She is a prominent Russian theatre and film actress best known for her parts in films Afonya (1975), An Ordinary Miracle(1978), Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky (1981).　　In 1984 she received the State Prize for her contribution to several early 1980s Mayakovsky Theatre productions, including the Life of Klim Samgin (after Maxim Gorky's novel).