Radda Novikova received her directing education in Moscow - in 1994 she graduated from the directing department of the
VGIK. In 2003 she directed the two-part television film
Story of the Spring Call. From 2004 to 2006 she was the director of
Inexplicable, yet a Fact (TNT),
Out of Law (Channel One),
Love Stories (for Channel One),
Price of Love,
Affair (for TNT). In 2019 Novikova directed the short film
Dark like the Night. Karenina-2019 - loosely based on Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. The screenplay was written by Aleksandr Tsypkin. The following year she directed another short film based on a Tsypkin story,
Moscow Hill. It starred
Anatoliy Beliy,
Viktoriya Tolstoganova and
Fedor Bondarchuk. In 2020 Novikova began directing comedy webseries
Notes of the Helvetia Hotelier for Okko streaming platform. The series lasted for two seasons. In 2022 Novikova started directing the second season of
Girls with Makarov, a police procedural sitcom starring
Pavel Maykov, she directed the whole series until the final fifth season. In 2025 she directed the feature film
The Crazy Empress, a romantic comedy about three friends who accidentally summon
Catherine the Great, and as the empress adapts to the 21st century, she inspires them to change their lives and believe in themselves. The film stars
Irina Pegova as
Catherine the Great, alongside Angelina Strechina, Zoya Berber, and Alisa Stasyuk, with supporting roles by
Kirill Zaytsev and Fedor Gamaleya. ==Awards==