Nataliya Gennadievna Vdovina (russian: Наталия Геннадиевна Вдовина; born 12 January 1969) is a Russian film and stage actress. She is best known for her performance as mother in '' The Return''. She also won several awards for her performance on stage.

Biography

Natalia Vdovina was born in

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). In 1990 she graduated from the

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and was accepted into the troupe of the theater "Satyricon" named after Arkady Raikin. Natalia has two children: a daughter, Maya and a son, Roman.

Awards

*Artist of the Russian Federation (2001) *Laureate of the Moscow Prize in Literature and Art (1999) *Laureate of Moscow's highest theater prize, the

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(1994) *twice winner of the Russian theater prize the Seagull Award (2001, 2006)

Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* 1969 births Living people People from Bilohirsk Raion Russian film actresses Russian television actresses Russian stage actresses 20th-century Russian actresses 21st-century Russian actresses Honored Artists of the Russian Federation {{Russia-actor-stub