Biography

Era Garafovna Ziganshina was born on February 1, 1944, in Kazan, Tatarstan, USSR. From 1960-1963 she studied acting at Shchukin Theatre School in Moscow, then she studied acting with Georgi Tovstonogov at the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinematography and graduated as an actress in 1965.

Since 1965 Ziganshina has been a permanent member of the troupe at Lenkom Theatre in Leningrad, now Theatre Baltiysky Dom in St. Petersburg, Russia. During the 1990's she enjoyed successful performances at the Theatre of Roman Viktyuk in Moscow, and also played on stage at various theatres in Moscow and St. Petersburg and toured about Russia. Her stage partners were such actors as Roman Gromadskiy, Igor Dmitriev, Tatyana Piletskaya, Alla Balter, Irina Konopatskaya, Klavdiya Belova, Nadezhda Maltseva, Regina Lialeikite, Natalya Popova, Nataliya Nesterova, Yulian Panich, Emmanuil Vitorgan, Aleksandr Slastin, Igor Tikhonenko, Vladimir Tykke, Petr Shelokhonov, and other notable Russian actors.

Era Ziganshina was designated the title of People's Artist of Russia. She was awarded the Stanislavsky State Prize of Russia in 1997. Era Ziganshina teaches an acting class in St. Petersburg, Russia.

- IMDb mini biography by: Steve Shelokhonov