Spesivtsev's troupe mainly consisted of students and graduates of Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School.

Then, French porn directors Francis Leroi and François Jouffa arrived in Moscow and invited her to star in his erotic film Sex et perestroika.

Kryukova then starred in the TV series Dossier Detective Dubrovsky and Bandit Petersburg (as Pospelova the investigator).

In 2003, the film director Eldar Ryazanov invited Kryukova to play a main role in his comedy The Key of Bedroom.

Another one of her notable works was a role in the film About Love, directed by Sergei Solovyov and based on the stories of Anton Chekhov.