Nataliya Polishchuk

Nataliya Volodymyrivna Polishchuk was born on April 6, 1962, in Vinnytsia.

She graduated from high school in 1979, after which she worked for a year in the kindergarten she herself attended as a child, and for a year in the garment factory where Nataliya's mother worked.

In 1981, she entered the I. K. Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv State Institute of Theatre Arts. As Nataliya herself said, this was a "triumph" and a surprise to some, as few believed that a girl from a working-class family with no connections could enroll in drama school. She studied in the workshop of People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR Anatoliy Heorhiyovych Reshetnykov in the theater and film acting department.

The actress began acting in films in her second year. She graduated from the institute in 1985.

In 1986, Nataliya was invited to work at the O. Dovzhenko Kyiv Film Studio, where she was a leading actress for a long time.

Early in her career, she tried working at the Theater-Studio of the Film Actor at the O. Dovzhenko Kyiv Film Studio, but it never got beyond rehearsals, as the actress was initially required to film and tour, as those were the rules.