Honored Artist of the RSFSR (27.03.1981). People's Artist of the Russian Federation (25.06.1992). In 1969 she graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio (V. Markov's workshop, teachers - V. Bogomolov, E. Mores). From 1969 to 1983 she was an actress at the Moscow Satire Theatre. Her stage debut was the role of the clown Buka in the play "Pippi Longstocking" based on Astrid Lindgren's fairy tale. From 1983 to 1992 she was an actress at the Mayakovsky Theatre.

In 1990, in the role of Ranevskaya in the play "The Cherry Orchard", she took part in the first Russian entreprise of director Leonid Trushkin. She took part in the production of "The Oresteia", where, at the invitation of the famous German master Peter Stein, she performed the role of Clytemnestra. From 1996 to 1999 and since 2007 she has been an actress at the "School of Modern Play" Theatre.