Born in Moscow, Ryazantseva graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and started her career as a collaborator of Larisa Shepitko.

[1] Because of her work, she was named Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

[2] In addition to her cinema works, Ryazantseva was professor of scriptwriting in her alma mater.

[1][2] She had been married to the film director Ilya Averbakh.

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