Nina Usatova

Nina Nikolayevna Usatova (; born October 1, 1951) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. People's Artist of Russia.

Biography 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.

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.

Personal life Husband – Yuri Guryev, linguist and actor.

Son — Nikolay (born 1988).

Honours and awards

Order of Friendship (January 24, 2018) Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 2nd class (February 5, 2009) - for outstanding contribution to the development of domestic theatrical art and many years of fruitful activity ' Medal of Pushkin (February 13, 2004)

Nika Award in the nomination Best Actress (1995, 1999) Winner of the Juno (1996) Golden Eagle Award (Russia) in the category Best Actress (2013) The winner of the festival of actors movie Constellation (1992) Winner of the Golden Aries (1994) The winner of the festival of orthodox films Golden Knight (1995) The winner of the festival Kinotavr (1995) Winner of the IV All-Russian film festival Vivat, Russian Cinema (1998)

Selected filmography 1981 — Where did Fomenko? 1982 — Golos 1984 — My Friend Ivan Lapshin 1985 — Feat of Odesa 1987 — Bayka 1987 — Proshchay, shpana zamoskvoretskaya... 1987 — The Cold Summer of 1953 1988 — Fountain 1990 — Under a Sky of Blue 1991 — Chicha 1991 — The Chekist 1992 — See Paris and Die 1993 — Window to Paris 1995 — Arrival of a Train 1995 — A Moslem 1995 — The Fatal Eggs 1996 — Russian project 1997 — American Bet 1999 — The Admirer 1999 — Women's Property 1999 — Quadrille 1999 — The Barracks 1999 — Strastnoy Boulevard 2001 — Next 2001 — Savage 2002 — Law 2002 — Beyond the wolves 2002 — Caucasian Roulette 2003 — Peculiarities of National Politics 2004 — Poor Nastya 2005 — The Twelve Chairs 2005 — The Fall of the Empire (TV) 2005 — The Case of "Dead Souls" (TV) 2005 — The Master and Margarita 2006 — Soviet Park 2006 — Last Slaughter 2006 — The Island 2006 — Wolfhound 2008 — Kings Can Do Everything 2009 — God's Smile or The Odesa Story 2009 — Soundtrack of Passion 2009 — Pelagia and the White Bulldog 2009 — The Priest 2010 — Widow steamer 2011 — Furtseva 2013 — Legend № 17 2013 — The village 2016 — Flight Crew 2021-2023 — Sklifosovsky