Her father, Vsevolod E. Schprink, was a scientist, economist, and translator, who spent a significant amount of time in Stalin's labor camps (1900–1965).
Then, like beads on a string, intriguing works started to be strung by directors like Ivan Pyriev ("White Nights"), Georgy Danelia ("Don't Cry!
"), Felix Mironer ("Leaving"), Isidor Annensky ("Talents and Admirers," "Ekaterina Voronina"), Abram Room ("Garnet Bracelet") ”), Naum Trakhtenberg (“ Shot ”), Eldar Shengelaya (“ Freaks ”) and many others.
Her mother-in-law Nato Vachnadze, an actress, was one of the biggest names in Georgian cinema, and her father-in-law Nikolai Shengelaya was a well-known film director.
Eldar and Georgy, two of Nikolai and Nato's kids, also achieved success as filmmakers and won numerous significant international accolades.
[3] Ariadna Shengelaya played the role of the Queen Mother in the 1991 released Indian movie Ajooba starring Amitabh Bachchan as the Prince of the Kingdom of Baharistan.