Maria Poezzhaeva was born in
Perm,
Perm Oblast,
Russian SFSR,
Soviet Union (now
Perm Krai,
Russia). In childhood, she studied
figure skating at the palace of sports "Eaglet". She graduated from the Perm school No. 124 with a medal. After graduating, she tried to enter the theater school in
Saint Petersburg and then in
Moscow, but on both occasions was unsuccessful. She returned to Perm, where she continued her studies. She again went to Moscow, and was accepted as a student at the
Moscow Art Theater School. While in school, she performed in "The Hero of Our Time". In 2012 she graduated from the
Moscow Art Theater School (the course of K. Serebrennikov). After graduation she performed at the
Moscow Art Theater A.P. Chekhov in the productions of "Fairies" and "Skylark". Later she became an actress at the
Gogol Center. ==Career==