Grineva Irina Anatolyevna. Born on February 6, 1973, in Kazan. She graduated from the Yaroslavl State Theater Institute, then studied in Gennady Abramov's expressive movement class at Anatoly Vasilyev's School of Dramatic Art. Her first theater role (1995) was Maga in Vladimir Ageev's production of "Hopscotch" based on Julio Cortázar. That same year, the actress received the "Best Debut" award at the V.S. Vysotsky Festival for this role.

Since 1998 she has been a member of the K.S. Stanislavsky Moscow Theater troupe. On other stages, the actress has performed in productions by Vladimir Ageev, Declan Donnellan, Olga Subbotina, Peter Weil and other interesting theater directors. She made her film debut in 1996, appearing in Valery Fokin's film "A House for the Rich." Recently she has been actively involved in television projects.