Lala Babkeni Mnatsakanyan (Armenian: Լալա Բաբկենի Մնացականյան; 8 October 1957 – 22 June 2024) was an Armenian actress who was named an Honoured Artist of Armenia in 2006.
Biography
Born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Lala Mnatsakanyan was the third and youngest daughter in the family. Her mother Elza Gyuleseryan was an associate professor of stage speech 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 played many diverse roles in theatre, film, and television, and 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 was a scriptwriter and performer of 140 miniatures. She was a professor of stage speech at Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography from 1991 until her death. Mnatsakanyan was a co-author of the first and to-date only tutorial “The Art of Teaching Stage Speech” written in Armenian.
Mnatsakanyan died on 22 June 2024, at the age of 66.[1]
2004–2007 – “To be continued” TV serials-miniatures
Yeralash “Gzhuk” comedy TV show
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
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 – Kyiv 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...”
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