https://www.mamamia.com.au/lyudmilla-ignatenko-chernobyl-pregnancy Jessie Buckley (Lyudmila Ignatenko) 0 mentions. 0 mentions. With Lyudmila Ignatenko, Lyudmila Logiyko, Evgeniy Papernyy. Chernobyl has won more than 60 awards, including 10 Prime Time Emmy's (including Best Limited Series, Best Director, Best Writer ), two Golden Globes (Best Supporting Firefighter Vasily Ignatenko and his pregnant wife Lyudmila had to leave for Belarus the morning after the accident. You can hear part of Ignatenko's story read by an English-speaking actor in the NPR "All Things Considered" feature from 2006. In the series, though, Ignatenko’s story is partly shown and partly told by Khomyuk. Lyudmila Ignatenko is not based on one real person in particular but instead was created to portray the thousands of victims who lost loved ones as a result of the disaster in the immediate aftermath and the years following. War and Peace (2016) – As Marya Bolkonskaya. 3755 votes. T.I. Lyudmila is, of course, referencing the events shown in the Chernobyl series. The work with the actors’ appearance was no less impressive – boring Soviet men’s haircuts, Jesse Buckley’s untamed permanent waving (Lyudmila Ignatenko), huge horn-rimmed glasses, chevron mustache and in no way transformed everyone into a typical nondescript Soviet man. The Last Post 4. Also, the actor playing the role of Boris Shcherbin from “Chernobyl” can be seen in the Hollywood box office hits. First, she had to see her husband slowly die of radiation poisoning and later gave birth to a baby who was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver and congenital heart disease and died a few days later. The British actor, who you'll recognise from shows such as The Crown and Mad Men, portrayed the scientist who was one of the first to respond to the disaster. Wife of firefighter Vasily Ignatenko, she watched her husband melt away slowly and excruciatingly. Ljudmila Ignatenko tells the story of her and her husband Vasilij, a firefighter who was one of the victims of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. In order to get to her husband in the hospital, Lyudmila lied about her pregnancy. Ritter is a well-known British actor who has starred in numerous films and televisions shows. Bruce Bob Jonathan Blake Lev Gorn Lyudmila Ignatenko Sophie Simnett Tom Conti Lela Edgar Sammy Kahn Alice Braga Pat Happel Debi Fares Lesley Manville Mick Taylor Tatum Ponce Top Genres Animation Fantasy Music and Culture Arts Entertainment Drama Musical Game-Show Horror Film-Noir News Young Adult Audience Thriller Crime 0 votes. In the great-men version of history, only the powerful have speaking parts. Vasily Ignatenko is portrayed by the British actor Adam Nagaitis , and his wife by the Irish actress Jessie Buckley . Movie Insider Lyudmilla Ignatenko, pictured above, is the widow of firefighter Vasily Ignatenko, who was one of the first responders to the Chernobyl incident and died of acute radiation poisoning just weeks later. Perhaps you’ve watched the BBC interview with Lyudmila Ignatenko, the prototype for one of the main characters of the mini-series Chernobyl. Chernobyl HBO Episode №1. However, there are inaccuracies in the TV-show. Lyudmila Ignatenko (pictured) was pregnant with her first child when her husband Vasily hurried to the scene of the 1986 nuclear disaster in what was then the Soviet Union. ‘They left just in the shirts they were wearing. Fargo – As Oraetta Mayflower. 10833 votes. Pregnant at the time, Lyudmila was warned by doctors to stay away from her husband. A fireman called to extinguish the fire but the aftermath role of Boris Shcherbin from “ Chernobyl ” be... 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