Natalya Andreychenko

Russian actress (born 1956)

Maksim Dunayevsky

(m. 1981; div. 1985)

Maximilian Schell

(m. 1985; div. 2005)

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Natalya Eduardovna Andreychenko (Russian: Ната́лья Эдуа́рдовна Андре́йченко; born May 3, 1956) is a Russian actress. She has starred in Mary Poppins, Goodbye and Wartime Romance (both 1983). She has the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1984).^[1]

Biography

Andreychenko decided to become an actress in early high school. After an unsuccessful attempt to get into the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School, she was admitted to the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography where she studied under Sergei Bondarchuk and Irina Skobtseva. In 1976 she appeared in her first films From Dawn Till Sunset and Kolybelnaya dlya Muzchin. Her first successful film role was in the 1979 epic film Siberiade, which received the special jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival. However, Natalya became more popular in the Soviet Union after her roles in Mary Poppins, Goodbye and Wartime Romance, both feature films released in 1983.

Personal life

From her first marriage to the Russian composer Maksim Dunayevsky she had a son named Dmitry (b. 1982), a banker by profession. In 1985–2005 she was married to the Austrian/Swiss actor, writer, producer and director Maximilian Schell, with whom she made the film Little Odessa. They have one daughter together, Anastasia Schell.

Andreychenko practices a raw food diet and is engaged in yoga.^[2]

Filmography

From Dawn Till Sunset (1975) as Valya
Stepan's Remembrance (1976) as Tanyushka
Dolgi nashi (Our debts) (1976)
Kolybelnaya dlya muzhchin (Lullaby for men) (1977) as Valya Krylova
The Steppe (1978) as Girl
Zhnetsy (1978) as Mariya
Ukhodya – ukhodi (If you're going away – then go) (1978)
Torgovka i poet (Saleswoman and a Poet) (1979)
Siberiade (1979) as Nastya Solomina
Priletal marsianin v osennyuyu noch (1979)
Koney na pereprave ne menyayut (1980)
Ladies Invite Gentlemen (1981) as Raisa
Chelovek, kotoryy zakryl gorod (A Man Who Has Closed the City) (1982) as Nina Lazareva
Lyudmila (1982)
Wartime Romance (1983) as Lyuba
Dvoe pod odnim zontom: Aprelskaya skazka (Two under a one umbrella) (1983) as Lyudmila
Meri Poppins, do svidaniya (1984, TV Movie) as Mary Poppins
Maritsa (1985, TV Movie) as Maritsa
Peter the Great (1986, TV Mini-Series) as Eudoxia
Forgive Me (1986) as Maria
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (1989) as Yekaterina
Candles in the Dark (1993, TV Movie) as Marta Velliste
Ne idet... (1994)
Little Odessa (1994) as Natasha
Aurora: Operation Intercept (1995) as Francesca Zaborszin
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1997, TV Series) as Princess Nizamova
Modern Vampires (1998, TV Movie) as Panthia
8 ½ $ (1999) as Kseniya
NYPD Blue (2000, TV Series) as Leah Shenkov
Give Me Moonlight (2001)
Down House (2001)
O'key (2002)
My Big Armenian Wedding (2004, TV Mini-Series) as Lena's Mother
Quiet Flows the Don [it] (2006, TV Mini-Series) as Dariya
Ochen russkiy detektiv (2008)
Na kryshe mira(2008) as Elena Naumova

Self

Meine Schwester Maria (2002) as Natascha Schell

References

^ Новая Российская энциклопедия: в 12 т. / Ред. кол.: А. Д. Некипелов, В. И. Данилов-Данильян, В. М. Карев и др. – М.: ООО "Издательство "Энциклопедия"» Т. 2 А – Баяр, 2005. – 960 с.: ил.
^ Наталья Андрейченко: В день Конца света я умерла и родилась заново!