Name: Irina Valeryevna Shaykhlislamova
Born: 1986 (Yemanzhelinsk, Soviet Union)
Birthday: 6 January
Nationality: Russian
Her father was a coal miner and her mother Olga, a kindergarten music teacher. Olga is Russan but her father is Tatar that explains Irina's darker skin.
Shayk has learned playing the piano and singing in the choir since her early childhood. Her father died when she was 14.
After high school, Shayk studied marketing but failed it and entered a beauty school with her older sister. While there, she was noticed by a person from a local modeling agency . She won the "Miss Chelyabinsk 2004" beauty contest.
She was in a five-year relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo football player and from 2015 she is in relationship with Bradley Cooper actor and waiting for their first child.
Shayk has a dog named Caesare.