Natalya Egorova is a wonderful actress who became popular back in Soviet times. The role of Empress Catherine the First, which she got in the sensational historical television project "Secrets of Palace Revolutions", helped the star to return the interest of the audience to her person. At 65, this amazing woman continues to act actively, delighting fans with new interesting films and TV shows with her participation. So, what is known about her?
Natalya Egorova: biography of a star
The future "Ekaterina" made her parents happy with her birth in 1950, the girl's hometown was Stavropol. However, Natalia Egorova describes early childhood as a series of endless journeys. The family was forced to travel from city to city due to the professional activities of the father, a military man. Natalia and her parents traveled all over Central Asia.
Moving the family to Siberia was a forced measure. This happened when doctors diagnosed the future actress with tuberculosis. Natasha's parents believed that the northern climate, coupled with treatment and proper nutrition, would have a healing effect.impact on the fragile organism. And so it happened, Natalia Egorova recovered.
The actress calls her teenage years the best in her life. The active girl had many hobbies. Among friends and acquaintances, she enjoyed the reputation of an artist, gladly agreed to take part in school performances and concerts. Also, Natalya Egorova devoted a lot of time to sports, but she did it primarily to maintain her he alth, since she did not forget her suffering in childhood.
Student years
The decision to enter the Irkutsk theater school was impulsive, Natasha submitted documents in secret even from her parents, having prepared for the creative competition a monologue of the heroine of "Thunderstorm" Ekaterina. Of course, the talented girl was immediately accepted, but she remained a student of this educational institution for only a year. Egorova's goal was the Moscow Art Theater School, which she entered two years later.
As a student, "Ekaterina" constantly received roles in the plays of the New Drama Theater, which was formed on the basis of her course. Even then, the audience was impressed when they saw her non-standard interpretation of the image of Eliza Doolittle, whom she played in My Fair Lady. Other productions starring an aspiring actress were also successful.
Natalya Egorova is an actress who already in her student years tried to make a name for herself in the world of cinema. She was not embarrassed by the rule according to which the students of the Moscow Art Theater were not supposed to withdraw before receiving a diploma. The first picture with her participation was the drama "Cityfirst love." The most memorable was the film "Elder Son", in which the rising star got the role of Nina.
First successes
Glory came to "Ekaterina" in the mid-80s. The audience liked her Masha Pavlova - a young teacher, whose image Natasha created in the film "Waiting". Other roles played by the young actress turned out to be memorable. In "Storm Warning" she tried on the image of Vera Vasilyeva, in "The Night of the Chairman" she became the librarian Lida.
The actress remained faithful to the New Drama Theater until 1984. Her next "love" was the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater, the star of which she remains to this day. The theater became a real outlet for Yegorova in the 90s, when films were reluctantly filmed, the artists had few offers.
Natalya Egorova was able to remind herself by starring in the retrodrama "Barack", for which she was awarded the State Prize. Thanks to this Russian-German project, she was once again in the spotlight of directors.
Bright roles
"Secrets of Palace Coups" - the series, which became the second finest hour for the actress. Catherine the First became her character, whom the star introduced to the audience as a smart, practical and sexy lady, who is helped by decisive and timely actions to take the empty throne. A photo of Natalia Egorova in the image of this heroine is presented below.
The "Russian rebellion" with the participation of the actress was also successful, the plot of the picture was borrowed from Pushkin's"The Captain's Daughter" The commandant, played by Natalia, has become one of the most striking characters in the tape. Also, fans can see the star in the famous series "Truckers", where she plays the role of Nina Ivanovna, the wife of one of the main characters.
Private life
Unfortunately, the off-screen life of the actress can hardly be called cloudless. The first love happened to the star in his student years. Nikolai Popkov - that was the name of the man whom Natalya Egorova chose as her husband. Personal life is a topic that "Ekaterina" does not like to touch on in an interview. It is only known that the marital union broke up after 16 years of marriage, as the husband and wife were too busy with their careers and moved away from each other.
The actress also experienced a real tragedy, her only son Alexander tragically died while on vacation in India. At the moment, the star of the national cinema lives alone, she has not entered into a new marriage.