Lala Mnatsakanyan

Lala Mnatsakanyan (Armenian: Լալա Բաբկենի Մնացականյան, born 8 October 1957) is an Armenian actress and Honoured Artist of Armenia. Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Lala Mnatsakanyan is the third and youngest daughter in the family. Her mother Elza Gyuleseryan was an associate professor of scenic word at Yerevan Institute of Theater and Fine Arts. Her father Babken Mnatsakanyan was a mathematician and a candidate of physico-mathematical science.

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.

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.