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Chulpan Khamatova

Chulpan Khamatova
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Born Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova
(1975-10-01) 1 October 1975 (age 41)
Kazan, Tatar ASSR,
Soviet Union
Alma mater Russian Academy of Theatre Arts
Occupation Actress, philanthropist, television personality
Years active 1998–present
Title People's Artist of Russia (2012)
Children 3
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Website http://en.khamatova.name/

Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova MAR (Russian: Чулпа́н Наи́левна Хама́това, Tatar: Cyrillic Чулпан Наил кызы Хаматова, Latin Çulpan Nail qızı Xamatova, born 1 October 1975) is a Russian film, theater and TV actress of Volga Tatar origin. Her name, Chulpan, means "morning star" (i.e. Venus) in Tatar.

Born in Kazan, Tatar ASSR, in what was then the Soviet Union. Her parents are both engineers, and her father is managing director of a firm. She originally studied mathematics and economics in Kazan before switching to acting. She later continued her acting studies at Moscow State University and the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts, and became a successful stage actress.

She is fluent in Russian, German, English, and Portuguese.

Khamatova has starred in a number of German language films as well as in numerous Russian feature films and TV serials. She is known internationally for starring in Good Bye Lenin! (2003), as Lara, the girlfriend of the main character and his mother's nurse.

She was on the six-person jury, which was headed by Catherine Deneuve, at the Venice Film Festival in 2006.


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