| 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 Chumisa Dornford-May |
| 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.