Biography
Varvara Shmykova is a Russian actress. Born in Moscow on 24 February 1992, she graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School and began working in independent cinema and contemporary theatre.
Her film roles include Lena in Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Loveless (2017), Petrov’s mother in Kirill Serebrennikov’s Petrov’s Flu (2021), and Sasha, Tchaikovsky’s sister, in Serebrennikov’s Tchaikovsky’s Wife (2022). She appears as Natasha in Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur (2026). She also works in television, theatre and opera, with international credits including productions at the Komische Oper Berlin.
