Tatyana Kravchenko

Tatyana Eduardovna Kravchenko (Татья́на Эдуа́рдовна Кра́вченко; born 9 December 1953, Stalino (since 1961 — Donetsk), Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of Russia (2002).

Biography
She was born in the city of Stalino (Ukrainian SSR). In 1970 she graduated from high school №20 of Donetsk.

In 1976 she graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School (course of Pavel Massalsky and Alla Tarasova).

Since 1976 - the actress of Theatre Lenkom. On admission to the theater Oleg Yankovsky advised the actress to perform under another, less common name. She took the name of her great-grandmother, and since then is known as Tatyana Kravchenko.

The popularity of the actress brought her work in many plays and movie roles.

She lives in Moscow, has a daughter, and is unmarried.

Political views
In 2023, she publicly endorsed the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Awards and titles

 * Order of Honour (14 January 2014) for her great contribution in the development of national culture and art, and many years of fruitful activity
 * Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1991)
 * People's Artist of Russia (2002)

Selected filmography

 * Golos (1983) as Nadya
 * Vassa (1983) as housemaid
 * Dangerous for Your Life! (1985) as Tamara
 * Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (1989) as Aksinya
 * Sons of Bitches (1990) as Serafima Mikhailovna Korzukhina
 * Promised Heaven (1991) as matron of the old people's home
 * White King, Red Queen (1993) as Irina Tischenko
 * Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (1994) as Aphrodite
 * Shirli-Myrli (1995) as Bronislava Rosembaum, geologist
 * Don't Play the Fool... (1997) as Zina
 * Who If Not Us (1998) as Samokhin's girlfriend
 * Balakirev the Buffoon (2002) as Anisya Balakireva
 * Children of the Arbat (2004) as Sharok's mother
 * My Fair Nanny (2006 / 2008) as Klara Karlovna
 * Piter FM (2006) as Tatyana Petrovna
 * Svaty (2008-2021) as Valentina Petrovna Budko