Popular actress and TV presenter Natalya Yunnikova gained universal recognition and fame after playing the role of investigator Vasilisa Mikhailova in the rating series "The Return of Mukhtar". Among her most successful films are also characters played in such projects as "Ermolovy", And in sorrow and in joy "," Kitchen ".
A native of Lipetsk and a native of a simple provincial family, Natalya Yunnikova was at the peak of her creative career when, at the age of thirty-seven, on September 26, 2017, she died after a severe traumatic brain injury sustained in an accident in her apartment. Millions of fans throughout the post-Soviet space grieve over the talented actress who passed away untimely.
Biography and filmography of Natalia Yunnikova
On February 25, 1980, the future movie star and TV presenter was born in Lipetsk. Since childhood, Natasha loved to spend time in front of the mirror and take a lot of pictures. Her attractive appearance, as well as her irrepressible desire to reincarnate and be liked by others, played a decisive role in choosing a profession.
After receiving a certificate of secondary education, Yunnikova and her mother go to the capital, where she easily enters the Schepkinsky theater school (course of the People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Safronov). While studying at the university, Natalya meets her future husband, gets married and leaves for permanent residence in Israel, where her husband's parents lived.
During this period of her life, she was able to realize herself as a TV presenter and even tried to be a producer. On the Israel Plus channel, she became the face of several entertainment television projects, and wrote scripts for the programs “Nedetskie funa” and “Scarlet Sails”.
In 2007 she returned to Moscow and from that time began to realize herself as a film actress. The doctor's patient in the medical series "The Personal Life of Doctor Selivanova" turned out to be a debut role in the cinema. In the same year, she is celebrated with films in the projects: "Saboteur 2: The End of the War", "Web", "Tatiana's Day" and "Return of Mukhtar". It was the last film project that became a hallmark for the actress, because with short breaks she appeared on the set in it until 2014.
In addition, in the filmography of Natalia Yunnikova, it is worth noting the following films and series: "The Ermolovs" (2008), "Big City Lights" (2009), "Paradise" (2013), "And in grief and in joy" (2015), "Kitchen" (2015).
Personal life of the actress
Behind the shoulders of the family life of a bright actress was the only divorced marriage and one child.
Two years after meeting classmate Anton Fedotov while studying at a theater university, Natalya Yunnikova married him. Having played a modest wedding, the newlyweds immediately left for Tel Aviv, where Anton's parents lived. And after a while the family couple had a son, Roland.
In 2006, tensions began to escalate in the region of residence, and military conflicts broke out, because of which Natalya returned to Russia with her son. The spouse remained to settle some financial issues. However, later it turned out that he was seriously ill with gambling addiction. The consequence of all these events is in 2008 a divorce.
Despite Yunnikova's repeated statements that her son is her only man in life after the divorce, information about her romantic hobbies has repeatedly leaked to the press. One of these episodes is her special relationship to her partner on the set of the Return of Mukhtar project, Pavel Vishnyakov.
Unfortunately, the bright and talented actress was not spared by the tragedy in 2017, after which she passed away.
