Nina Annenkova-Bernar

Nina Pávlovna Annenkova-Bernár (, born Ánna Pávlovna Bernárd, 1862? – 1933) was a Russian actress, playwright and writer.

Life Annenkova-Bernár was born in between 1859 and 1865. She studied in a Saint Petersburg's Mariinskaya Gymnasium, Eventually she took a place at a Moscow Goreva's theatre where her skills were appreciated. Her lover's influence was useful in obtaining contacts in the publishing world. It was alleged that he was an unattributed co-author because he was involved in strong editing of her work.

This was the most successful of her plays. In 1917 she retired to Orenberg where she continued to write but she mainly ran a theatre for young actors.

She died in 1933 in Orenburg.