Natalya Sumska
Ukrainian actress and television host
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Natalya Vyacheslavivna Sumska (Ukrainian: Наталя В'ячеславівна Сумська; born April 22, 1956) is a Ukrainian theater and film actress and television hostess. She is a recipient of the People's Artist of Ukraine title and the Shevchenko National Prize in 2000 and 2008 respectively.
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| Born | Наталя Сумська April 22, 1956 |
| Alma mater | Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University |
| Children | 2 |
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| Relatives | Olha Sumska (sister) |
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Biography
Sumska was born on April 22, 1956, in the village of Katyuzhanka, Kyiv Oblast.[1] Her father Vyacheslav Sumsky and Hanna Opanasenko-Sumska were both theater actors at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater who held the titles People's Artist of Ukraine and Merited Artist of Ukraine respectively.[2] She lived in Lviv until the age of 10.[3] She had her first acting role at the age of 6 for a rehearsal of the play Nevilnyk (Ukrainian: Невільник) at the Maria Zankovetska Theatre.[3] She graduated from the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University in 1977.[1] Since 1977, she has been an actress at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater.[3]
In 2000 she became a laureate of the national theater award "Kyiv pectoral" (for her role of Masha in the Chekhov's Three sisters).[4]
Since 2003 simultaneously works for Inter TV Networks. There she led a talk-show Key moment which was discontinued by Inter in 2010.[5]
In 2008, Sumska received Shevchenko National Prize and was named the Kyivan of the Year.
Works in the theater company "Benyuk and Hostikoyev".
He is a member of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize Committee of Ukraine (since December 2016).[6]
Personal life
Natalya Sumska has a younger sister named Olha, who is also an actress.[2] She has a daughter named Daryna Mamai-Sumska from her first marriage to cameraman Igor Mamai.[2] She has a son named Viacheslav Khostikoyev.[2]
Natalya Sumska is married to theater actor Anatolii Khostikoiiev with whom she acts on stage.[2]
Credits
Plays
- Eneyida (Kotliarevsky) as Didona
- Vassa Zhelieznova (Gorky) as Liudmila
- White Crow (Rybchynsky) as Joan D'Arc
- Blez (Manye) as Mari
- Senior from higher world as Fiorella and Matilda
- Kin IV as Anna
- Pygmalion as Eliza Doolittle
Movies
- Karmeliuk as Maria
- Natalka Poltavka as Natalka
- The Mountains are Smoking as Marichka
- For home fire as Yulia Shablynska
- Dudaryks as Khrystyna
- State Border as Maria
Awards and honors
In 2000, Sumska earned the title of People's Artist of Ukraine.[7] In 2008, she earned the Shevchenko National Prize for her role in the play Of Mice and Men.[7][2] She earned a total of three Kyiv Pectoral awards from the years 2000, 2011 and 2015.[7] She earned the 2011 Kyiv Pectoral award for Best Actress for her role in the play Zorda the Greek.[8][9] In 2020, she earned a Golden Dzyga award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as fortune-teller Yavdokha in the play Chornyi Voron (Ukrainian: Чорний ворон).[10][2] In 2016 and 2020, she earned the Order of Merit of the third and second class respectively.[11][12]
