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Biography Veronika Mohireva is a rising star of theater and cinema, a talented singer who does not follow clichés and finds her own ways for development. The multiple winner of vocal competitions managed to "light up" on television, although she exchanged a ticket to the Voice project for a complete immersion in the educational process. However, she soon put a tick in the list of achievements in front of this line.

Childhood and youth The future Assol in the musical "Scarlet Sails" was born on December 19, 1998 in Yekaterinburg. From an early age, the girl fell in love with music, so her parents sent her to a music school. In parallel, she attended language courses.

In a regular school, according to the artist's personal confession, she studied well, but was known as a hooligan. However, this did not prevent her from graduating from a general educational institution with a gold medal.

The talents of the student allowed her to take a place in the jazz choir of the Sverdlovsk State Children's Philharmonic. The soloist as part of the team repeatedly went to international competitions, and even won first place in Switzerland.

In addition to the music school and the choir, the girl went to the vocal teacher in parallel. However, such employment did not prevent the schoolgirl from drawing, embroidering and walking with friends. Veronica also wrote songs herself, and also founded the rock band Replay, in which she was responsible for vocals, played drums and a synthesizer.

A significant event in the early biography of Mohireva was getting into the troupe of the musical "Scarlet Sails". And it happened like this - the teacher of the Sverdlovsk choir found out that the Musical Comedy Theater needed an artist for the role of Assol. She contacted the choirmaster Anna Emelyanova and proposed a talented pupil for this candidacy.

Veronica was auditioned, after which they decided to take her to the main team. The performer of the role shared that she had already read this work before the production. As a child, the main character seemed to her floating in the clouds, gentle and romantic in nature. When Mohireva started rehearsals, the opinion changed.

The first theatrical role was the beginning of a selfless love for the stage. Of course, not everything worked out for the young actress. But colleagues treated the debutante kindly, she hurried to each rehearsal with anticipation, and left with a sense of celebration.

Even then, the schoolgirl decided to become a singer and work in musicals. Therefore, with even greater perseverance, she began to develop natural talents. The victories were not long in coming - at the regional stage of the "Song knows no boundaries" contest, the youngest participant outperformed many professionals and took first place.

The future was predetermined. After school, she went to conquer the capital, submitting documents to RUTI-GITIS. The young singer decided to spend the waiting for the decision of the commission on the admission of applicants with benefit by filling out an application for participation in the Voice project. Positive responses from the institute and the show came at the same time. Veronica decided to stop learning, giving up the chance to win a TV show.

Music The career of the actress started as a student. At the Center for Drama and Directing, a pupil of Vladimir Pankov played in the performances "One-armed from Spokane" and "Factory Girl".

In 2019, a native of Yekaterinburg tried her luck on the television project One to One! ". For her number, the girl tried on the image of Lady Gaga and performed the song Born this way, delighting the judges with a phenomenal transformation.

The jury was delighted - Timur Rodriguez noted the professionalism of the participant, and Marina Fedunkiv praised the contestant for her "drive and crazy energy." According to the voting results, it turned out that Mohireva's project did not have enough points for the future fate. However, the judges decided to give her a chance. In the final, Veronika performed in the image of Aida Vedischeva with the composition "Forest Deer".

Although the artist failed to take first place, the show provided her with popularity.

Participation in filming and television programs went hand in hand with performances as part of the Spokane's Girls team. The group itself, as well as its name, was formed from the play "One-armed from Spokane" by Vladimir Pankov .

Soon the girls performed at the Moscow Spring ACapella contest, where they won first place. After that, they went to the Usadba Jazz festival in Sochi, from where they also returned with a victory. Spokane's Girls began to appear on the capital's venues with solo concerts, toured the country, broadcasting music to audiences of various genres.

The uniqueness of the group lies in an interesting legend of their origin - the girls talk about their homeland of Spokania before each performance. Vocalists often sing a cappella or use bowrans, triangles, spoons and basins to accompany them.

Veronika still performs as part of Spokane's Girls, while developing a new project ERONIKA. The acoustic version of BONJOUR's debut track, MTHRFCKR premiered on December 31, 2020, and on January 31, 2021, fans already saw the video for this song. The second single called Black Lord was released in autumn.

The plans of the singer was the development of the project. However, she found time to take a second chance by becoming a participant in the 10th season of the Voice show. At the "blind auditions", the artist sang Edith Piaf 's composition La vie en rose, having achieved the approval of all the judges. Mohireva chose Pelageya as a mentor . At the "fights" stage, her participation in the music competition came to an end. Yulia Plaksina remained to fight for victory .

Movies In 2019, a student of RUTI-GITIS played the role of an episodic character in the television series " Former ". In 2021, the actress's filmography was replenished with several projects at once.

On January 28, one of the most anticipated premieres of the year took place - the series " Swamps " written by Dmitry Glukhovsky . According to the plot, five Muscovites went to a monastery located in a remote village to look inside themselves. Veronica was invited to play one of the main characters of the film - Arina.

For an aspiring actress, this role has become very important in her career. She had to act in erotic scenes, and the performer was asked during the auditions if she was ready for this. Veronica did not see anything reprehensible in this, moreover, she considered that such techniques, if they "work for the situation", should take place in the cinema.

Participation in the series allowed Mohireva to liberate herself and gain new skills. But she herself brought curious details to the tape. For example, the image of Arina fully reflected her own vision of the performer. She came to the tests with "horns", and subsequently this detail was approved. And the actress also spied a curious reception from Anna Magnani , who never blinked in the frame. This "trick" also became part of the role of the heroine of the series "Swamp".

Next, the Green Mayor project was launched. In an interview, Veronika noted that for Russia this story has become much closer than the story of Glukhovsky, and reflected the current environmental reality in the country, including the health trend. On the set, the director of the series began the shift with meditation.

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