Era Ziganshina

Era Garafovna Ziganshina (Tatar: Эра Гарәф кызы Җиһаншина, Russian: Э́ра Гара́фовна Зига́ншина; born February 1, 1944) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of Russia (2005).

Era Ziganshin was born in Kazan, USSR. She studied at drama school at the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). From 1965 to 1976 he worked at the Baltic House Festival Theatre (with a break in 1970 he worked at the Russian drama theater in Chisinau).