Maria Smolnikova

Maria Alexandrovna Smolnikova (; born 17 December 1987) is a Russian actress, best known for her role in the film Stalingrad.

Biography Maria Smolnikova was born in Sverdlovsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Yekaterinburg, Russia). She studied at the experimental school in Yekaterinburg.

As a child, she acted in the Youth Theatre in Nizhny Novgorod, hoping to enter the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS). However, the first two attempts were unsuccessful, only the third time Smolnikova was credited to the pilot course under the direction of Yevgeny Kamenkovich and Dmitry Krymov. She graduated from GITIS in 2011.

She works in the theater "School of Dramatic Art" led by Dmitry Krymov. Smolnikova became famous thanks to a lead role in the film by Fyodor Bondarchuk "Stalingrad" (2013).

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2012 Without Witness Masha TV series 2012 Daughter Inna Kraynova, schoolgirl 2013 Stalingrad Katya 2014 Fort Ross: In search of adventure librarian 2014 Kuprin Liza TV series 2016 After You're Gone Alisa