Lala Mnatsakanyan

She has played many diverse roles in theatre, film, and television, and has 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 is a scriptwriter and performer of 140 miniatures. She has been a professor of scenic word at Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography from 1991 to the present. Mnatsakanyan is a co-author of the first and to-date only tutorial “The Art of Teaching Scenic Word” written in Armenian.

2012 – Mother “The Mother” Karel Čapek

2012 – “The Mother” Karel Čapek

2012 – "Belaya Vezha" International Theatre festival in Brest – “Audience sympathy” for Karel Chapek play "The Mother"

2009 – Filumena “Filumena Marturano” Eduardo De Filippo

2008 – “The Master and Margarita”

2008 – Given an academic rank of “professor” in the specialty “dramatic art” and “cinematography”

2007 – “Funny miniatures” Hagop Baronian

2005 – Kiev 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…”

2004 – Graciela “Love rebuff to the man sitting in armchair” Gabriel García Márquez

2004–2007 – “To be continued” TV serials-miniatures

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”

2002 – “Musical Farce” Lala Mnatsakanyan

2002–2003 – “Lala & Harut” Comedy program

2001 – “Prometheus Bound” Aeschylus

2000 – “Fairy tales” Hovhannes Tumanyan

1998 – Café owner “Favourite songs 2”

1998–2001 – “What’s new?” Comedy musical program

1997 – Seller at flower store “Favourite songs 1”

1997 – “You bet” Comedy program

1995 – Eva “Ungrateful men” ("Love till death") Aldo Nicolaj

1995–96 – Mary “Willy, Titi, Jig” Anahit Aghasaryan

1994 – Vera “The bench” Alexander Gelman

1992–97 – “Voice of the Greats”

1991 – Sorrentino “Widows’ Comforter” G. Marotta and B. Randone

1991 – Swan “The Laughing Matter” William Saroyan

1989 – Lisa “Save our souls” Anahit Aghasaryan

1989 – Nargiz “Leaven” Avetis Aharonyan

1987 – Ninuccia “Christmas at the Cupiello's” Eduardo De Filippo

1986 – Presenter “Blue Horses on Red Grass” Mikhail Shatrov

1986 – Hasmik “Aralez” Aghasi Ayvazyan

1986–87 – Prince “The Prince and the Pauper” Mark Twain

1984 – Vera “The bench” Alexander Gelman

1984 – Janet “In the name of land and sun” Ion Druţă

1984 – Mary “God help us” Jackson

1984 – Masha "Look, who's come!" Vladimir Arro

1984 – Varya “Anton and Others” Aleksei Kazantsev

1984 – Gladiator “Stranger” Chalikyan

1984 – Dulcinea del Toboso “Don Quixote” Miguel de Cervantes

1983 – Marina "Finding Joy" Viktor Rozov

1983 – Princess “The Twelve months” Samuil Marshak

1983 – Policeman “Brave Nazar” L. Miridzhanyan

1983 – Hasmik “Peak of courage” Lalayants

1983 – Anna “Groom from forest” Hrachya Kochar

1983 – Nene “The Memoir of A Cross-Stealer” Raffi

1982– Armine “Beroyan family” Zhora Sarksyan

1982 – Anahit “Horovel” Gevorg Sarksyan

1982–83 – Lusik “Barsegh aga and others” Hagop Baronian

1980 – Lika “Two sisters” Armen Zurabov

1979–80 – Rosalia Pavlovna “The Bedbug” Vladimir Mayakovsky

1979–80 – Mezalyapsova “The Bathhouse” Vladimir Mayakovsky

1979–80 – Gertrude “William Tell Has Sad Eyes” Alfonso Sastre

1979 – Polly “The Threepenny Opera” Bertolt Brecht

1979–80 – Sonya “Uncle Vanya” Anton Chekhov

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.

1978 – Giza “King Arlequin” Rudolf Lothar

1978 – All-union competition of masters of artistic word named after Yakhontov

1977 – First award for the republican competition of readers

1976 – Augustina “Eight Women” Robert Thomas

1975 – Smeraldina “Servant of Two Masters” Carlo Goldoni

Lala Mnatsakanyan (Armenian: Լալա Բաբկենի Մնացականյան , born 8 October 1957) is an Armenian actress and Honoured Artist of Armenia.