Russian actress Natalya Kudryashova: biography and work in the world of cinema

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Natalya Kudryashova is a Russian theater and film actress, a talented director and screenwriter. Known for the films Salyut-7, Pioneer Heroes, One War, Olya plus Kolya. The kind and feminine actress leaves an indelible impression of her work on viewers and wins hearts from the first scenes.

Biography

Kudryashova Natalya Alexandrovna was born on October 12, 1978 in Nizhny Novgorod. In 2000, Natalia graduated from the Nizhny Novgorod Theater School. E. A. Evstigneeva, faculty of acting.

Until 2001, she worked at the Academic Drama Theater in her hometown. From 2001 to 2002 the actress worked at the Theater Mansion. Later, she entered the A. Vasiliev School of Dramatic Art (workshop of Yefim Dzigan), where she successfully completed her studies in 2006.

Kudryashova took part in the following performances: "Three Sisters", "The Cherry Orchard", "The Seagull" by A. P. Chekhov, "Plato's Dialogues", "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare and others.

In 2011, Natalia was awarded the Golden Mask nomination for her roleFaith in the production of "Cliff" directed by A. Shapiro. Photos of Natalia Kudryashova can be seen in this article.

Movie debut

Kudryashova played her first role in 2007 in the film "Olya plus Kolya" directed by Y. Pankosyanova, where the actress portrayed the main character Olya. According to the content of the tape, Olya is a sweet and modest girl who is heading to Moscow to enter the Gnessin School. On the way, the heroine meets the guy Kolya, a soldier who is going on leave to his homeland in Moscow. Young people are fond of each other and spend two extraordinary days together. But Nikolai needs to return to the military unit for service, and Olya is left alone in the harsh city. After saying goodbye, they promise to see each other again, but incredible incidents await them and many obstacles on the way to the goal.

Work in the movie "One War"

A very significant role of Natalia Kudryashova was the image of Marusya in the popular acute social drama "One War" by V. Glagoleva. Events unfold in 1945 on May 7-8 on a small northern island, where five girls live with their children born from the invaders. Young women have been relocated to the island from the occupied territories and work at the fish farm. The heroines of the film are in a happy anticipation of pardon - the war is over and, perhaps, their children will be sent home. Yes, only on Victory Day, NKVD Major Maxim Prokhorov comes to them, who is carrying an order - to dissolve the village. Prokhorov is obliged to send mothers and children to different camps.

The film "One War" won a large number of awards, and Natalya Kudryashova was the winner of the Prize for the best female debut in 2010 at the festival "Constellation".

Further career and personal life

In 2015, Kudryashova began her career as a playwright and director in the film Pioneer Heroes, where she played the main role. The film was presented in the competition project "Panorama" of the Berlin Film Festival. The film received several awards.

In 2016, Kudryashova (as a playwright and director) presented the film Petersburg. Only for love . Working as a director, Kudryashova has always been in favor of high-quality acting and against the reduction of scripts to a television and serial format. Natalya believes that the Russian acting school is fizzling out and she needs a new breakthrough and development. About the personal life of Natalia Kudryashova, only the fact that she is not married is known.