Back Nataşa Rostova Azerbaijani Наташа Ростова Bulgarian ناتاشا روستوا Persian Natacha Rostov French Նատաշա Ռոստովա Armenian Natasha Rostova ID Nataša Rostova Italian Natașa Rostova Romanian Наташа Ростова Russian Наташа Ростова Serbian
| Natasha Rostova | |
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| War and Peace character | |
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| Created by | Leo Tolstoy |
| Portrayed by | Audrey Hepburn Ludmila Savelyeva Morag Hood Clémence Poésy Lily James Phillipa Soo Denée Benton Lauren Zakrin Shoba Narayan Erika Ikuta Bruna Guerin Anna Netrebko Ruzan Mantashyan |
| In-universe information | |
| Full name | Natalya Ilyinichna Rostova |
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| Gender | Female |
| Title | Countess |
| Family | Ilya Rostov (father) Natalia Rostova (mother) Vera Rostova (sister) Nikolai Rostov, Petya Rostov (brothers) Sonya Rostova (cousin) |
| Spouse | Pierre Bezukhov |
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| Nationality | Russian |
Countess Natalya "Natasha" Ilyinichna Rostova (/iːljiːˈniːtʃ.nɑːˈ roʊ.stoʊˈvɑː/; Russian: Наталья "Наташа" Ильинична Ростова, named Natasha Rostov in the Rosemary Edmonds version; born 1792, according to the book) is a central fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel War and Peace. She is the beautiful daughter of Ilya Rostov, a loving, kind, and generous nobleman. Natasha is based on both Tanya Behrs, Tolstoy's sister-in-law,[1] and Sophia Tolstaya (née Behrs), Tolstoy's wife.[2]
- ^ Amy Mandelker (2004-05-31). "Leo and Sonya: Tolstoy's Courtship in Fiction and Fact". Oprah.com. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
- ^ Cooke, Brett (2020). Tolstoy’s Family Prototypes in "War and Peace". Academic Studies Press. ISBN 978-1-64469-408-4.