Natalya Seleznyova


Natalya Igorevna Seleznyova is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress.

Biography

She first took the stage at the age of six, participating in the Red Army Theatre plays. Her notable cinema work includes roles in films directed by Leonid Gaidai, like Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures and .
In 1966 she graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute and became an actress of Moscow Academic Theatre of Satire. In 1968, on the set of film ":ru:Калиф-аист|Caliph-Stork" met with the actor Vladimir Andreyev, whom she married.
In the 1970s she became famous in the USSR as Mrs. Katarina, one of the main characters in ":ru:Кабачок «13 стульев»|The 13 Chairs Pub" TV series.
In 2014, Seleznyova became an assistant to the Children's Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation.

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