Natalya Negoda

Natalya Negoda was born in Moscow in the creative family of director Tamara Pavlyuchenko and actor of the Moscow Young Generation Theater Igor Negoda which determined their daughters addiction to theater and cinema After graduating from school Natalya Negoda entered the studio school of the Moscow Art Theatre which she graduated in 1986 In 1987 Natalya Negoda first appeared in a fulllength film in the drama by Yuri Kara Tomorrow Was the War In 1988 the world saw the picture of Vasily Pichul Little Vera in which Negoda played a major role This work brought world fame to the Soviet actress she received the Nika Award for Best Actress and was also awarded the Silver Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival In the early 1990s Natalya emigrated to the United States where she continued to work as an actress In 2009 after a long acting career break she starred in Alexei Mizgiryovs film Tambourine Drum for which she received prizes from the Russian Guild of Film Critics and the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress