• Honoured Artist of Russia
• Diploma-recipient at the Festival of
Dramatic Art of the USSR (1979, Hungary)
• Diploma-recipient at
the Festival of Dramatic Art of the USSR
• Recipient of
the audience award from the Society of Theatregoers
Born in Omsk. In 1968 she graduated from the Moscow Mikhail
Shchepkin Theatre School of the Maly Theatre of the USSR (class of
Viktor Korshunov).
From 1968 to 1984 Valentina Panina worked at
the Academic Pushkin Theatre, later moving to the Lenin Komsomol
Theatre (Baltic House Theatre) in Leningrad.
Actress at
the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre since 1988.
The actress has performed many major roles in the contemporary
and classical repertoires to great acclaim. In a renowned production
of Elegy after the play by Poplavsky, she performed the role
of the actress Maria Savina opposite Bruno Freindlich. It was this role
that helped her to develop a full awareness of the acting profession.
For fifteen years Valentina Panina has been an actress at
the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre. It was here that the actress’ skill has
been kept constantly fresh thanks to roles in the unusual genre of
sharp characterisation. She has appeared in both classical dramas and
lighter comedies, as can be seen from her performances in productions of
The Gambler, Balakirev the Jester and French Things
among others.
With her good looks and inner qualities, such as her
temperament, graceful movements, charm, musicality and expressive and beautiful
voice, Valentina Panina frequently works to great acclaim in the genre
of melo-declamation and musical mono-productions. One of her most recent works
in this field was a production based on songs by Klavdia Shulzhenko.
She has made successful appearances at other theatres, among them
the theatre Beyond Chernaya Rechka and the Comedian’s Refuge.
Film work includes The Ballad of Bering Strait, Donkey Skin,
The King of Blackmail and Sherlock Holmes among others.