On stage and in the frame of Sokolov, Irina relied on her good acting training and giftedness. Coming from a theatrical family, she will hone her skills with the best teachers and become the pride of Russian cinema and theater for decades. It remains in demand and loved to this day.
Theater by inheritance
The future actress was born in Murmansk before the war and lost her father at the front. In 1940, a gifted daughter was born in an acting theater family; without a father, her mother and grandmother raise her. Since childhood, women have managed to instill in the girl a love of acting and the art of Melpomene. It is worth noting that for the first time the girl was taken to the scene in early childhood as a statistic.
Sokolova Irina chooses a profession following the example of her parents: her father and mother played roles on the stage. After school, she also receives a good theater education at the Theater of Young Spectators in Leningrad.
Apart from student and children's roles, at the age of 23, Irina is already making her screen debut in films and in the theater. Since then, she will remain one of the most sought after and successful actresses for 50 years.
52 years in the cinema
At different times, Irina Sokolova, whose biography fit several different eras, was known for her consistently brilliant roles. Unlike her many colleagues, the experienced actress after the collapse of the former country did not disappear from the screen or from the stage and manages to be in sight. After dozens of roles in the service of the “Soviet screen” with its censorship and “black and white” morality of Sokolov, Irina will be reorganized without new complaints and censures under the new “laws of cinema, ” the full list of roles for her fits such films:
- "Helena Bay" (1963);
- The Hare Reserve (1972);
- "Demoted" (1980);
- The Boys (1983);
- "Insurance Agent" (1985);
- "In the second round" (1987);
- "Sorrowful insensibility" (1987);
- Anger of the Father (1988);
- Eclipse Days (1988);
- "Sunset" (1990);
- "Return to Zurbagan" (1990);
- "My People" (1990).
In the 90s and in the new millennium, experienced women were equally easily given roles in popular television series and bold historical tapes. Among her most “significant” works already in a new country, we note:
- "Moloch - Goebbels" (1999);
- Taurus (2000);
- The War (2002);
- "National Security Agent" (2004);
- "Wolf Messing: Seen Through Time" (2009);
- "Secrets of the investigation" (2015).
With her roles on the screen, Irina Sokolova, whose photo now rightfully serves as an icon for many young actors, pleased the viewer for 52 years. The last time she appeared in the cinema back in 2015, since then she hasn’t been filmed anywhere else.
Reincarnation Master
In Sokolov’s career, he remains a model of a diverse actress not only at home, but also in the world. With all the love of her to the mass audience, it is unlikely that the townsfolk are fully aware of Irina's skill. Her colleagues and the theater audience appreciate her more; it’s hard not to admire the variety of genres of her paintings and the characters of the heroines.
Reincarnation is the main "horse" of the actress. It should be noted that she began her career with heroes of the opposite sex. She was trusted to play boys and men on stage, and in the movie, the role of Goebbels remains the most significant work. Moreover, in this image the woman appeared twice - in the film "Moloch - Goebbels" and in "Wolf Messing: seen through time."
In the movie, Sokolova played irregularly, sometimes with interruptions of several years between filming. But when she was not seen in the frame, the woman plucked a standing ovation. Of course, she is more of a theatrical actress and the most vivid images brought to life there. Most of her career was dedicated to one team at the St. Petersburg Theater of Young Spectators.
The personal life of the great actress
Irina Sokolova, an actress whose personal life has always been under the cover of secrecy, remains ruthless towards members of the yellow press. A woman almost does not disclose anything from her family circumstances. Information in this regard leaks out in the form of separate, insignificant facts. So, it is only known that the great actress acquired only one child in her life. And the daughter gave her two grandchildren.
In her interviews, Irina never talks about her husband and is generally reluctant to leave the theatrical “plane” in public conversations. But it is known that the actress violently suppresses any attempts by her daughter and granddaughter to follow in her footsteps. And both girls at one time were ready to take such a step. But Irina does not hide that she considers her career a big victim and does not advise her to repeat it to anyone.
