)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981)
Путешествие в другой город (1980)
The Appointment (1980)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980)
Last Escape (1980)
Siberiade (1979)
Дом окнами в поле (1979)
The Turning Point (1979)
September Vacation (1979)
Ordinary Miracle (1978)
A Strange Woman (1978)
Other People's Letters (1975)
The Captivating Star of Happiness (1975)
Romance for Lovers (1974)
Он пришёл (1973)
Uncle Vanya (1970)
A Nest of Gentry (1969)
Homeward!
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1948-03-01 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceVienna, Austria
RelationshipsVasily Lanovoy (1972-01-01 - 2021-01-01), Nicholas L. Dvigubsky (1969-01-01 - 1970-01-01)
SpouseNicholas L. Dvigubsky
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
Also Known AsIrina Kupchenko, Ирина Купченко
AwardsNika Award for Best Supporting Performance, Lenin Komsomol Prize, State Prize of the Russian Federation, Order of Honour, Order of Friendship, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR
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