<p>Nina Nikolaevna Usatova - Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, People's Artist of Russia, was born in the village of Malinovoye Lake, Altai Territory.</p><p> From 1969 to 1973 she tried to enter the Shchukin School at the Vakhtangov Theater. She worked as a warder at a cloth factory "Red October", director of the House of Culture and was preparing for the entrance exams. In 1974 she entered the directing department of the B.V.Shchukin Theater School (course of B.E. Zakhava and M.R. Ter-Zakharova) and graduated from it in 1979.</p><p> After graduating in 1979, Nina went to practice in the city of Kotlas, Arkhangelsk region. She played twelve roles in the local theater. At this time, the Youth Theater opened in Leningrad, and in 1980 the aspiring actress went there. She played in performances by Vladimir Malyschitsky and Efim Padve. In 1989, Nina Usatova joined the troupe <b>of the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater.</b></p><p> The actress made her film debut in 1981, her first role was a dressmaker in the television film "Where did Fomenko disappear?" Fame came after the role of a deaf-mute in the film "Cold summer of the fifty-third ...". Takes an active part in the annual <b>festival "Shukshin Days in Altai".</b></p>