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

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

Biography

Kudryashova Natalia 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 Theater. Later, she entered the School of Dramatic Art of A. Vasiliev (workshop of Yefim Dzigan), in which she successfully completed her studies in 2006.

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

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

Debut in the world of cinema

frame from the movie

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 goes to Moscow to enter the Gnesins' school. On the way, the heroine meets with the guy Kolya, a soldier who is going to leave for his homeland in Moscow. Young people are addicted to each other and spend two extraordinary days together. But Nicholas needs to return to the military unit to serve, and Olya remains alone in the harsh city. Saying goodbye, they give the word to see each other again, but unbelievable incidents and many obstacles on the way to the goal await them.

Work in the movie "One War"

movie work

A very significant role of Natalia Kudryashova was the image of Marusya in the popular acute social drama V. Glagoleva “One war”. Events unfolding in 1945 on May 7-8 on a small northern island, where five girls live with their children born from the invaders. Young women are resettled on 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 the NKVD Major Maxim Prokhorov comes to them, who carries 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 "Constellation" festival.

Further career and personal life

Russian actress

In 2015, Kudryashova began her career as a playwright and director in the movie "Hero Pioneers", where she played a major role. The film was presented in the competitive 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 advocated high-quality acting and against reducing scripts to television and serial formats. Natalia believes that the Russian acting school is running out of steam and she needs a new leap and development. About the personal life of Natalia Kudryashova, only that she is not married is known.


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