In our article we will talk about actress Natalya Petrova. What success has the artist achieved in domestic cinema? What is known about the life of Natalia Petrova outside the set? The answers to these questions will be considered later.
Childhood and youth
Natalya Petrova, whose photo can be seen in our article, was born on August 23, 1970 in the city of Kiev. The father of our heroine at that time held the post of director of the Lesya Ukrainka Theater. Therefore, the girl began to join the world of high art from early childhood.
After graduating from school, Natalya Petrova got a job as a fashion model in the Model House. However, the girl did not stay here for long. Intending to become a professional actress, our heroine went to Moscow. Once here, I applied for admission to a number of prestigious universities. Petrova successfully passed the selection to the State Institute of Cinematography and the Shchukin Theater School. The girl’s final choice fell on the second option.
Movie debut
In 1991, the talented graduate of the Shchukin school was noticed by the outstanding Soviet director Valery Todorovsky. The latter invited Natalya Petrova in his upcoming picture called “Love”. The aspiring actress got the image of the main character - the Jewish girl Maria, who is forced to emigrate from the country, suffering from manifestations of anti-Semitism from those around her. Natalia managed to perfectly cope with the task, for which she was awarded the prize of the Montpellier Film Festival in the category "Best Actress". From this moment, they began to talk about Petrova as one of the most promising young artists of the country.
After an extremely successful start, years of inactivity began in the career of our heroine. For a long time, Natalya Petrova did not receive new proposals for the shooting. Only in 1995, the famous director Alexander Proshin invited the actress to the role of a girl named Leoni in the melodramatic film "Black Veil". This work again revived the artist’s career and made the audience talk about her person.
Director's career
In 1999, Natalya Petrova decided to change her occupation. The actress enrolled in courses for directors and screenwriters. Several years passed, and our heroine presented to the public for her first author’s picture “The Road”. The plot of the tape told a story filled with motives for the loss of faith in love, contempt and human stupidity. By the way, Natalya Petrova played one of the main roles in the film. Gosha Kutsenko acted as a partner of the artist.
In 2008, Natalya Petrova released another tape called "Paris." The film caused not so positive reviews from critics as the first work of the artist in this field. However, this did not make our heroine lose faith in herself. Currently, Natalia continues to work on new projects.
Personal life
The first husband of Natalya Petrova was her classmate, with whom she connected fate in the last courses of the Schukinsky school. Soon the couple had a daughter named Polina. Together, young people remained for a long 7 years. Then Natalia realized that she needed support from a stronger man, and broke up with her chosen one.
Currently Petrova is married to an influential Russian businessman. The couple has three children. Recently, the actress took a short break to raise a small son. However, even now she is making plans for the filming of her next film.
Natalya’s real passion is driving sports cars. The actress is interested in watching Formula 1 racing competitions. Today, her driving experience is more than a decade. It is noteworthy that during this period Petrova changed as many as seven cars.