1. Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova was born on 1 October 1975 in Kazan, Tatar ASSR, in what was then the Soviet Union.
18 Facts About Chulpan Khamatova
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Chulpan Khamatova was accepted at the Kazan State Finance and Economics Institute but ended up changing her mind and entered the Kazan Theater School.
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Teachers Juno Kareva and Vadim Keshner, assessing the prospects of the beginning actress, advised and helped Khamatova continue her studies in Moscow, and she entered Russian Institute of Theatre Arts, the course of Alexei Borodin.
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Chulpan Khamatova performed on the stages of several Moscow theaters: Russian Academic Youth Theater, the Theater of the Moon, the Anton Chekhov Theater, the Open Theater Julia Malakyants.
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Chulpan Khamatova debuted in the role of Patricia Holman.
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Chulpan Khamatova received roles in the plays Three Sisters, Mamapapasynsobaka, The Storm, The Naked Pioneer and Anthony and Cleopatra, as well as the role of Masha in the new version of the play Three Sisters.
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In 2008, Chulpan Khamatova took part in the performance of the Theatre of Nations Stories of Shukshin, where she played nine of 10 stories.
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Chulpan Khamatova has starred in a number of German-language films, and she is considered to be a leading Russian actress.
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Chulpan Khamatova's breakthrough came with the crime drama Country of the Deaf by Valery Todorovsky where she played Rita.
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The picture was about deaf-mute people and Chulpan Khamatova had to learn sign language for the role.
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Chulpan Khamatova was on the six-person jury, which was headed by Catherine Deneuve, at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival in 2006.
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Chulpan Khamatova was married to actor and composer Ivan Volkov from 1995 to 2002.
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Chulpan Khamatova is fluent in Russian, German, Portuguese and English.
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Chulpan Khamatova is known for her social activities, she draws public attention to the problems of children with cancer.
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In 2006, Chulpan Khamatova became a co-founder of the Podari Zhizn charity foundation which helps children suffering from oncological and hematological diseases.
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In 2012, Chulpan Khamatova publicly supported Russian president Vladimir Putin during the presidential election campaign.
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In 2019, Chulpan Khamatova said that she would never have done that if she could imagine that he would start the war in Donbas.
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In February 2022, Chulpan Khamatova was one of signatories of the petition started by Mikhail Zygar to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine.