
Acting
Natalya Tenyakova was a Soviet and Russian actress. Despite some early success as the lead of a few high-profile films, she quickly lost interest in the filmmaking process and focused her attention on live theatre, starring in dozens of plays on stage and television to great acclaim. Her signature roles in film include Lida in Elder Sister (1967) and Shura in Love and Pigeons (1985), where she formed a memorable comic duo with her husband and frequent co-star, Sergei Yursky.

To Remember
1993

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
1971

Chekhov and Co.
1998

Love and Pigeons
1984

This Queen of Spades
2004

Fathers and Sons
2008

Thunderstorm Over Belaya
1968

Ships in Lissa
1965

One-Two… And King Me!
1968

A Long Cat Tale
1965

The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
1966

Uncle's Dream
1981

Banquet
1986

UNWRITTEN PLAY. One day in the life of a playwright
2025

Ball
1979

Explosions in the Classroom
1969

A Robbery at Midnight
1978

The Theater of I.S. Turgenev
1986

Heroines of Ostrovsky's Plays
1983

Ship of the Desert
1985

Handmade Clouds
2015

Elder Sister
1967

Али-Баба и сорок разбойников
1983

The Gamblers: XXI
1992

Version
1980

Outside the System
2013

Swan Song
1990

The Wife
1977

Chernov/Chernov
1990

The Stove on Wheels
1985

The Cabal of Hypocrites
1988

The Frenchman
2019

The Light Shines in the Darkness
1988

Prince Napoleon
1968

The Chairs
2010

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1983