Nina Usatova - filmography and family of the actress

Biography

Russian theater and film actress, People's Artist of Russia Nina Nikolaevna Usatova was born in a small village in Altai.
Then the family moved to the city of Kurgan, where there was a wonderful amateur group. Here Nina fell in love with the stage forever. “I was very shy, but I realized: you can throw out everything that’s boiling up on the screen,” admits Usatova.

After school, she went to Moscow with the hope of entering a theater university. Only on her fifth attempt did Nina finally manage to become a student at the directing department of the Moscow Higher Theater School. B.V. Shchukin. Five years before entering, she worked as a warper at a cloth factory and as director of the House of Culture. “Everyone says: “Oh, how did you live? Where did you live? How did you run in shoes in winter?” - I didn’t have boots. And I had a strong dream. She ran ahead of me!” the actress recalls.

Biography of Nina Usatova

Nina Usatova is a bright and inimitable actress who has been delighting audiences with her sparkling performance for many years.
Over the years, her magnificent acting work has already become a true classic of Soviet and Russian cinema. Her images were loved by the audience. And she herself gained fame as a truly people's actress. It is by looking at her creative path that it becomes immediately clear why interest in our today’s heroine does not fade over the years. Today, the actress is already in her seventies, however, despite this, her work in cinema and theater is still very popular among viewers.

Theater

In 1979, after graduating from college, Nina Nikolaevna became an actress at the Drama Theater in the city of Kotlas (Arkhangelsk region).

From 1980 to 1989 she worked in the troupe of the Leningrad State Youth Theater.

Since 1989 - actress of the Bolshoi Drama Theater (BDT) named after. G.A. Tovstonogov in St. Petersburg. Usatova’s first role in the BDT was the merchant’s wife Domna Belotelova in the comedy “What You Go For, That’s What You’ll Find” (“The Marriage of Balzaminov”). She was also involved in the plays: “Quadrille”, “Cunning and Love”, “A Daring Fellow - the Pride of the West”, “Family Portrait with a Stranger”, “Whim!”, “Erendira”.

Now Nina Nikolaevna is a member of the artistic and trustee boards of the BDT.

Among Nina Usatova’s theatrical works in enterprises, the most famous is the play “Man, Wait!”, staged by St. Petersburg director Viktor Kramer based on the play “Normalnaya” by Nadezhda Ptushkina. The actress herself also notes the performance in the comedy genre “Love is not a potato” based on Lobozerov’s play “Family Portrait with a Stranger.”

Work at the Youth Theater

After graduating from Shchukinskoe and receiving a diploma, Nina Usatova went to practice at the Kotlas Theater, where she played more than a dozen roles. She lived in Kotlas for about a year and already in 1980 she left there for Leningrad. A new Youth Theater under the direction of Vladimir Malyshchitsky was just starting to work there. The young actress fits perfectly into the team. She worked in the theater for almost 10 years and in 1989 moved to the Bolshoi Drama Theater. Tovstonogov. On the stage of the Youth Theater, Usatova played many roles. Filmmakers drew attention to her and invited her to try her hand at cinema.

Her first work was the role of a dressmaker in Vadim Gausner’s comic film “Where Fomenko Vanished.” Her partners were Liya Akhedzhakova, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Rolan Bykov and other stars of Soviet cinema. Unfortunately, the debut role of Nina Usatova was voiced by another Nina - Ruslanova. But still, the debutante’s performance was appreciated and began to be invited to other projects.

Movie

Nina Usatova made her film debut in 1981: her first role was a dressmaker in the television film “Where did Fomenko disappear?”

In 1983, director Sergei Ovcharov invited her to star in his first full-length musical comedy film “Neverbelievable”, based on Russian legends, songs and fairy tales.

However, fame came to Usatova only after the film “Cold Summer of ’53.” This film by Alexander Proshkin told about the fate of the inhabitants of a Siberian village, where repeat offenders hiding from persecution had taken refuge. The main characters were played by Valery Priemykhov, Anatoly Papanov, Yuri Kuznetsov.

In the 1990s, his work in the films “Oh, you geese...”, “Chicha”, “Window to Paris”, “Caucasian Roulette” became noticeable.

In 2000, Nina Nikolaevna was awarded the Nika Prize in the category “Best Actress” for the film “Barak”.

Also during these years, Usatova played in the melodrama “Farewell Tour” and the tragicomedy “Fatal Eggs” based on the work of Mikhail Bulgakov.

The role of the mother in the drama “Muslim” was recognized as the best in a large competition at the Kinotavr festival in Sochi in 1995.

In the 2000s, the actress began to actively play in television series. The film “Next” with her participation was a great success, and had several sequels.

The role of Berda in “The Law”, Mavra Denisovna in “Savage”, and the head of the hospital Lina Mikhailovna in the war film “Red Sky. Black Snow".

She played the role of the wise and caring cook Varvara in the film “Poor Nastya”, Lyudmila in “Bitches, or Oddities of Love”, Madame Gritsatsueva in “12 Chairs”, the wife of the Governor in “The Case of Dead Souls” by Pavel Lungin.

In 2006, Nina Usatova played the leader of the Kharyuk tribe in the fantasy film “Wolfhound from the Gray Dogs.” “I love such roles - capacious, when they contain character, fate, the whole life in three minutes,” Nina Nikolaevna said about filming “Wolfhound”.

In 2006, Nina Nikolaevna was also involved in the film “Island” by Pavel Lungin. This film won 6 nominations in the Nika Award and the Golden Eagle Award.

Then she worked in the projects “Mirror of Pharaoh”, “The Last Slaughter”, “The Smile of God, or a Pure Odessa Story”, “Park of the Soviet Period”, “Boomerang”, “Mothers and Daughters”, “Kings Can Do Anything”.

The role of Mother Alevtina in the film “Pop”, filmed by director Vladimir Khotinenko in 2009, brought Usatova the Golden Eagle. The partner in the film (performing the role of the priest) was Sergei Makovetsky.

Igor Maslennikov’s drama “Bankrupt” based on Alexander Ostrovsky’s work “We Will Be Our Own People,” in which Nina Usatova played Agrafena Kondratyevna, became popular among viewers.

In the series “Big Oil. The Price of Success,” the actress played the main role of Dora Semyonovna.

The classic detective story “Pelagia and the White Bulldog” based on the best-selling book by Boris Akunin, in which the actress played Tatishcheva Marya Afanasyevna, a wealthy landowner and lover of white bulldogs, aroused great public interest. By the way, after filming, the actress announced her intention to get a white bulldog.

She played the role of Kapitolina Vasilievna Gushchina in the drama “The Widow's Steamer”, the role of the commander of a partisan detachment in the military saga “The Legend of the Bomber”, Claudia in the comedy “No need to be sad”, Odessa Aunt Tom in the series “Zemsky Doctor”.

In total, during her acting career, she starred in more than 90 films.

Early years, childhood and family of Nina Usatova

The future great actress was born on October 1, 1951 in the small (or even tiny) village of Raspberry Lake in the Altai Territory of the RSFSR. She spent her childhood in this place, but already in her teens the girl moved with her parents to the larger city of Kurgan.

There, the future actress began attending high school and also studied theater for the first time. Now, it is quite difficult to say what was the reason for such a hobby. At some point, it simply appeared in Nina Usatova’s life, as if by itself. The young actress began to participate in rehearsals of an amateur acting group. And then at some point I suddenly caught myself thinking that in the future I would like to become an actress.

Nina Usatova in her youth

However, due to her corpulent figure, as well as her village dialect, it was quite difficult for the actress to count on the favor of theater masters. In 1969, just after graduating from school, Nina Usatova went to Moscow, but was never able to enter the Shchukin School. The first failure was a significant blow for the young actress, but she was not going to give up without a fight.

Remaining in Moscow, our today’s heroine got a job as a warper at the Red October confectionery factory. Here she worked for several years, combining work with preparation for entrance exams. However, neither in 1970, nor in 1971, nor in 1972 did she manage to enroll at the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute. At some point, the actress already despaired of one day getting into the coveted university, but her innate determination did not allow her to deviate from her intended goal.

At some point, our today’s heroine left the confectionery factory and got a job at one of the Moscow Houses of Culture. Working here as a director, Nina Usatova at the same time received a rare opportunity to improve her acting skills. She watched theatrical performances, communicated with many famous artists, and therefore at one fine moment she decided not to give up and persistently pursue her dream.

In the end, the actress managed to get in, but only on the fifth (!) attempt. In 1974, Nina Usatova became a student at the directing department of the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute. Her professional development took place in this place. Here the actress managed to feel like a small part of the huge and endless world of art.

Titles and awards

• People's Artist of Russia (1994)
• Laureate of the Russian State Prize in the field of literature and art in 2000.
• Awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree (2009).
• For her great contribution to the development of Russian theatrical art, she was awarded the Pushkin Medal (2004).
• Winner of the “Constellation” film actors festival prize (1992), the “Golden Knight” and “Golden Aries” prizes (1994).
• Winner of the Nika (1995, 1999), Juno (1996) and Golden Eagle (2009) awards.
• In 2014, she again won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Legend No. 17.

Based on materials from the sites: KinoPoisk, Rossiya TV channel, StarAndStar.ru, Kino-teatr.ru, Lifeactor.ru, RIA Novosti

The first 10 years in cinema

Nina Usatova in her youth, as now, had a magnificent figure and the peculiar appearance of a simple Russian peasant woman. That is why the directors defined a creative framework for her and invited her to roles that corresponded to her external image. As a rule, these were small works in episodes. But in order for the picture to turn out bright and memorable, every actor playing even the smallest role must give one hundred percent. This is what Nina Usatova did, whose filmography at the beginning of her career consisted almost exclusively of episodic roles.

So, in the film about the film “The Voice,” she played a kind and sympathetic patient in the hospital where the main character was admitted. The film was released in 1982. Nina Usatova’s work in the comedy “Neverbelievable,” filmed in 1983, was bright and memorable. In this film, the actress played a peasant woman, the wife of the main character.

Filmography: Actress

• Odessa Steamship (2019)
• Divisional Commander's Bride (2019), TV series
• House Manager (2018)
• Birch (2018), TV series
• Crew (2016)
• The Hunt to Live (2014)
• Zemsky doctor. Love in spite of (2014), TV series
• 1943 (2013), TV series
• One, two! I love you (2013)
• Glaciers (2013)
• Legend No. 17 (2013)
• The Secret of the Snow Queen (2013)
• Cucumber Love (2011)
• Furtseva. The Legend of Catherine (TV series 2011)
• Made in the USSR (2011), TV series
• Phonogram of Passion (2010)
• Tula Tokarev (2010)
• Marry a millionaire! (2010)
• The Widow's Steamer (2010)
• Know-how (2010)
• Pelagia and the White Bulldog (2009), TV series
• Pop (2009)
• Big Oil. The Price of Success (2009)
• Kings Can Do Anything (2008)
• Smile of God (2007)
• The Smile of God, or a Pure Odessa Story (2007)
• Mothers and Daughters (2007)
• Boomerang (2007)
• Wolfhound (2006)
• Pharaoh's Mirror (2006)
• The Last Slaughter (2006)
• Island (2006)
• Soviet period park (2006)
• The Master and Margarita (2005), TV series
• The Case of “Dead Souls” (2005), TV series
• Death of an Empire (2005), TV series
• Bitches, or the weirdness of love (2004), TV series
• Poor Nastya (2004), TV series
• Next-3 (2003), TV series
• Features of national policy (2003)
• Caucasian Roulette (2002)
• Beyond the Wolves (2002), TV series
• Farewell Echo (2002), TV series
• Next-2 (2002), TV series
• Law (2002), TV series
• Savage (2001)
• Fan (2001)
• Next (2001), TV series
• March 8 (2000)
• Quadrille (1999)
• Strastnoy Boulevard (1999)
• Barack (1999)
• Women's Property (1999)
• Three Women and a Man (1998)
• Waiting Room (1998), TV series
• American (1997)
• Muslim (1995)
• Arrival of a Train (1995)
• Fatal Balls (1995)
• Window to Paris (1993)
• Farewell Tour (1992)
• Chekist (1992)
• Chicha (1992)
• See Paris and Die (1992)
• Oh, you geese... (1991)
• Imp (1991)
• Jokes (1990)
• Fountain (1988)
• Gray Mouse (1988)
• Pants (1988)
• Farewell, Zamoskvoretskaya punks (1987)
• Tale (1987)
• Cold summer of fifty-three... (1987)
• Gardener (1987)
• The Grudge (1986)
• This is my village... (1985)
• My friend Ivan Lapshin (1984)
• Olga and Konstantin (1984)
• Nevernever (1983)
• The Voice (1982)
• Where did Fomenko disappear to? (1981)

Personal life of the actress

In everyday life, our heroine is the most ordinary woman who does not think that she is the famous actress Nina Usatova. Her family consists of a son, named Nikolai after his father, and a husband. Usatova is married to a wonderful man, linguist, and part-time film actor Yuri Lvovich Guryev. They are the same age. By character and spiritual values, they are ideal partners. Yuri Guryev graduated from the Pedagogical University in the city of Tula and speaks French and German. Since 1972, he worked as an actor at the Tula Dialogue Theater. Yuri Lvovich has been actively acting in films only since 2008.

As the actress admits, her family lives a simple life. She doesn’t have a housekeeper, so she has to manage everything herself. Fortunately, her men always help with everything. She also doesn’t have time to prepare pickles. Nobody complains, they eat what they have. Nina Nikolaevna loves the Russian bathhouse with a park and relaxing at her dacha, the only pity is that she chronically does not have enough time for these pleasures.

Usatova Nina Nikolaevna

People's Artist of Russia (1994).
Born on October 1, 1951 at the Raspberry Lake station in the Mikhailovsky district of the Altai Territory (RSFSR, USSR).

In 1969 she graduated from secondary school No. 30 in the city of Kurgan. In 1975-79 she studied at the directing department of the Moscow Higher Theater School. B.V. Shchukina (course leader - M.R. Ter-Zakharova). She completed an internship in the city of Kotlas, Arkhangelsk region, where she played twelve roles in the local theater. At this time, the Youth Theater opened in Leningrad, and the aspiring actress went there. She played in plays by Vladimir Malyshchitsky and Efim Padve.

From 1979 to 1989 she worked at the Leningrad State Youth Theater. Since 1989 - actress of the Bolshoi Drama Theater (BDT) named after. G.A. Tovstonogov in St. Petersburg. Member of the theater's artistic and trustee boards.

She made her film debut in 1981, her first role was a dressmaker in the television film “Where did Fomenko disappear?” Fame came to the actress after her role in the film “Cold Summer of '53.” prizes and awards Winner of the film actors festival “Constellation-92” - first prize (film “Chicha”).

Winner of the Golden Aries award (1994).

Prize "Golden Knight" (1995).

Juno Award (1996).

Best actress in a big competition at the Kinotavr festival (film “Muslim”, Sochi, 1995).

Winner of the Nika Award (best actress of the year, 1995).

Prize “Recognition” of the IV All-Russian Film Festival “Vivat, Cinema of Russia!” — for creating a gallery of outstanding images of Russian women on the silver screen (1998).

Winner of the national cinema award “Nika” of the Russian Academy of Cinematography in the category “Best Actress” (film “Barak”, 2000).

Laureate of the State Prize of Russia (2001).

Golden Eagle Award in the category “Best Supporting Actress” - for the role of Mother Alevtina in the film “Pop” (2009).

Awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree (2009).

movie roles 2013 Stanitsa :: Nadezhda Alekseevna Volkova :: main role 2013 Glaciers :: Margarita Nikolaevna Kukushkina 2013 Zemsky Doctor. Return :: Toms 2013 1943 (Ukraine, Russia) 2012 One, two! Love you! :: Aunt Lyuba 2012 Legend No. 17 :: doctor in the hospital 2011 Furtseva :: Matryona Nikolaevna :: main role 2011 Made in the USSR :: Maria Vasilyevna Shishova :: main role 2011 Cucumber Love :: Antonina 2011 Ballad of the Bomber (Ukraine) : : Maria Savchuk 2010 Tulsky-Tokarev :: Margarita 2010 No need to be sad :: Claudia 2010 The Widow's Ship :: Kapitolina Vasilyevna Gushchina 2009 Phonogram of Passion :: Regina 2009 Pop :: Mother Alevtina :: main role 2009 Pelagia and the White Bulldog :: Marya Afan Asyevna Tatishcheva 2009 Big Oil :: Dora Semyonovna :: main role 2009 Bankrupt :: Agrafena Kondratievna 2008 The Smile of God, or Purely Odessa History :: Madame Parnokopytenko :: main role 2008 Kings can do anything :: Taisiya Grigorievna 2007 Mothers and Daughters :: Inna Kravchenko 2007 Boomerang :: Anna Petrovna 2006 The Last Slaughter :: Galina :: main role 2006 Park of the Soviet period :: Claudia Fedorovna Lezhuk 2006 Island :: widow 2006 Mirror of the Pharaoh :: Lolita Sergeevna :: main role 2006 Wolfhound from the clan of Gray Dogs :: Leader Kharyukov 2005 The Case of “Dead Souls” :: Anna Andreevna 2005 Death of the Empire :: Zaitseva 2004 Bitches, or Oddities of Love :: Lyudmila 2004 12 Chairs (Ukraine) :: Madame Gritsatsueva 2003-2004 Poor Nastya :: Varvara :: main role 2003 Farewell echo :: Natasha's mother 2003 Features of national policy :: Inna Usman 2003 Red sky. Black Snow :: Lina Mikhailovna 2003 Next 3 :: Claudia :: main role 2002 Beyond the Wolves :: Aunt Pasha :: main role 2002 Caucasian Roulette :: Maria :: main role 2002 Law :: Berda 2002 Next 2 :: Claudia :: main role 2001 Old songs about the main thing. Postscript :: cook 2001 Savage :: Mavra Denisovna 2001 Next :: Claudia :: main role 2000 March 8 :: Vera 1999 Strastnoy Boulevard :: Pearl 1999 Fan :: Irina Sergeevna 1999 Quadrille :: Makeevna 1999 Barack :: Polina 1998 Three women and a man (Belarus) :: Nina :: main role 1998 Waiting room (Belarus) :: Galina Vasilyevna Konovalova 1998 Women's property :: Paradise 1997 We are your children, Moscow (short film) 1997 American :: Matilda 1996-1997 Wait and see 1995 Fatal Eggs :: Manya :: main role 1995 Arrival of a Train (film almanac) :: Glafira Andreevna 1995 Muslim :: Aunt Sonya 1994 Fiery Shooter (Belarus) :: Antonina 1993 Window to Paris | Window to Paris | Salades russes (Russia, France) :: Vera 1992 Chekist :: cleaning lady in the Cheka 1992 See Paris and die :: Farida 1992 Farewell tour (Russia, Belarus) :: Vera Rudakova 1991 Chicha :: Lyusya Chichulina 1991 Oh, you geese... :: Dasha :: main role 1991 Bes :: Klava 1990 Nikolai Vavilov (USSR, Germany) :: chairman of the collective farm 1990 Anecdotes :: Ulyana :: main role 1989 Sofya Petrovna 1989 Under the blue sky... :: Kostyrina 1988 Pants :: fellow villager Batsanova 1988 Fountain :: Lyubov Andreevna 1988 Gray Mouse :: Nelya 1987 Cold Summer of '53... :: Lidia Matveevna :: main role 1987 Gardener :: Marusya 1987 Farewell, Zamoskvoretsk punks... :: Bogdan's mother 1987 Tale :: Malasha :: main role 1986 Witness :: director of an orphanage :: main role 1986 With open doors :: Nina Alexandrovna 1986 Resentment :: Mashka Skvortsova 1985 Feat of Odessa :: Galina Gritsenyuk 1985 Here is my village... :: Zoya 1984 Olga and Konstantin :: Nastya Tikhomirova 1984 My friend Ivan Lapshin :: episode 1983 Unprecedented :: Neznam's wife 1982 Voice :: patient of the therapeutic department 1981 Where did Fomenko disappear? :: dressmaker

dubbing 1984 My friend Ivan Lapshin :: Katka-Napoleon

participation in films 2013 Georgy Burkov. Ironic Don Quixote (documentary) 2012 I don’t beat the drum to no avail... (documentary) 2009 Stories and legends of Lenfilm (documentary) 2007 Film about the film (documentary) 1996 To be remembered (documentary)

Actress currently

The artist works a lot. As part of the troupe of the Bolshoi Drama Theater named after Georgy Tovstoganov, Usatova went on tour to Estonia and Latvia at the end of 2019.

In Riga and Tallinn, as part of the Golden Mask festival, the actors involved in the production performed the play “Glory” under the direction of director Konstantin Bogomolov. The play takes place in the USSR in the 30s of the last century.

This is what Nina Nikolaevna looks like now