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name: "Mariya Kuznetsova"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mariya-kuznetsova"
fi1m_id: "mariya-kuznetsova"
imdb_id: "nm0974692"
tmdb_id: 81751
wikidata_id: "Q4245110"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 February 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T18:00:44.334280+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mariya Kuznetsova

## Identity

Mariya Kuznetsova

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mariya-kuznetsova
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mariya-kuznetsova
- **IMDb ID:** nm0974692
- **TMDB ID:** 81751
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4245110
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4245110, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0974692/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81751

Actor. Born 17 February 1950 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 February 1950, Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
- **Also known as:** Мария Кузнецова
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4245110, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0974692/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81751

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Russian Ark*](https://film.one/film/russian-ark.md) (78)

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## Biography

Mariya Kuznetsova is a Soviet and Russian actress of theatre and film. She was born on 17 February 1950 in Leningrad. In 1975 she graduated from the acting faculty of the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography (course of I. O. Gorbachev) and has worked at the Alexandrinsky Theatre since that year, appearing in more than seventy roles.

Kuznetsova began screen work in episodic roles for Leningrad Television in 1977 and later appeared in films produced at Lenfilm from 1995. She is known for her performances as Krupskaya in *Taurus* (2001), Catherine the Great in *Russian Ark* (2002) and madam Zhanna in *The Italian* (2005).

She received the Nika Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her role in *Taurus* and was named Honoured Artist of Russia in 2005. She has also provided voice dubbing for numerous international films.

*Sources: imdb.com, ru.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Russian Ark* (2002), Fi1m 78, as Catherine The Great — [page](https://film.one/film/russian-ark.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *AnnDroid* (2020), series, Actor
- *Happy Ending* (2010), as продюсер телешоу
- *Travesty* (2006), as Evgenia Ivanovna Lubina
- *Казус Кукоцкого* (2005), Actor
- *The Italian* (2005), as Madam
- *Dreaming of Space* (2005), Actor
- *Cavaliers of the Starfish* (2004), series, as Валентина
- *Name-Day* (2004), as Катерина
- *The Mystery of Zaborsky Lake* (2003), Actor
- *Russian Ark* (2002), as Catherine The Great — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/russian-ark.md)
- *Taurus* (2001), as Krupskaya
- *The Wheel of Love* (1994), as Saskiya
- *Invitation to Life* (1981), as комсомольский работник
- *If I Fall in Love* (1976), as бывшая жена Сергея

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