Lala Mnatsakanyan
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Lala Mnatsakanyan | |
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| Born | October 8, 1957 |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, director, script writer, professor |
Lala Mnatsakanyan (Armenian: Լալա Բաբկենի Մնացականյան, born 8 October 1957) is an Armenian actress and Honoured Artist of Armenia.
Biography[edit]
Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Lala Mnatsakanyan is the third and youngest daughter in the family. Her mother Elza Gyuleseryan was an associate professor of scenic word at Yerevan Institute of Theater and Fine Arts. Her father Babken Mnatsakanyan was a mathematician and a candidate of physico-mathematical science.
After graduating from school N78, Lala Mnatsakanyan entered the Yerevan Institute of Theater and Fine Arts. In 1978, she graduated from the Faculty of Acting, receiving a diploma with honors.
She has played many diverse roles in theatre, film, and television, and has performed many roles in various theatres of the country–The Yerevan Youth Experimental Theatre, The Vanadzor State Drama Theatre (named after Hovhannes Abelyan), The Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan, The “Metro” Theatre, and The “Mher Mkrtchyan” Artistic Theatre. She is a scriptwriter and performer of 140 miniatures. She has been a professor of scenic word at Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography from 1991 to the present. Mnatsakanyan is a co-author of the first and to-date only tutorial “The Art of Teaching Scenic Word” written in Armenian.
Theatrical Roles[edit]
Yerevan Institute of Theater and Fine Arts[edit]
1975 – Smeraldina “Servant of Two Masters” Carlo Goldoni
1976 – Augustina “Eight Women” Robert Thomas
1978 – Giza “King Arlequin” Rudolf Lothar
The Yerevan Youth Experimental Theatre[edit]
1979–80 – Rosalia Pavlovna “The Bedbug” Vladimir Mayakovsky
1979–80 – Mezalyapsova “The Bathhouse” Vladimir Mayakovsky
1979–80 – Gertrude “William Tell Has Sad Eyes” Alfonso Sastre
1979 – Polly “The Threepenny Opera” Bertolt Brecht
1979–80 – Sonya “Uncle Vanya” Anton Chekhov
1980 – Lika “Two sisters” Armen Zurabov
1984 – Vera “The bench” Alexander Gelman
The Vanadzor State Drama Theatre named after Hovhannes Abelyan[edit]
1982– Armine “Beroyan family” Zhora Sarksyan
1982 – Anahit “Horovel” Gevorg Sarksyan
The Gabriel Sundukyan National Academic Theatre[edit]
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1983 – Marina "Finding Joy" Viktor Rozov
1983 – Princess “The Twelve months” Samuil Marshak
1986 – Presenter “Blue Horses on Red Grass” Mikhail Shatrov
1987 – Ninuccia “Christmas at the Cupiello's” Eduardo De Filippo
1989 – Lisa “Save our souls” Anahit Aghasaryan
1991 – Sorrentino “Widows’ Comforter” G. Marotta and B. Randone
The “Metro” Theatre[edit]
1995 – Eva “Ungrateful men” ("Love till death") Aldo Nicolaj
1995–96 – Mary “Willy, Titi, Jig” Anahit Aghasaryan
The “Mher Mkrtchyan” Artistic Theatre[edit]
2004 – Graciela “Love rebuff to the man sitting in armchair” Gabriel García Márquez
2009 – Filumena “Filumena Marturano” Eduardo De Filippo
The Theatre of Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography[edit]
2012 – Mother “The Mother” Karel Čapek
TV performances[edit]
1982–83 – Lusik “Barsegh aga and others” Hagop Baronian
1983 – Policeman “Brave Nazar” L. Miridzhanyan
1984 – Janet “In the name of land and sun” Ion Druţă
1984 – Mary “God help us” Jackson
1984 – Masha "Look, who's come!" Vladimir Arro
1984 – Varya “Anton and Others” Aleksei Kazantsev
1986 – Hasmik “Aralez” Aghasi Ayvazyan
1989 – Nargiz “Leaven” Avetis Aharonyan
1994 – Vera “The bench” Alexander Gelman
Radio performances[edit]
1983 – Hasmik “Peak of courage” Lalayants
1983 – Anna “Groom from forest” Hrachya Kochar
1983 – Nene “The Memoir of A Cross-Stealer” Raffi
1984 – Gladiator “Stranger” Chalikyan
1984 – Dulcinea del Toboso “Don Quixote” Miguel de Cervantes
1986–87 – Prince “The Prince and the Pauper” Mark Twain
1991 – Swan “The Laughing Matter” William Saroyan
TV programs[edit]
1992–97 – Comic miniatures
1992–97 – “Voice of the Greats”
TV movies[edit]
1996 – Lala “Our yard 1”
1997 – Seller at flower store “Favourite songs 1”
1998 – Café owner “Favourite songs 2”
2005 – Lala “Our yard 3”
Production[edit]
Performances[edit]
2000 – “Fairy tales” Hovhannes Tumanyan
2001 – “Prometheus Bound” Aeschylus
2002 – “Musical Farce” Lala Mnatsakanyan
2007 – “Funny miniatures” Hagop Baronian
2012 – “The Mother” Karel Čapek
Authoress TV program[edit]
1997 – “You bet” Comedy program
1998–2001 – “What’s new?” Comedy musical program
2002–2003 – “Lala & Harut” Comedy program
2004–2007 – “To be continued” TV serials-miniatures
Yeralash “Gzhuk” comedy TV show[edit]
2008 – “No lie, No truth”
2008 – “The Master and Margarita”
2009 – “Hidden talent”
2010 – “Football”
2011 – “The Present”
National Cinema Center of Armenia
Prizes and awards[edit]
1977 – First award for the republican competition of readers
1978 – All-union competition of masters of artistic word named after Yakhontov
2004 – International festival of mono-performances “Armmono2” – award in nomination “Artistic skills” for Gabriel Garcia Marques play “Love reproof to the man sitting in armchair” or “Happy marriage like hell…”
2004 – Given an academic rank of associate professor in the specialty “dramatic art” and “cinematography”
2005 – Kiev International festival of mono-performances “Vidlunnya” – awards in nominations “Best actress” and “Audience sympathy” for Gabriel Garcia Marques play “Love reproof to the man sitting in armchair” or “Happy marriage like hell…”
2006 – Honored Artist of Armenia
2008 – Given an academic rank of “professor” in the specialty “dramatic art” and “cinematography”
2012 – "Belaya Vezha" International Theatre festival in Brest – “Audience sympathy” for Karel Chapek play "The Mother"
References[edit]
- Ամեն ինչ պետք է անենք, որպեսզի հայ ոգեղեն խոսքը վերածնունդ ապրի 1 August 2012
- Սերիալները հասարակությանը տանում են դեպի տգիտություն և անճաշակություն. Լալա Մնացականյան 26 July 2012
- Հրավիրել էր Լալա Մնացականյանը 31 August 2012