Hollywood, CA, USA — 2023 is nearly here and the year-end watch lists are posting a new name: Natalia Nikolaeva, a Ukrainian-Russian actress who has tallied five indy film releases in 2022, which was capped off with the November 29th release of Paramount Studios’ “Battle for Saipan”.
Getting on Hollywood’s buzz radar has been a fun and interesting ride, according to Nikolaeva who is a known acting talent with notable credits in Europe and the Middle East such as ‘Vangelia’, ‘Taste of Pomegranate’, and ‘You Will Be Mine’. After building a wonderful career abroad, Nikolaeva made the move recently to the U.S. where she has quickly racked up acting credits with well-known American actors and directors. Ironically, Nikolaeva originally thought to come to the USA in the hopes of continuing her acting journey on the stage where she would showcase her serious skills in the theater. It seems Hollywood’s up-and-coming directors also recognize this raven-haired beauty’s screen presence.
Of her star turn in ‘Battle for Saipan’ , congratulations flowed to Nikolaeva from her notable stars at the recent premier. Her co-stars Casper Van Dien, Jeff Fahey and Louis Mandylor found her a joy to work with as did her director Brandon Slagle, who also wrote the project. Described as an under dog action tale dealing with the WW2 Pacific battle in Saipan, this film has found its audiences in theaters in recent weeks who are flocking back to public cinema in the aftermath of Covid lockdowns.
For her part, Natalia seems modest about her reception in this film. “Not not good for your first film in the US!” she recently stated in an interview. “I felt a lot of anticipation before the film’s release- but now its joy and relief. I’m both happy and excited. The film has become a great adventure for me and opened new doors. I met amazing people, had an incredible experience. ”
Saipan comes from the prodigious producing team of Damien Hillin and Carolina Brasil whose original project has been released by Paramount with noteworthy screen-time for Natalia’s beautiful nurse character, Inessa, who works at a military hospital in this story.
Her quick march through Hollywood belies a lifetime of preparation and work that led her to this current moment, as she recently remarked in a post-production interview.
“I have always aspired to become an actress, and modeling was a nice step on the way to my goal. And the secret, probably, is to love what you do and constantly grow spiritually. Being a model is a real art. But, to a greater extent, it is the ability to be a tabula rasa in the hands of professionals, to create an expressive external image, an ideal picture. The acting profession is a multidimensional space in which you need to go into depth . . . an actress opens her heart, exposes her soul. Each time you can explore different sides of yourself, and human nature in general, while healing through roles.”
As to what her immediate plans are for 2023, Nikolaeva remains wildly optimistic yet philosophical.
“Now I feel that I have accomplished a very important stage in my life. I feel like sitting at table and writing everything down… Memories, feelings, and the journey that has brought me to this point. I’ve grown a lot in the last year, and I’m content with who I am currently becoming during this challenging journey.”
Battle For Saipan is currently in theaters and soon available for streaming on the Paramount streaming channel.
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