Stoyanka Mutafova

Stoyanka Mutafova
Mutafova performing in the play Grasshoppers in 2015
Born	Stoyana-Maria Konstantinova Mutafova (1922-02-02) 2 February 1922 (age 94) Sofia, Bulgaria
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1946 - present
Children	Maria Grubeshlieva

Stoyanka Mutafova (née Stoyana-Maria Konstantinova Mutafova; Bulgarian: Стояна-Мария Константинова Мутафова; born 2 February 1922) is a famous Bulgarian actress. During her career, she has starred in over 53 theatrical plays and 25 films.

Nicknamed Ms. Natural Disaster for a play she performs in and The Queen of Bulgarian comedy, she is an official applicant for a Guinness Book of World Record as the actress with the longest active professional career. At the age of 94 in 2016, she toured the theater halls in major cities of the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Great Britain and Germany.

Born in Sofia, she graduated from University of Sofia with a degree in classical philology. Later, she studied acting in Bulgaria and Prague. From 1949 until 1956 she acted in multiple plays in the "Ivan Vazov" national theatre. She co-founded the Aleko Konstantinov Theatre, where she performed from 1957–91. In 2005, she starred alongside Georgi Kaloyanchev in the play The Astronauts.