Natalya Vavilova

Vavilova started her career as an actress at the age of fourteen. She appeared in several pictures in supporting roles. In 1984, Natalya Vavilova graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, studying under Yevgeny Matveyev, an acclaimed Russian actor and director.[1] Her classmate was Alim Kouliev. Success and fame followed her role of Aleksandra Tikhomirova in the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film picture Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears.[2]

While being filmed for the picture Nikolai Podvoisky, she fell from a horse and suffered a spinal trauma. Her last film was The Sukhovo-Kobylin Case. After she accomplished that work, Natalya Vavilova stopped pursuing her acting career. Since that time she has avoided all contacts with the press. She lives with her husband, Russian film director Samvel Gasparov, in a house twelve kilometers from Moscow. She is involved in floriculture and philanthropy.

• The Sukhovo-Kobylin Case (1991) (TV)
• Road Hawks (1990)
• Nayezdniki (1987)
• The Barman from "Golden Anchor"
• The Time of Sons
• Do Not Marry, Girls (1985)
• Train Off Schedule (1985)
• My Elected (1984)
• Goldfishes (1983)
• The Doctor's Pupil (1983)
• We Weren't Married in Church (1982)
• The Driver for One Trip (1981) (TV)
• Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1979)
• Polovodye (1980)
• Invasion (1980)
• Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street
• Red Diplomatic Couriers
• Practical Joke (1976)

• Natalya Vavilova on IMDb
• Natalya Vavilova at Ludi (in Russian)
• Natalya Vavilova. Actors of Soviet and Russian Cinematography(in Russian)
• Interview. The Husband of Aleksandra, Film Director Samvel Gasparov

(in Russian)