Namsrayn Suvd

Namsrayn Suvd (born 21 December 1948) is a Mongolian actor. For her long career in film and the theatre, she was named as a Mongolian Hero of Labour in 2021.

Life
Suvd was born in Ulaanbaatar. Her father was Ts. Namsray who was notable for his contribution to education and Mongolian culture.

In 1972 she graduated as an actor in the USSR's VGIK.

She began her stage career in Mongolia at the State Drama Academic Theater in 1973. Four years later the Ministry of Culture recognised her performance in a play titled "Truth Will Win" by giving her a "Best Art Award" which they repeated in 1984 after she played the eponymous role in "Nora".

She has appeared in The Servant of Two Masters and in 1978 she played both Emily and Desdemona in Othello. She has appeared on stage in Hamlet and Macbeth and in 2020 she played Anna in Anna Karenina.

Her film work included appearing in the epic No Right to Die – Chinggis Khaan. It was her appearance as Mandukhai in the film, "Mandukhai Satsen Khat" that gained her a state award and in 2001 she was recognised as an "Honoured Actor of Mongolia. In 2006 she was honoured twice at the "Saint Musa" festival as a best female lead in thr plays "Tears of the Night" and "Atga Nuj". She received more recognition at that festival in 2010 and in 2012 for "Swan Song" and "The Secret of the Sober Couple". Meanwhile, in 2009 she was named as a "People's Actor of Mongolia".

In 2021 on the 21 November she was recognised as a Hero of Labour by the President of Mongolia, Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh. This is a high honour the award has only been made to about thirty people. The citation identified the "over 100" characters she had created on stage and on screen including Ophelia and the ruler Mandukhai in the 1988 film.

Films

 * Listen to your enemy soldiers! (1971) - Tsendsuren
 * Inception (1972) - Horloo
 * In Hibernation (1972) - Crazy Girl
 * Motor Song (1974) - singer
 * Song of First Love (1974) - Yangjin
 * The Story of Axbold (1974) -
 * Mate (1975) - Sun
 * Human Life (1976) - Sarantuya
 * Bushboy Tales (1979) - Mermaid
 * Khatanbaatar (1981) - Joy
 * Keeper or Keeper (1983) - maid
 * Mandukhai Seten Khatan (movie) (1988) - Mandukhai
 * Under the Eternal Sky (1992) - Öelun
 * Vansemberoo (2002) -
 * Can't Die - Chinggis Khan (2008)
 * Heartbreak (2017)

Stage work includes

 * The Only Servant of Two Masters (1976) - Beatrice
 * Othello (1978) - Emily
 * Othello (1978) - Desdemona
 * Hamlet (1979) - Ophelia
 * Nora (1984) - Nora
 * Macbeth (1991) - Lady Macbeth
 * Anna Karenina (2020) - Anna (Destiny)