Irina Ivanovna Saltykova (Russian: Ирина Ивановна Салтыкова, IPA: [ɪˈrʲinə ɪˈvanəvnə sɐltɨˈkovə]; née Sapronova – Сапронова [sɐˈpronəvə]; born 5 May 1966[1]) is a Russian pop singer and a former member of the music group Mirage, which was popular in Russia in the 1990s.

[2] She was born in the city of Donskoy, Tula Oblast, in the then Soviet Union.

Sapronova also attended cutting, sewing, and knitting classes.

In 1985, Sapronova met her future husband, singer Viktor Saltykov in Sochi.

Starting from 2000, she appeared in films and TV series, including Brother 2 (2000), Russky spetsnaz (Russian SWAT, 2002), Provintsialy (Provincials, 2002), Dayosh molodyozh!