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Tatiana Spivakova

Tatiana Spivakova Saakiants, an actress, director, writer, and musician, trained in music, singing, and classical dance at the Francis Poulenc Conservatory, earning a diploma in flute at the CNR in Aubervilliers. She also studied theater at Cours Simon, the Classe Libre of Cours Florent, and the CNSAD in Paris, with a year at LAMDA.

Of Armenian and Russian origin, she has performed on many international stages. She notably collaborated with Jean-Christophe Spinosi for the opera Carmen and has acted internationally in plays such as HOME by Yorgos Karamalegos. In France, she has performed in productions such as Chapeau melon et ronds de cuir by Courteline and Never, Never, Never by Dorothée Zumstein.

As a director, she has created works like Lisbeths by Fabrice Melquiot and recently her own play Ton Corps - Ma Terre, which won the ARTCENA creation grant.
On screen, she has appeared in several feature films, including Même pas mal, In Mid Wickedness, Gate to Heaven, and Miséricorde by Alain Guiraudie, which was selected for the Cannes Film Festival.