Nina Nikolayevna Usatova (Russian: Ни́на Никола́евна Уса́това; born October 1, 1951, Altai Krai[1]) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. People's Artist of Russia (1994).[2]

Nina Nikolayevna Usatova
Нина Николаевна Усатова
Nina Usatova in comedy roles on the stage of the Great Hall of Perm Philharmonic Society, February 23, 2015
Born
Nina Nikolayevna Usatova

(1951-10-01) October 1, 1951 (age 73)
NationalityRussian
CitizenshipSoviet, Russian
Alma materBoris Shchukin Theatre Institute
OccupationActress
Years active1979 – present
Awards
Several others (see below)

Biography

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Nina Usatova was born on October 1, 1951, in the settlement at the station Malinovoye Ozero, Mikhaylovsky District, Altai Krai, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, now the settlement at the station does not exist.

She graduated from high school number 30 in Kurgan.[3]

From 1969 to 1973, she tried to enter the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute at the Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre. Worked again at cloth factory Red October in Borovsk Kaluga region, as director for the House of Culture and was preparing for the entrance exams.

In 1974 she entered the directing faculty Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute (course Boris Zakhava and Marianna Ter-Zakharova), and graduated in 1979.

After finishing her studies in 1979, Nina went to practice in the city of Kotlas, Arkhangelsk Oblast. She played in the local theater twelve roles. At this time, opened in Leningrad Youth Theatre on the Fontanka, and in 1980, the aspiring actress went there. Played in the performances of Vladimir Malyshitsky and Efim Padve.

In 1989, Nina Usatova joined the troupe of the Leningrad Academic Bolshoi Drama Theater named after M. Gorky, now the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater.

The actress made her film debut in 1981, her first role was in the TV movie Where did Fomenko?. Fame came after the role of the mute cook Lidiya Matveyevna in the film The Cold Summer of 1953 (1987).

In 1995, Nina Usatova participated in a series of television commercials under the general title of the Russian project. The actress played a provincial woman who arrived in Moscow and saw her son in the honor guard on Red Square. The phrase "Dima, wave your hand to mama" became popular.

Personal life

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Husband – Yuri Guryev, linguist and actor.

Son — Nikolay (born 1988).

Honours and awards

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Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Нина Николаевна Усатова на сайте peoples.ru
  2. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации № 239 от 12 февраля 1994 года (in Russian)
  3. ^ Лица Зауралья: УСАТОВА Нина Николаевна
  4. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 5 февраля 2009 года № 117 Archived 2013-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Указ Президента РФ от 13 февраля 2004 N 190 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации работников Российского государственного академического Большого драматического театра имени Г. А. Товстоногова (Санкт-Петербург)»". Archived from the original on 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  6. ^ Биография Нины Николаевны Усатовой
  7. ^ Дима! Помаши рукой маме!
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