Nelly Uvarova

Nelli Vladimirovna Uvarova (Russian: Не́лли Влади́мировна Ува́рова; born 14 March 1980) is a Russian theater and film actress. Nelli Uvarova was born in Mažeikiai, Lithuania to a Russian father and Armenian mother. Uvarova graduated from the All-Russian State University of Cinematography, one of the most prestigious universities throughout the film industry. In 1999, Nelly began to appear in the films, including the famous Boomer. Her debut film was Let’s fly directed by Anna Melikyan. For the role in this film Uvarova was awarded the main prize at the International Institute Film Festival. For the role in the short film On Demand the actress was awarded St. Anna prize. In 2001, Uvarova joined Russian Academic Youth Theatre, where she played many prominent roles. She played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and Natalie Herzen in the play The Coast of Utopia. However, a one man show Rules of Behavior in Modern Society, became one of her most striking works. For this role, she was awarded the prize of the international festival Rainbow and was also nominated for the Golden Mask award. The role of a charming ugly girl, (Katya) Yekaterina Pushkareva, in the TV series Not Born Beautiful (2005) became a real breakthrough in Nelly’s career and brought her national love and fame. During the broadcast of the series she had turned into a real star of Russian television. Uvarova played in TV series such as The First Circle (2006), Atlantida (TV series) (2007), Heavy Sand and feature ...

Bimmer (2003)

A black BMW, a symbol of luxury, is racing along the night streets of Moscow in the 90s. Bad luck turns four friends into criminals and they have no way back. Only the black “bimmer” is reliable in this life without rules, taking the friends farther and farther ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pyotr Buslov
CAST:  Sergey Gorobchenko  •  Vladimir Vdovichenkov  •  Andrey Merzlikin  •  Maksim Konovalov

A black BMW, a symbol of luxury, is racing along the night streets of Moscow in the 90s. Bad luck turns four friends into criminals and they have no way back. Only the black “bimmer” is reliable in this life without rules, taking the friends farther and farther ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pyotr Buslov
CAST:  Sergey Gorobchenko  •  Vladimir Vdovichenkov  •  Andrey Merzlikin  •  Maksim Konovalov

Mermaid (2007)

The fanciful tale of an introverted little girl who grows up believing she has the power to make wishes come true. She must reconcile this belief with reality when, as a young woman, she journeys to Moscow and grapples with love, modernity and materialism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anna Melikyan
CAST:  Mariya Shalaeva  •  Yevgeni Tsyganov  •  Mariya Sokova  •  Igor Yatsko

The fanciful tale of an introverted little girl who grows up believing she has the power to make wishes come true. She must reconcile this belief with reality when, as a young woman, she journeys to Moscow and grapples with love, modernity and materialism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anna Melikyan
CAST:  Mariya Shalaeva  •  Yevgeni Tsyganov  •  Mariya Sokova  •  Igor Yatsko

Close Enemy (2010)

Young woman decides to revenge her husband killers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Atanesyan
CAST:  Evgeniya Trofimova  •  Dmitriy Dyuzhev  •  Aleksandr Golovin  •  Nikolai Dobrynin

Young woman decides to revenge her husband killers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Atanesyan
CAST:  Evgeniya Trofimova  •  Dmitriy Dyuzhev  •  Aleksandr Golovin  •  Nikolai Dobrynin

Love Journal (2009)

A love story between young and romantic girl from Minsk and a successful programmer from Moscow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Chernykh
CAST:  Grigoriy Antipenko  •  Karina Myndrovskaya  •  Irina Nizina  •  Alexandra Rebenok

A love story between young and romantic girl from Minsk and a successful programmer from Moscow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Chernykh
CAST:  Grigoriy Antipenko  •  Karina Myndrovskaya  •  Irina Nizina  •  Alexandra Rebenok

Closed Spaces (2008)

The first Russian emo-movie, Closed Spaces is a story about the newest generation of Russians. Having grown up in Russia's crazy 1990s, an era filled with constant and drastic change, these teenagers have no solid ground beneath their feet. They are trapped in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Igor Vorskla
CAST:  Leonid Bichevin  •  Masha Mashkova  •  Oleg Makarov  •  Aleksandr Sklyar

The first Russian emo-movie, Closed Spaces is a story about the newest generation of Russians. Having grown up in Russia's crazy 1990s, an era filled with constant and drastic change, these teenagers have no solid ground beneath their feet. They are trapped in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Igor Vorskla
CAST:  Leonid Bichevin  •  Masha Mashkova  •  Oleg Makarov  •  Aleksandr Sklyar

Mysterious Island (2008)

A journalist from Moscow must go to mysterious island in order to find his wife who gone missing under versy suspicious and not clear circumstances.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Volodymyr Tykhyy
CAST:  Evgeniy Stychkin  •  Bohdan Beniuk  •  Vladimir Nikolayenko  •  Nelly Uvarova

A journalist from Moscow must go to mysterious island in order to find his wife who gone missing under versy suspicious and not clear circumstances.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Volodymyr Tykhyy
CAST:  Evgeniy Stychkin  •  Bohdan Beniuk  •  Vladimir Nikolayenko  •  Nelly Uvarova

I'm Staying (2007)

Many people assume that life does not end after death. Not Dr. Tyrsa, practical and skeptical man, who never believed in this nonsense. However, thanks to the bowling accident, he finds himself in a desert land with people like him not belonging to this world yet ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karen Oganesyan
CAST:  Andrey Krasko  •  Fyodor Bondarchuk  •  Andrey Sokolov  •  Elena Yakovleva

Many people assume that life does not end after death. Not Dr. Tyrsa, practical and skeptical man, who never believed in this nonsense. However, thanks to the bowling accident, he finds himself in a desert land with people like him not belonging to this world yet ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karen Oganesyan
CAST:  Andrey Krasko  •  Fyodor Bondarchuk  •  Andrey Sokolov  •  Elena Yakovleva

Твою мать! (2018)

The son-in-law with the mother-in-law, teachers from the border town, go to Finland to buy a sofa. On the way back, the son-in-law is waiting for difficulties that he had no idea about.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Viktoriya Runtsova
CAST:  Mikhail Trukhin  •  Roza Khairullina  •  Nelly Uvarova  •  Viktor Stepanyan

The son-in-law with the mother-in-law, teachers from the border town, go to Finland to buy a sofa. On the way back, the son-in-law is waiting for difficulties that he had no idea about.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Viktoriya Runtsova
CAST:  Mikhail Trukhin  •  Roza Khairullina  •  Nelly Uvarova  •  Viktor Stepanyan

Let’s Fly (1999)

The girl meets a strange boy, who seriously offers to fly to the moon, and she agrees ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anna Melikyan
CAST:  Nelly Uvarova  •  Anton Eldarov  •  Darya Mironova  •  Eduard Gvaramiya

The girl meets a strange boy, who seriously offers to fly to the moon, and she agrees ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anna Melikyan
CAST:  Nelly Uvarova  •  Anton Eldarov  •  Darya Mironova  •  Eduard Gvaramiya

To Be Called For (2000)

One day in the life of the courier girl  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anna Melikyan
CAST:  Aliona Alymova  •  Inga Smetanina  •  Nelly Uvarova  •  Dmitry Salynsky

One day in the life of the courier girl  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anna Melikyan
CAST:  Aliona Alymova  •  Inga Smetanina  •  Nelly Uvarova  •  Dmitry Salynsky

Shantytown Blues (2004)

At the end of the 70s, a boy Mishka, abandoned by his mother and stepfather, lives in a provincial Soviet town. Curious, bold and angry. With his bluntness and fearless naivete, he conquers the local gangster John, and with the help of his patron begins to act in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Svetlana Stasenko
CAST:  Anatoliy Gushchin  •  Gennadiy Nazarov  •  Andrey Egorov  •  Pyotr Zaychenko

At the end of the 70s, a boy Mishka, abandoned by his mother and stepfather, lives in a provincial Soviet town. Curious, bold and angry. With his bluntness and fearless naivete, he conquers the local gangster John, and with the help of his patron begins to act in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Svetlana Stasenko
CAST:  Anatoliy Gushchin  •  Gennadiy Nazarov  •  Andrey Egorov  •  Pyotr Zaychenko

Keep Forever (2007)

Diplomat Volodin is going to work in the States for a responsible job. But, having crossed the ocean, he immediately went over to the Americans. And not empty-handed: he calls the American embassy from a pay phone and gives the appearance of a Soviet intelligence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gleb Panfilov
CAST:  Evgeny Mironov  •  Dmitriy Pevtsov  •  Olga Drozdova  •  Igor Kvasha

Diplomat Volodin is going to work in the States for a responsible job. But, having crossed the ocean, he immediately went over to the Americans. And not empty-handed: he calls the American embassy from a pay phone and gives the appearance of a Soviet intelligence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gleb Panfilov
CAST:  Evgeny Mironov  •  Dmitriy Pevtsov  •  Olga Drozdova  •  Igor Kvasha

Amerikatsi (2022)

In 1948, decades after fleeing Armenia to the US as a child, Charlie returns in the hopes of finding a connection to his roots, but what he finds instead is a country crushed under Soviet rule. After being unjustly imprisoned, Charlie falls into despair, until he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael A. Goorjian
CAST:  Michael A. Goorjian  •  Hovik Keuchkerian  •  Mikhail Trukhin  •  Nelly Uvarova

In 1948, decades after fleeing Armenia to the US as a child, Charlie returns in the hopes of finding a connection to his roots, but what he finds instead is a country crushed under Soviet rule. After being unjustly imprisoned, Charlie falls into despair, until he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael A. Goorjian
CAST:  Michael A. Goorjian  •  Hovik Keuchkerian  •  Mikhail Trukhin  •  Nelly Uvarova

Yura the Janitor (2023)

Left without a job in Moscow, the ambitious photographer Roma is forced to return to his native Ufa. There he meets the cheerful and naive janitor Yura, who finds himself in debt because of scammers. To help the poor fellow collect at least some money, Roma ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vitaly Dudka
CAST:  Anton Kuznetsov  •  Denis Vlasenko  •  Tatyana Dogileva  •  Gosha Kutsenko

Left without a job in Moscow, the ambitious photographer Roma is forced to return to his native Ufa. There he meets the cheerful and naive janitor Yura, who finds himself in debt because of scammers. To help the poor fellow collect at least some money, Roma ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vitaly Dudka
CAST:  Anton Kuznetsov  •  Denis Vlasenko  •  Tatyana Dogileva  •  Gosha Kutsenko