Tamara Yatsenko

Tamara Oleksandrivna Yatsenko (Ukrainian: Тама́ра Олекса́ндрівна Яце́нко; born August 19, 1955) is a Ukrainian theater, film and television actress. She holds the title People's Artist of Ukraine. Tamara Oleksandrivna Yatsenko was born on August 19, 1955, in the village of Horenka, located in Kyiv Oblast. She graduated from the Kyiv theatre studio at Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater in 1975. Since 1979, she acted in the Kyiv National Academic Molodyy Theatre. She graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts in 1990.

In addition to theater acting, Yatsenko also acted in films and television shows. She was also a voice actress for dubs of The Little Mermaid (1989) and Despicable Me (2010).