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.

Natalya Sumska
Born
Наталя Сумська

(1956-04-22) April 22, 1956 (age 68)
NationalityUkrainian
Alma materKyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University
Children2
Parents
RelativesOlha Sumska (sister)
Awards

Biography

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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

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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

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Plays

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  • 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

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Awards and honors

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Наталія Сумська: «Моє життя - гра»". CITY LiFE (in Ukrainian). March 2007. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Наталії Сумській – 65: фото і цікаві факти з життя народної артистки України". ТСН (in Ukrainian). April 22, 2021. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Kochkyna, Maryna (April 22, 2020). "Наталії Сумській сьогодні 64". Погляд (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on April 26, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  4. ^ "Телекрикита". Telekritika (in Russian). 2020-11-26. Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  5. ^ "Nataliya Sumska: "Inter" has disbanded the "Key moment" as a typical father that forgot about his child". Archived from the original on 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  6. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №575/2016". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  7. ^ a b c "«Реакція та любов глядача – це джерело енергії, необхідної для життя» − Наталія Сумська". ТСН (in Ukrainian). October 28, 2021. Archived from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  8. ^ "Сумська та Хостікоєв отримали «Київську Пектораль»". Тиждень (in Ukrainian). March 29, 2011. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  9. ^ Ovcharenko, Eduard (February 3, 2021). "Відчуття внутрішньої свободи". I-UA.tv. (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  10. ^ Свобода, Радіо (May 3, 2020). "Золота Дзиґа 2020: стали відомі переможці «українського Оскара»". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  11. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №117/2016". ПРЕЗИДЕНТ УКРАЇНИ (in Ukrainian). March 26, 2016. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  12. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №335/2020". ПРЕЗИДЕНТ УКРАЇНИ (in Ukrainian). August 21, 2020. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
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