Natalya Danilova

Natalia Danilova was born on September 25, 1955, in Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia). From 1973 - 1977 she studied acting at the drama class of professor A. Katsman at the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinematography, graduating in 1977 as an actress. From 1977-1991 Danilova was a member of the legendary troupe of Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) in St. Petersburg (Leningrad) under directorship of Georgi Tovstonogov. Danilova worked with Tovstonogov for 12 years. During that time Danilova worked with an outstanding ensemble of actors at BDT. There her stage partners were such stars as Kirill Lavrov, Alisa Freyndlikh, Lyudmila Makarova, Zinaida Sharko, Oleg Basilashvili, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Tatyana Bedova, Valentina Kovel, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Yefim Kopelyan, Sergei Yurski, Vsevolod Kuznetsov, Nikolay Trofimov, Georgiy Shtil, Vadim Medvedev, 'Leonid Nevedomsky', Roman Gromadskiy, Andrey Tolubeev, and Gennadiy Bogachyov, among many other remarkable Russian actors.