Anna Elbakyan (, born September 5, 1963) is an Armenian actress. She became an Armenian star after headlining the

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'' Where Have You Been, Man of God?'' (TV mini-series)(1992).

Biography

*In 1982 she graduated from the Actors Studio of the

Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan The Gabriel Sundukyan State Academic Theatre (), founded on February 25, 1922 in Yerevan, is the oldest modern theatre in Armenia. Well-known actors and directors such as Vardan Ajemian, , Vahram Papazian, Hrachia Ghaplanyan, Hrachia Nersisyan, ...

*In 1986, she graduated from Yerevan State University Faculty of Social Sciences, specialty art *In 1982 to 1990, 1998 to 2003, and 2008 to present, actress of the

*From 2000 to present, actress of the Drama and Comedy Theater after Edgar Elbakyan *from 2000 to present, director, and from 2005, chief director of the Yerevan State Marionettes Theater *Member of the Union of Cinematographers of RA *Member of the Union of Theatre Workers of RA

Filmography

*The White Bone *Face-to-wall *Where have you been, man of God? *The Thief *Silhouette *Yerevan jan *Tavern *Elegy Television *Irene - "The Eighth Day of the Creator" Kacha. *Girl - "Detention House Charents" Charents *Astghik "Higher Hell" by S. Papazian *Mary - "Ghosts" by E. de Filippo *Princess - "Crystal Love" L. Ustinov *Marguerite - "Mefistofele" by S. Aleshin *Solange - "The Sixth Floor."

Theatre work

Actor's work

*Juliet - "

Forty Days of Musa Dagh ''The Forty Days of Musa Dagh'' () is a 1933 novel by Austrian-Bohemian writer Franz Werfel based on events that took place in 1915, during the second year of the First World War and at the beginning of the Armenian genocide. The novel focuses o ...

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. *Abbey - "

Desire Under the Elms ''Desire Under the Elms'' is a 1924 play written by Eugene O'Neill. Like ''Mourning Becomes Electra'', ''Desire Under the Elms'' signifies an attempt by O'Neill to adapt plot elements and themes of Greek tragedy to a rural New England settin ...

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. *Lyalya - "Dear Elena" Lyudmila Razumovskaya. *Fanshetta - "

Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro ''Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro'' () is a modern comedy musical staged by television channels NTV (Russia) and Inter (Ukraine) in association with Melorama Production, under direction of Semen Gorov in 2003, based on the 1784 Pierre Beau ...

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Pierre de Beaumarchais Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French playwright and diplomat during the Age of Enlightenment. Best known for his three Figaro plays, at various times in his life he was also a watchmaker, invent ...

1985 *Valya - "The Bride of the North" J. Haroutunian. *Tatiana - "Finding Joy" Viktor Rozov. *Baiba - "Blow wind" John Rainis. *Author - "

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui ''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'' (), subtitled "A parable play", is a 1941 play by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. It chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional 1930s Chicago mobster, and his attempts to control the cauliflower ra ...

Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a p ...

. *Armanda - "Life of Moliere,"

Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( ; rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel ''The M ...

. *Elsa - " Time of Your Life" by

William Saroyan William Saroyan (; August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film ''The ...

. *Agapi - "American adzhabsandal" Agassi Ayvazian. *Tom, Kitty - "Will you dance with me?" Based on the plays and short stories by William Saroyan. *Fat - "Red lights" Lily Elbakyan. *Katherine - "

Suddenly, Last Summer ''Suddenly Last Summer'' is a one-act play by Tennessee Williams, written in New York in 1957. It opened off Broadway on January 7, 1958, as part of a double bill with another of Williams' one-acts, '' Something Unspoken'' (written in London in ...

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Play Strindberg ''Play Strindberg'' is a comedy play by the Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt, written in 1968 and published in 1969. It is a free adaptation of August Strindberg's '' The Dance of Death'' (1900), using Strindberg's characters. The title is a ref ...

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. *Maryam - "Belated bird" Author Anna and Armen Elbakyan. *Elmira - "

Tartuffe ou L'Imposteur ''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; , ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy (or more specifically, a farce) by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical theat ...

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Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world liter ...

. *Helen - "Oscar" by 1996 *Cordelia - "

King Lear ''The Tragedy of King Lear'', often shortened to ''King Lear'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his ...

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William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

1996 *Agnes - "Bowl of Kindness" by

. *Queen - "The Cave Dwellers" by

. *Willie, Kitty, Jig - "Willie, Kitty, Jig ..."

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway ( ; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized fo ...

Directing the work

Yerevan State Marionettes Theatre *"The Princess and the Pea "

Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogue (literature), travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fai ...

2010 *"Thumbelina"

2008 *"How brave rooster won a fox" is based on Russian folk tales in 2007 *"Star of Hope" in the Biblical explanation of 2005 *"A true friend" - R. Marukhyan 2002 *"Creation of Peace" based on the Bible in 2002 *"Winter's Tale" - Anna Elbakyan 2000

Prizes and awards

*2012 Armenian National Film Academy Award "Hayak" - the Best Actress *2011 People of the Year 2010 «LUXURY» - the Best Actress *2008 Armenian National Theater Academy Award "Artavazd" - the Best Actress *2006 Prize of the Ministry of Culture of RA "Artist" - the Best Actress *2005 Armenian National Theater Academy Award "Artavazd" - the Best Actress *2001 "Gold Medal" of the Ministry of Culture of RA

References

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