Natalya Zayakina
Biography
Natalya Zayakina is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, theater figure and teacher. She was born in the village of Skobeltsino, now the Arkharinsky district of the Amur region. Graduated from the Higher Theater School named after. B.V. Shchukin (1971). In 1972 – 1973 she worked at the Kirov Drama Theater. From 1973 to 2002 she worked in the city of Gorky: she served in the theater for young spectators, then in the Gorky State Academic Drama Theater named after. M. Gorky. After leaving the theater, she worked on local television as a presenter in the children's program “Eye-Diamond” on the Nizhny Novgorod TV channel “Network-NN” (1998-2006). From 2002 to 2016 she worked at the Moscow Lenkom Theater. She taught at the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography. She has starred in more than 40 films and TV series, including: “My Fair Nanny”, “Silver Lily of the Valley-2”, “Code of Revenge-3”, “Voronins”, etc. She died in Moscow and was buried in Nizhny Novgorod, at the Maryina Roshcha cemetery.
Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles
Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • as Valentina Nikonovna
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Никитична
A stage fantasy by Mark Zakharov based on the works of Aristophanes and Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.
Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • as Бурыкина
The court jester Ivan Balakirev is not afraid to speak out to the fearsome monarch about things that others remain silent about. Becoming involved in the festivities and jests encouraged by the ruler, he inadvertently gets entangled in court intrigues and the complex relationships within the family of Peter the Great.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Арина Пантелеймоновна
A new production of Gogol by Lenkom. This is an absolutely incredible event and an endlessly funny and touching story about unsuccessful suitors and a young woman who has stayed too long in the role of a bride-to-be.
Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes • as Lyubasha Markina
A poker player and expert in psychology investigates cases in an unorthodox way.
Movie - 2007, 2h 15m • as Арина Пантелеймоновна
About the hapless bridegroom Podkolesin, who escaped from the bride through the window, and the picky bride Agafya Tikhonovna, who can not choose the right one, Mark Zakharov saw the story of a man who wants to change something in his life, but is not capable of doing anything.