She began acting in films since 1974, while still a schoolgirl (she studied at school No. 402 in the city of Kolpino, Leningrad Region). In 1981 she graduated from the Shchukin Theater School (University). The audience remembered primarily for the film-tale "Nemukhinskie musicians" (1981) in the role of a young music teacher, the comedy "For the Beautiful Ladies!" (1989) and the film-parable of Karen Shakhnazarov "City Zero", where she starred as a completely naked secretary. Emigrated to the USA. Lives in Los Angeles. In 2008, she starred in the Russian-American TV series "Spy Games".