Marina Shimanskaya

Marina Mechislavovna Shimanskaya (; born October 27, 1955) is a Russian actress, pedagogue and theater teacher. In her professional career there are more than twenty major performances in the most popular theaters such as Sovremennik Theatre, Hermitage Theatre or Chiot Nechet, more than fifteen films and several television series, such as Goenkale (EITB Media) or The Crown (Netflix). She has developed her teaching work in various European Drama schools (colleges, universities and free-standing institutions), distinguishing herself for the development of the Stanislavski's system and the Russian method acting (the Stanislavsky - Chekhov - Grotowski - Vajtangov method). Early life and family Shimanskaya was born on October 27, 1955, in the town of Saratov (Soviet Union, at that time), on the banks of the Volga in Russia.