[1] After finishing secondary school, Skobtseva studied art at the Faculty of History of Moscow State University.

[1] In the same year, Irina Skobtseva made her cinematic debut as Desdemona in the film Othello by Sergei Yutkevich.

[1] After Othello Irina Skobtseva, who remained in the audience's view primarily a romantic heroine, turned to character acting.

[1] Filming in Othello, where the partner of Skobtseva was actor and director Sergei Bondarchuk who in 1959 became her husband, laid the foundations for a number of their joint works in the cinema.

[1] In Georgiy Daneliya's films Walking the Streets of Moscow (1963), Thirty Three (1965) and Hopelessly Lost (1973), Skobtseva appeared as a comedic actress.

[1] The actress played the main roles in the films The Mysterious Heir (1987), The Ghosts of the Green Room (1991), and Zorka Venus (2000).