Urgant Nina Nikolaevna hails from the city of Luga. This small town is located in the Leningrad region. The majority of the Baltic population lived there. Nina's father was an Estonian, but he married a very beautiful Russian girl, Maria. And in early September 1929 they had a daughter - Nina Urgant, whose biography began with moving from one place to another, since his father was a military man.
Their war found in the Latvian city of Daugavpils, Nina then was 11 years old. In her memory there were forever rattling tanks with black crosses, the crash of motorcycles, other people's speech and terrible hunger. Nina's mother got into a bakery with a loader and, putting herself in mortal danger, secretly brought home a loaf of bread to share it between her three children.
After the war, having received a certificate of education, the future actress Nina Urgant went to Leningrad. Her biography could have developed in different ways, because she applied for admission to several educational institutions at once. Among them were a pedagogical and polytechnic institute and even a locksmith school, but Nina gave preference to the Ostrovsky Theater Institute, today it is the Academy of Theater Arts in St. Petersburg. The girl successfully graduated from this educational institution and in 1953 began working in the Volkov Drama Theater in the city of Yaroslavl. There, she immediately became the leading lyrical heroine, and a year later she was noticed by Georgy Tovstonogov. This was the head of the Leningrad "Lenkom", he invited the young actress to his theater, she, without hesitation, joined his troupe.
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George Tovstonogov decided that such an actress as Nina Urgant was not suitable for him. Her biography could have taken a completely different path if Tovstonogov had not seen the film Tamer of the Tigers. In it, the novice artist got the role of Olenka, a pretty, but not very smart girl from the corps de ballet of the circus. Georgy Alexandrovich was delighted with her work, he did not dismiss Nina from the theater and even increased her salary.
But this same role in the cinema did her a disservice. Nina Urgant, whose biography as an actress was just beginning, played the role of a negative heroine in this comedy, and in the films of that time she was simply not seen in the image of the main positive characters. But in the theater, Nina was successful, she played the main roles, and at that time there were many premieres with her participation. This is the play "In the good hour", where she played Galya. And in “Virgin Soil Upturned” she had the role of Lushka, in the play “First Spring” - Lina and so on. In total, she had about 20 roles.
In 1962, the actress was invited to the Leningrad Pushkin Theater. There she was given a role in the famous production of "Before Sunset", and for the next 10 years she played Inken. In this theater, Urgant remained forever. She had more than 30 roles, and all of them invariably enjoyed great success. I must say that in the same year, Nina played her first big role in the movie. Her heroine was the mother of Volodya in the movie "Introduction". Then followed the picture "I come from childhood", there was the role of Lucy. Next is the film “Sons Go to Battle” and, undoubtedly, the role of the nurse Raya from the film “Belorussky Train Station”, the most beloved by the audience from the actress’s works. On the account of the artist there were many "military" roles, and to each of them she gave all herself entirely.
The actress married three times, all her chosen ones were actors. The first husband of Nina Urgant is Lev Milinder. From him she gave birth to a son, Andrei, this is her only child. Then she connected her life with Gennady Voropaev and Cyril Laskari. Today, the actress has two grandchildren, one of which is the famous presenter Ivan Urgant, several great-grandchildren, and she still plays her favorite roles in the Alexandrinsky Theater.