Russian actress Irina Starshenbaum performs the titular character within the film that not too long ago premiered on the 2023 Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition (TIFF23). You may also catch her within the upcoming sci-fi film ‘The Main Expertise’. We take a better have a look at Irina and her life main as much as worldwide stardom. 
Irina Starshenbaum
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Irina Starshenbaum was born in Moscow on March 30, 1992, right into a household that was far faraway from the world of appearing. Her mom hails from a household of barbers – which might be why Starshenbaum was all the time keen on experimenting along with her look as a toddler.
Irina Starshenbaum in Moscow, 2017
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Making it into films was solely a distant dream for the little lady. Nonetheless, when her aunt Anna Starshenbaum attained appreciable fame as an actress, Irina’s religion bought a a lot wanted increase – albeit with a sure diploma of skepticism, typical for her character: “I am not precisely the envy of the nation. A lifetime of appearing is barely meant for those who the folks can really fall in love with,” she later admitted to considering.
Irina Starshenbaum on the Sochi Open Russian Movie Competition (a.ok.a. Kinotavr), 2018
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Having nonetheless not determined what she wished to do along with her life, Irina enrolled within the Moscow State College of Printing Arts to review media enterprise and public relations. She attended quite a few programs and coaching in theater and the psycho-physical arts, as a way to higher perceive the world of cinema.
A nonetheless from ‘Black Water’ (2017) horror movie
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TV work marked her first step on the way in which to the large display screen. Irina bought a job as an anchor, whereas additionally participating in small stage productions. She made her debut in ‘The Crossing’ in 2015, with ‘Black Water’ – an atmospheric rural horror – following quickly after that in 2017. Irina reportedly did not have fond recollections of the manufacturing: The very first day of capturing revealed her concern of the digicam. On high of that, nearly all of the film was shot in freezing water exterior St. Petersburg.
Starshenbaum as Desdemona in Moscow’s Taganka Theater
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Irina even thought-about abandoning her appearing goals, however these doubts at the moment are lengthy gone, as, right this moment, she talks of that shoot as a “battle-hardening” expertise, making each subsequent filming expertise seem to be kid’s play by comparability.
A nonetheless from ‘Attraction 2’ film
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Quickly after that, Irina scored the principle position in director Fedor Boncarchuk’s sci-fi drama ‘Attraction’ (2017), about an alien spaceship crash-landing in Moscow. The film acquired blended opinions, however was fairly common on the field workplace, incomes 1 billion rubles (approx. $17 million) and a world launch, catapulting the forged to stardom.
Irina Starshenbaum pictured with actor Alexander Petrov on the premier of ‘Three Seconds’ (a.ok.a. ‘Going Vertical’) film in Moscow, 2017
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In the course of the filming, Irina and co-star Alexander Petrov began relationship, which thensaw the pair working collectively in ‘Ice’ (2018), ‘T-34’ (2018) and different tasks. The actors introduced their engagement, however broke up in 2019. Starshenbaum has since stopped commenting on her private life.
Irina enjoys engaged on tasks of all scales, from blockbusters and high-profile TV productions (resembling ‘Soderzhanki’, the rights to which had been not too long ago bought by Amazon Prime), in addition to much less main ones and display screen diversifications – resembling ‘Obshyaga’ (‘The Dorm’, 2021), the place she stars as a Soviet feminist attempting to construct a life within the Eighties. She was invited to play the half by Roman Vasyanov, who had beforehand completed some work in Hollywood.
Irina Starshenbaum on the Cannes Movie Competition, 2018
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Michael Winterbottom’s ‘Shoshana’ (2023) marks Starshenbaum’s first fundamental position in a Western challenge (the film hits theaters quickly, having simply premiered at TIFF23), co-starring with Douglas Sales space and Harry Melling. Irina additionally needed to study Hebrew to extra convincingly painting her Jewish character.
A nonetheless from ‘Shoshana’
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Winterbottom first observed Irina in Kirill Serebryanikov’s ‘Leto’ (‘Summer time’, 2018), which debuted on the Cannes Movie Competition in 2018. “His producer wrote to me, asking for a hyperlink to one among my more moderen roles. We later talked on Zoom and Michael [offered me the part]. I learn the script and was very taken by it. It is essentially the most fascinating script I’ve ever learn in my life!” she confessed.
Irina Starshenbaum (middle) attending the screening of Kirill Serebrennikov’s ‘Leto’ film in the course of the 71st Cannes Movie Competition, 2018
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Whereas ‘Shoshana’ marks Starshenbaum’s first position as a fundamental character in Western cinema – it isn’t her first Western challenge: she’s already starred alongside Nastasya Kinski in ‘Darkish Satellites’ (2022), tailored from German creator Clemens Meyer’s assortment of quick tales of the identical identify.
Irina Starshenbaum and Douglas Sales space attend the ‘Shoshana’ premiere in the course of the 2023 Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition
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Irina’s newest challenge, the upcoming sci-fi film ‘The Main Expertise’ – about an actor and a detective attempting to unravel a mysterious homicide – is presently in post-production.
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