Irina Kupchenko

Irina Petrovna Kupchenko is a Soviet and Russian actress. She rose to prominence after acting in Andrei Konchalovskys 1969 movie adaptation of A Nest of Gentlefolk. She has performed in more than forty films since 1969.

She was born in Vienna in a military family that, after the withdrawal of the Soviet Army in Austria , moved to Kiev. In childhood, Irina showed an interest in ballet. After high school, she initially studied foreign languages at the University of Kiev, but after his debut in the role of Liza in A Nest of Gentlefolk, she decided to pursue a career in acting. She graduated from the Theatre Institute. Shchukin in Moscow and began working in the Moscow Teatr im. Vakhtangov .

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