In the filmography of Nina Vasilievna Antonova there are not so many main roles, but even the heroines of the second plan in her performance are loved and remembered by the audience. The peak of her fame came at a fairly mature age, but she does not lose heart, continues to act in films and delight fans with bright works.
Modern cinema lovers know Nina Vasilyevna Antonova for her roles of Baba Gani from Black Cats, a modest granny from The Ballad of the Bomber. Representatives of the older generation recall Varya Kravets from Varkina Land and Princess Maggot from the film Lada from the Land of the Berendei. And what do they know about the fate, personal life and career path of their beloved actress?
Biography of actress Nina Antonova
Natalya Vasilievna comes from a simple Bashkir family. She was born on December 2, 1935 in the small village of Bakaly. The girl's dad was a worker, her mother took care of the house and the children, of whom, besides Nina, there were three more. Some sources have information that Nina's father was a military man or a director, and her mother was an employee of a meat processing plant. Nina Vasilievna refutes these data and emphasizes her simple origin.
Despite the modest income, the parents wanted to give their children a good education, and for this reason they moved to the Oktyabrsky village, where there was a 10-year school and a vocational school.
Since childhood, Nina dreamed of ballet and acting, adored the work of Ladynina, Orlova, Maretskaya. Immediately after moving to Oktyabrsky, the girl entered the drama club of the local club of oil workers and spent almost all her free time there. Parents did not like their daughter's hobby, but she was persistent. After school, Nina Antonova went to the capital, where she made attempts to enter all specialized universities. Luck smiled at her at the Shchukin School. In 1958 she graduated with honors, conquering the examiners with her work in the play "Three Fat Men", in the form of a prince.
Career of actress Nina Vasilievna Antonova
Nina Antonova is a Russian-Ukrainian actress. Her career started in 1958 at the Lenfilm film studio. For five years of work there, she starred in 4 films, but did not receive the main role. But her very first acting job was the role of pioneer leader Natka in the film adaptation of Gaidar's story "Military Secret". She played Natka while still a student at Pike, and she became her pass to Lenfilm.
Nina Vasilievna received her first leading role at the Dovzhenko film studio in Kiev, where she moved with her husband in 1964. There, the young actress was noticed and noted for her talent, and in 1969 she played Varya Kravets in the film "Varkin's Land".
Two years later, Nina got the opportunity to bring to life the image of another striking heroine - Princess Maggot in the film Lada from the Land of the Berendei.
Despite the fact that Antonova was the wife of a Ukrainian director and had a talent for transforming into any image, she did not have a large flow of invitations until the age of 50. The real demand came to her after 50 years, and she received the first award at the film festival already at an advanced age. It was "The Golden Duke", and she received it from the hands of her son, who continued the family dynasty and became a director.
Filmography of the actress Nina Vasilievna Antonova
In the creative piggy bank of Nina Vasilievna there are 126 acting works. Let not all of them were the main ones, but she played in such a way that her heroines sometimes overshadow the main images of the films. It is simply impossible to list all the pictures with the participation of Nina Antonova. Viewers love the actress for her work in films and TV shows:
- "For two hares" - a servant,
- "Have you seen Petka?" - Sunny's mother,
- "Aty-bats, soldiers were walking" - barmaid Lyuska,
- "Visit to Kovalevka" - the main character Irina,
- "Time for Summer Dreams" - Ksenia,
- "Volodkina's Life" - Ekaterina,
- "Personal weapon" - Natalia Valerianovna.
In 1980, Nina Vasilievna Antonova became the Honored Artist of Ukraine. According to her, this did not turn her head, she knew how difficult it is to keep the attention and love of the audience, she continued to accept all the invitations to the shooting that she received.
Nina Vasilievna, in her career, can be compared with wine, which gets better and better over the years. Having crossed the 50-year mark, she has become more in demand, she can act in 4 or more films a year. Nina Antonova played in Doctor Zhivago, The Return of Mukhtar, the films The Adventures of Verka Serdyuchka, Come in - Don't Be Afraid, Come Out Don't Cry, Territory of Beauty, the series Milkmaid from Khatsapetovka and others.
Personal life of actress Nina Vasilievna Antonova
With her future husband, Ukrainian director Anatoly Bukovsky, Nina Vasilievna met while still a student of "Pike", on the set of the film "Military Secret". The young man was an assistant director. Nina and Anatoly never parted again, living in two countries, or rather, republics. The fact is that at that time Bukovsky was also a student of the directing course at the Kiev Karpenko-Kary Institute.
Nina and Anatoly formalized their marriage a year later, and in 1960 their son Sergei was born. He continued his creative dynasty, was educated as a director. Moreover, his daughter Anastasia followed the example of her grandfather, grandmother and dad. She is a successful Ukrainian producer and director.
At the eighth Odessa Film Festival, Sergey Anatolyevich Bukovsky presented his mother, Nina Vasilievna Antonova, with the prize for the best female role. She was honored for her work in the documentary "Lead Role", in which she played herself.
Nina Antonova's husband passed away in 2006. Thanks to the support of her family, she managed to survive this heavy loss, again learn to see the positive in the world around her and remain successful in the profession, despite her advanced age.
