Daughter of Vasily Shukshin and Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina. She first appeared on screen when she was one and a half years old, in Vasily Shukshin's film "Strange People," and a little later in "Stoves and Benches." After graduating from high school, she entered the translation faculty of the Maurice Thorez Institute of Foreign Languages. After graduating from the institute, she worked as a translator and broker on the Russian Raw Materials Exchange. A real turning point in her life occurred after meeting director Pyotr Yefimovich Todorovsky, who offered her a role in the film "Such a Wonderful Game." At the 70th anniversary of V.

M. Shukshin in Altai, in Srostki, producer of ORT Sergey Shumakov approached the actress and offered her work on the project "Wait for Me." Maria agreed and never once regretted working on this program, despite the fact that filming was sometimes very emotionally difficult. Honored Artist of Russia (2008).