Natalia Fomenko: Biography and Creativity

Honored actress of Russia Natalia Fomenkoknown to the audience due to its magnificent theatrical works. At the same time, for a long career career, she did not have the opportunity to adequately express herself in filmmaking. This article is devoted to the creativity of this talented actress.

Brief biographical note

The future Russian actress of theater and cinema was bornFebruary 24, 1956 in the village of Bzagash Krasnoyarsk Territory. The girl showed early acting skills, and therefore no one was surprised when she after school took a firm decision to go to conquer the northern capital.

In 1975 Natalia Fomenko entered LGITMiK, where she studied in the class of LA. Dodin and AI. Katzman.

After graduating from high school in 1979, a young actresswas sent by distribution to Tomsk Youth Theater, where she worked until 1983. Then Natalia Fomenko returned to Leningrad, where she became a member of the Youth Theater troupe and worked in the Lenkoncert.

The next place of service of the actress wasLeningrad Small Drama Theater, on the stage of which she played many roles. By the way, at the time of Fomenko's transition to a new troupe for her, she was supervised by the teacher of Natalia - LA. Dodin. He was well aware of what a great actor's talent is possessed by this young actress.

Natalia Fomenko: movies

Fans think that the actress did not do thatcareer in the movie, whatever she could, having such a talent. Nevertheless, in her creative coin box there are a dozen major, minor and episodic roles in the paintings of a different genre. Among the films with Natalia Fomenko's participation are:

• "Secrets of the investigation" (parts 5, 6, 7 and 8), where the actress played the role of Tamara Stepanovna Shubina;
• film-play "The Possessed";
• "Streets of Broken Lights" (the role of Margarita Sergeevna Titova);
• "Black Raven";
• "How good, when ...";
• "Death"
• "The Heart of a Dog" (episodic role of Viazemskaya);
• "Weekdays and holidays of Seraphim Glukina";
• "Family circle", etc.

In the last picture, which was for the actressdebut, she played the beloved girl of a strict female judge in the performance of the inimitable Ada Rogovtseva. Then quite young Natalia Fomenko could not know that in the future she would have to repeatedly play the role of strict judge Tamara Stepanovna Shubina in the popular crime TV series.

"Dog's heart"

In the picture of Vladimir Bortko on one of the mostknown works of Mikhail Bulgakov actress got an episodic role as a member of the house committee, led by Shvonder. Nevertheless, her image of a half-dumb woman-boy Vyazemskaya, true to the ideas of communism, was forever remembered by the spectator. Many critics wrote that Natalia Fomenko (photo above) managed to show Clara Zetkin, Inessa Armand and other revolutionaries in one person.

Theatrical works

Natalia Fomenko is an actress of great talent. It fully manifested itself on the stage of the Leningrad Small Drama Theater. Such performances include:

• "Brothers and Sisters" (Varvara);
• "Demons" (Shatov);
• "Mumu" (Agrafena);
• "Disappearance" (Clara);
• "Winter Fairy Tale" (Dorca);
• "Stars in the morning sky" (Clara);
• "The House of Bernard Alba" (Bernard).

Performance "Brothers and Sisters"

The role of Varvara in the production of Lev Dodin, based on the novel by F. Abramova became one of the best works of Natalia Fomenko. For three decades of existence, this performance has been in most European capitals, it was shown in the United States and in Japan. The audience in the whole world appreciated both the director's plan and the actors' play, among which for many years Natalia Fomenko has shone.

"Demons"

Natalia Fomenko plays a memorable role in theperformance of the Theater of Europe, created on the same name by Dostoyevsky. According to critics, the actress simply "bathes" in the classical literary material.

"Love under the Elms"

The role of Abby in the play based on the play by Eugene O'Neil brought Natalia Fomenko recognition of her colleagues, critics and a prestigious theater prize.

The actress managed to present a truthful imageyoung blooming woman, in love with her stepson. In the first edition of the play her husband Efraim Cabot was played by the famous artist Evgeny Alekseevich Lebedev. Together they created a memorable duo, in which the actress was not inferior to her distinguished partner. Even the frank scene with Stephen's stepson performed by Peter Semak did not look vulgar, but resembled the fall of Adam and Eve.

Even when in a few years the audience waspresented a new version of the performance, the image of Abby in the interpretation of Natalia Fomenko did not stop the spectator. Many of her monologues ended with an ovation or the deathly silence of the hall.

As the critics have noted, over the years the duo of Fomenko and Semak found only new and powerful breath, which adorned the play.

Now you know some details of the biographyand the work of the talented theater actress Natalia Fomenko. It is to be hoped that the actress, who continues to be in great shape, will continue to delight her fans with interesting roles, including films.

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