After high school, she studied at the faculty of theatrical directing at the Institute of Culture and Art in Chelyabinsk.

In the process of studying Inga Petrovna discovered her acting skills and started playing on stage.

During the fourth course of study, Inga Oboldina married her classmate Garold Strelkov and took a double surname – Strelkova-Oboldina.

After graduating from university with a red diploma, she remained at the institute to teach at the department of scenic speech.

On 21 December 2012 she gave birth to a daughter, Clara, from the St. Petersburg actor and director Vitaly Saltykov.