Natalya Sumska

Natalya Sumska
Born	Наталя Сумська (1956-04-22) April 22, 1956 (age 68) Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Nationality	Ukrainian
Alma mater	Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University
Children	2
Parents	Vyacheslav Sumsky (father) Hanna Sumska (mother)
Relatives	Olha Sumska (sister)
Awards	People's Artist of Ukraine (2000) Shevchenko National Prize (2008)

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.

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]

References

1. "Наталія Сумська: «Моє життя - гра»". CITY LiFE (in Ukrainian). March 2007. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013.
2. "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. 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. "«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.

External links

• Profile on Inter
• Interview to ladyjob.com.ua
• Sumska as a guest at the National Radio Company in Ukraine
• Sumska gives a press-conference in Kremenchuk (April 2010).
• Review of a play Senior from a higher world in Vinnytsia February 2004 (in Ukrainian)
• Interview to newspaper Simya