May 10

Natalya Sergeyevna Bondarchuk (Russian: Наталья Сергеевна Бондарчук) (born May 10, 1950) is a Soviet and Russian actress and film director, best known for her appearance in Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris as "Hari". She is the daughter of the Ukrainian actor Sergei Bondarchuk and the Russian actress Inna Makarova. Her brother is the film director and actor Fedor Bondarchuk; her half-sister is the actress Yelena Bondarchuk. Natalya Bondarchuk was born in Moscow to Ukrainian actor Sergei Bondarchuk and the Russian actress Inna Makarova. In 1971 she graduated from the acting school of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and in 1975 from the directing school there. She made her film debut in 1969 in U ozera (By the Lake), followed by the 1971 productions Ty i ya (You and Me) and Prishyol soldat s fronta (A Soldier Returns From the Front). She became famous for her role as "Hari" in Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris in 1972. It was her favorite role.She was also Tarkovsky's favorite of the film, as he wrote in his diary that "Natalya B. has outshone everybody".