Born in Leningrad
- Trained at the St. Petersburg State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography (now the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts) as an actress, singer, dancer and director
- 1971–1980 Actress at the Russian State Academic A.S. Pushkin Drama Theatre (known as the Alexandrinsky Theatre) and the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre, TV drama and the studio theatre of Kinostudiya „Lenfilm“
- Parts in over thirty feature films, TV films and series (half of them in leading roles)
- Voice-over artist for leading roles in over forty films
- Presenting TV and radio programmes
Resident in Berlin since 1980
- Performances and tours (until 1991) as part of the singing duo Shenja & Matthias (Gallery), including TV and radio gala performances for East German media (Da liegt Musike drin, Zwischen Frühstück und Gänsebraten, Elf 99, AHA, Rund, Lieder-Karussell, Schätzen Sie mal amongst others)
- Set up and managed a music studio producing entertainment shows for German channels such as ARD, ZDF, MDR among others with Gunther Emmerlich, Frank Schöbel, Stefanie Hertel, Wolfgang Stumph, Harald Juhnke, Die Wildecker Herzbuben, Diether Krebs
- Awarded a gold Dr.-Theodor-Neubauer Medal for exceptional achievements in educational and cultural work
- Roles in German film and TV productions for DEFA (Babelsberg), DFF, ARD, ZDF, RTL, PRO7 and SAT1, including Abschnitt 40, Wolffs Revier, Der Fahnder, Die Straßen von Berlin, Stunde des Wolfs, A.S., Dr. Sommerfeld
- Drama teacher and guest lecturer at drama schools in Berlin, with an emphasis on studying roles and scenes, speech work, monologues and for exam preparations
- Private drama and speech coaching for actors, lecturers, presenters and hosts for different institutions
- Seminar leader for various courses on Russian theatre in the Department of Slavic Studies at the University of Potsdam
- Director for the small independent theatre group belcampo (Gallery), which has been awarded prizes and accolades at assorted theatre festivals and has performed at international venues such as Paris and Moscow
- Artistic director and director for several productions connected with the Tag des offenen Denkmals (Open Heritage Day) cultural project, as well as other events
- Director for Kinder- und Jugendtheaterstudio Potsdam, as part of the djo – Deutsche Jugend in Europa (German Youth in Europe) project
- Voice-over artist for TV series and films (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Step Up: All in, Me, Myself and Mum, The Mistery of Henri Pick, etc)
- Narrator, director, editor, producer of audio guides for the world’s major museums, including the Vatican museums, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter, The Beatles Story Museum Liverpool, the Louvre, Versailles, the Statue of Liberty, Buckingham Palace
- Translations, editing, direction, consulting, text production for voice recordings, voice-overs and advertising. Clients include:
- –NOUSdigital
- -Alto-onsite
- -tonstudio schieffer
- –Orpheo Deutschland GmbH
- –Linon
- -Antenna International GmbH
- -Berliner Synchron GmbH
- –Bayrischer Rundfunk
- –Audioberlin
- –WDR
- –Filmpool Köln
- –ALEXA-Audioproduktion
- Live dramatic readings on biographical and literary themes with the artistic trio KultiWir (Programm)
- Participating in projects organized by the Deutsche Puschkin-Gesellschaft e.V.
- Participating in projects organized by the Munich-based association „MIR e.V.– Zentrum russischer Kultur in München“