Natalya Eduardovna Andreychenko (russian: link=no, Ната́лья Эдуа́рдовна Андре́йченко; born May 3, 1956) is a Russian actress. Her most famous roles include the title character in ''

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'' and Lyuba in '' Wartime Romance''. She has the title of

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(1984).Новая Российская энциклопедия: в 12 т. / Ред. кол.: А. Д. Некипелов, В. И. Данилов-Данильян, В. М. Карев и др. – М.: ООО "Издательство "Энциклопедия"» Т. 2 А – Баяр, 2005. – 960 с.: ил.

Biography

Andreychenko decided to become an actress in early high school. After an unsuccessful attempt to get into the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School, she was admitted to the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography where she studied under Sergei Bondarchuk and

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. In 1976 she appeared in her first films '' From Dawn Till Sunset'' and Kolybelnaya dlya Muzchin. Her first successful film role was in the 1979 epic film ''

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'', which received the special jury prize at the

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. However, Natalya became more popular in the

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after her roles in ''

'' and '' Wartime Romance'', both feature films released in 1983.

Personal life

From her first marriage to the Russian composer Maksim Dunayevsky she had a son named Dmitry (born 1982), a banker by profession. In 1985–2005 she was married to the Austrian/Swiss actor, writer, producer and director Maximilian Schell, with whom she made the film '' Little Odessa''. They have one daughter together, Anastasia Schell. She is a vegetarian, practices a raw food diet, and is engaged in

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Filmography

* '' From Dawn Till Sunset'' (1975) as Valya * '' Stepan's Remembrance'' (1976) as Tanyushka * ''Dolgi nashi'' (''Our debts'') (1976) * ''Kolybelnaya dlya muzhchin'' (''Lullaby for men'') (1977) as Valya Krylova * '' The Steppe'' (1978) as Girl * ''Zhnetsy'' (1978) as Mariya * ''Ukhodya – ukhodi'' (''If you're going away – then go'') (1978) * ''Torgovka i poet'' (''Saleswoman and a Poet'') (1979) * ''

'' (1979) as Nastya Solomina * ''Priletal marsianin v osennyuyu noch'' (1979) * ''Koney na pereprave ne menyayut'' (1980) * '' Ladies Invite Gentlemen'' (1981) as Raisa * ''Chelovek, kotoryy zakryl gorod'' (''A Man Who Has Closed the City'') (1982) as Nina Lazareva * ''Lyudmila'' (1982) * '' Wartime Romance'' (1983) as Lyuba * ''Dvoe pod odnim zontom: Aprelskaya skazka'' (''Two under a one umbrella'') (1983) as Lyudmila * '' Meri Poppins, do svidaniya'' (1984, TV Movie) as Mary Poppins * ''Maritsa'' (1985, TV Movie) as Maritsa * '' Peter the Great'' (1986, TV Mini-Series) as Eudoxia * '' Forgive Me'' (1986) as Maria * '' Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District'' (1989) as Yekaterina * '' Candles in the Dark'' (1993, TV Movie) as Marta Velliste * ''Ne idet...'' (1994) * '' Little Odessa'' (1994) as Natasha * '' Aurora: Operation Intercept'' (1995) as Francesca Zaborszin * ''

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'' (1997, TV Series) as Princess Nizamova * ''

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'' (1998, TV Movie) as Panthia * '' 8 ½ $'' (1999) as Kseniya * '' NYPD Blue'' (2000, TV Series) as Leah Shenkov * '' Give Me Moonlight'' (2001) * '' Down House'' (2001) * ''O'key'' (2002) * ''My Big Armenian Wedding'' (2004, TV Mini-Series) as Lena's Mother * ' (2006, TV Mini-Series) as Dariya * ''Ochen russkiy detektiv'' (2008) * ''Na kryshe mira''(2008) as Elena Naumova

Self

* ''Meine Schwester Maria'' (2002) as Natascha Schell

References

External links

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Pictures of Andreychenko at google images
{{DEFAULTSORT:Andreychenko, Natalya 1956 births Living people Russian film actresses Soviet film actresses Russian Christians Actresses from Moscow 20th-century Russian actresses 21st-century Russian actresses Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Recipients of the Lenin Komsomol Prize Honored Artists of the RSFSR