Iya Arepina

Iya Alexeyevna Arepina (И́я Алексе́евна Аре́пина; July 2, 1930 in Ardatov – July 24, 2003 in Moscow) was a Soviet/Russian actress.

She was named Best Actress at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in Bolshaya Semya, directed by Iosif Kheifits.

Selected filmography

 * Steppe Dawns (1953) as Varya
 * A Big Family (1954) as Tonya Zhurbina
 * Land and People (1955) as student
 * Ilya Muromets (1956) as Alyonushka
 * The Wrestler and the Clown (1957) as Maria Nikolayevna aka Mimi
 * Most Expensive (1957) as Polina, sister of Roman
 * The Captain's Daughter (1958) as Masha Mironova
 * Red Leaves (1958) as Stasya Yanovskaya
 * On the Roads of War (1958) as Vera
 * Under the Sound of Wheels (1958) as Nastya
 * Journey Beyond Three Seas (1958) as Dunayaha
 * Special Approach (1959) as Olya, kindergarten manageress
 * Gloomy Vangur (1959) as Natasha, student
 * After the Ball (1961) as Varenka Butyrlina
 * When Bridges are Made (1962) as Inga
 * War and Peace (1967) as girl in the Akhrosimova house, who gave Natasha a letter
 * The Incident, which no one Noticed (1967)
 * The Red Snowball Tree (1974) as Egor Prokudin's sister