Background
Natalia Maksimovna Tenyakova was born on 3 July in 1944 in Leningrad (now Saint-Petersburg).
Natalia Maksimovna Tenyakova was born on 3 July in 1944 in Leningrad (now Saint-Petersburg).
Graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography. After graduation she was accepted into the troupe of the Leningrad Lenin Komsomol Theater, where she made her debut as Polly Peachum in “The Threepenny Opera” (1966). Also played the role of Ol-Ol in the play "Days of Our Life".
In 1967, Natalia Tenyakova became an actress of the Leningrad Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater, where she made her debut as Clay in the play "The Fox and the Grapes" and in a few years became one of the leading actresses of the Tovstonogov Troupe.
Since 1979, Natalia Tenyakova worked at the Mossovet Theater, where she also became one of the leading actress.
Oleg Yefremov invited her to Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. In the same year she performed roles of Madame Ranevskaya in “The Cherry Orchard”, Madeleine Béjart in “The Cabal of Hyppocrites”,Countess Erminia fon Valensey in “The Beautiful life”,Rakel in “After the Rehearsal”, Fyokla Ivanovna in “Marriage” and other roles.
Currently engaged in performances in “New American”, where she plays the role of Tasia, "Christmas dreams" (Tatiana), "Retro" (Barabanova). In 2004, brilliantly played Gurmyzhskaya in the play "Forest" by Alexander Ostrovsky staged by Cyril Serebrennikov.
Natalia Tenyakova cooperates with other theaters. In the theater "School of Modern Play" she played with the play "Chairs" by E. Ionesco in the production of S. Jurassic (prize "The Golden Mask" for the role of Lavie in 1995). Currently in the same theater is occupied in the play "Provocation" by I. Vatsetis (Valentina Korneevna) (staged by S. Jurassic). In the Theater. Vakhtangova plays Mademoiselle George in the play "Frederic, or Boulevard of Crime" by E.-Em. Schmitt (staged by N. Pinigin), and in the theater "Modern" - Moskalova in F. Dostoevsky's Uncle's Dream (Shchedrin's production). Since 2013, on the stage of the theater "Ermolova" with Sergei Jurassic and Lyudmila Drebneva plays several roles in the play "Flights with an angel. Chagall "based on the play Zinovy Sagalov in the production of Sergei Jurassic.
Was married to the director Lev Dodin. Nowadays is the wife of actor Sergei Jurassic. Has a daughter Darya Jurassic, also an actress of Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. Grandchildren - George (born 2002) and Alexei (born 2009).
