Tamara Oleksandrivna Yatsenko (; born August 19, 1955) is a Ukrainian theater, film and television actress. She holds the title People's Artist of Ukraine.

Biography

Tamara Oleksandrivna Yatsenko was born on August 19, 1955, in the village of Horenka, located in Kyiv Oblast. She graduated from the Kyiv theatre studio at Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater in 1975. Since 1979, she acted in the

Kyiv National Academic Molodyy Theatre The Kyiv National Academic Molodyy Theatre ( uk, Київський національний академічний Молодий театр) is a theatre in Kyiv in Ukraine. It was founded in 1979 and first played on 26 April 1980, with a focus ...

. She graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts in 1990. In addition to theater acting, Yatsenko also acted in films and television shows. She was also a voice actress for dubs of ''The Little Mermaid'' (1989) and ''Despicable Me'' (2010).

Awards and honors

In 1982, 1983 and 2003, Tatsenko earned the Debut Award at a festival in Sumy, the Boychenka Award and the M. Starytskyi Literary and Art Award respectively for her role as Pronya Prokopivna in the play ''Chasing Two Hares'' (). In 1993, she earned the title People's Artist of Ukraine. In 2007, she earned a Kyiv Pectoral award for her role as Madame Aleksandrovna in the play ''Golubka'' ().

References

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