Marina Shimanskaya

Marina Shimanskaya
Marina Shimanskaya in 2012
Born	Marina Mechislavovna Shimanskaya (1955-10-27) October 27, 1955 (age 65) Saratov, Russia
Other names	The Lady of Stages
Citizenship	Russia
Education	Russian Institute of Theatre Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1979-present
Movement	Stanislavski's system
Spouse(s)	​ ​ (m. 1981; div. 2016)​
Children	2

Marina Mechislavovna Shimanskaya (Russian: Марина Мечиславовна Шиманская; born October 27, 1955) is a Russian actress, pedagogue and theater teacher.^[1]

She has developed her teaching work in various European theater schools distinguishing herself for the development of the Stanislavski's system.

Early life and family[]

Marina Shimanskaya was born on October 27, 1955 in the town of Saratov (Soviet Union, at that time). Her father, Mechislav Iosifovich Shimansky, was imprisoned in the Saratov Forced Labor Camp accused of being an "enemy" of the USSR for being her mother of German origin and descendants of Polish aristocrats with family properties near Zhytomyr. Her mother was a nurse at the Saratov prison hospital and it was there that they met.^[2]

In 1981 he met the actor Algis Iozasovich Arlauskas Pinedo during the filming of the movie "Taking care of women", with whom he married and had two children, Olga Arlauskas in 1981, a Russian film director, and Alejandro in 1990, divorcing in 2016.

Career[]

1973–1992: Early work[]

At the age of 18 he moved to Moscow. She managed to enter the State Institute of Theater Arts of Russia and got a scholarship to study drama at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts, where she graduated. There she had as teachers the students of Konstantin Stanislavski and Michael Chekhov.

Marina Shimanskaya's debut in the cinema took place in 1977 playing Lydia Nikolaevna in the film "When I become a giant" (Когда я стану великаном). Already after the first roles in the film, in 1981, she appeared on the cover of Soviet Screen magazine. She received great fame after the premiere of the movie "Caring for Women" (Берегите женщин) in 1981.^[3]

Marina Shimanskaya worked in the best companies in Russia, starred in more than fifteen feature films, a score of theatrical works, ... In addition to touring Europe and the United States.^[4]

She worked at the Hermitage Theater in Moscow between 1984 and 1991. In the 1991–1992 season he expanded his training under the direction of Oleg Tabakov.

1992–present[]

Since 1992 Shimanskaya works in Europe. She is an actress, stage director, and drama teacher. In 2009, together with her husband the actor and director , she founded the theater and film school "Ánima Eskola" where she teaches. In addition, she has taught acting classes at the University of Zaragoza and the University of Navarra, among others.

Shimanskaya is an expert in the Stanislavski's system, and has studied and developed it, with Michael Chekhov's and Yevgeny Vakhtangov's system. In 2010 she received the Ercilla Award for Theater Pedagogy.

"I consider Marina Shimanskaya not only a wonderful acting teacher, an expert in the theory and practice of Stanislavsky's method, but a teacher of theatrical art in a broad sense. Her students receive from her the living example of a person whose commitment to the art of theater is absolute and of a moral order."

— Juan Mayorga, Spanish dramatist and National Theater Prize (2007)

Selected filmography[]

Awards and nominations[]

In 2010 she received the Ercilla Award for Theater Pedagogy.

References[]

External links[]

• Marina Shimanskaya at IMDb