She is the daughter of the Ukrainian director and actor Sergei Bondarchuk and the Russian actress Inna Makarova. Natalya Bondarchuk was born in Moscow to Ukrainian director and actor Sergei Bondarchuk and the Russian actress Inna Makarova.
In 1971 she graduated from the acting school of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and in 1975 from the directing school there.
She made her film debut in 1969 in U ozera (By the Lake), followed by the 1971 productions Ty i ya (You and Maine) and Prishyol soldat s fronta (A Soldier Returns From the Front). lieutenant was her favorite role. She was also Tarkovsky"s favorite of the film, as he wrote in his diary that "Natalya B. has outshone everybody".
The two later withdrew from their participation in this film.
In 1982 she directed her first film, Zhivaya raduga (Living Rainbow). The film was produced in Yalta.
In 1985 she directed the film Detstvo Bambi (Bambi"s Childhood), and in 1986 the film Yunost Bambi (Bambi"s Youth). Natalya Bondarchuk also leads a child opera theater on Krasnaya Presnya in Moscow.
Her son Ivan Burlyayev sang in this theater during his childhood.
