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Soviet and Russian film and stage actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | ||||
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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 October 1, 1951 | |||
Nationality | Russian | |||
Citizenship | Soviet, Russian | |||
Alma mater | Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute | |||
Occupation | Actress | |||
Years active | 1979 – present | |||
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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.
Husband – Yuri Guryev, linguist and actor.
Son — Nikolay (born 1988).