Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova (genus. Leading actress and deputy artistic director of the Moscow Academic Theater "Sovremennik". One of the founders of the "Give Life" charity fund. People's Artist of Russia and two-time winner of the State Prize of the Russian Federation.
There are many interesting facts in the biography of Khamatova, which we will talk about in this article.
So, before you is a short biography of Chulpan Khamatova.
Biography of Khamatova
Chulpan Khamatova was born on October 1, 1975 in Kazan. Translated from the Tatar language, her name means "star of the dawn."
The future actress grew up in a family of engineers Nail Khamatov and his wife Marina. In addition to Chulpan, a boy Shamil was born to her parents.
Childhood and youth
From an early age in his life, Chulpan began to show artistic abilities. In particular, she liked to sing and dance.
In parallel with her studies at school, Khamatova went to figure skating. After finishing the eighth grade, she studied at a school with a mathematical bias at Kazan University.
During this period of her biography, Chulpan Khamatova became interested in theatrical art. In this regard, she repeatedly played in school plays.
Having received a certificate, the girl could easily enter the local financial and economic institute, since she passed the exams in mathematics with excellent marks and was automatically enrolled in the university.
Nevertheless, Chulpan did not want to connect her life with the economy, as she dreamed of becoming an actress.
Without hesitation, Khamatova entered the Kazan Theater School. When the teachers saw that she was endowed with a special acting talent, they advised her to study at GITIS.
As a result, it happened. Chulpan went to Moscow, where she successfully passed the exams at GITIS, becoming a certified actress.
Theatre
Over the years of her biography, Khamatova performed on the stages of various metropolitan theaters, including the RAMT, the Anton Chekhov Theater and the Moon Theater.
At the age of 23, Chulpan began working at Sovremennik, where she continues to work today. Today she is considered a leading actress and is therefore trusted to play key roles.
The girl has appeared in such productions as "Three Comrades", "Antony & Cleopatra", "Three Sisters", "The Thunderstorm" and many other performances.
In the summer of 2011, Khamatova organized a creative evening in St. Petersburg, the funds from which were sent to the treatment of Katya Ermolaeva, a girl who had undergone more than one bone marrow transplant.
The actress is often invited to various poetry evenings, and is also offered roles in musicals. Not so long ago she presented the audience with a literary and musical program - "Dotted".
The program included poems of the great Russian poetesses: Marina Tsvetaeva, Anna Akhmatova and Bella Akhmadulina.
Films
Chulpan appeared on the big screen in her student years. For the first time, viewers saw her in the film "Dancer's Time", where she played Katya.
An interesting fact is that the performance of the young artist was so effective that she was nominated for the Nika Award for Best Actress.
After that, Khamatova starred in the drama "Country of the Deaf", for which she even had to master sign language. Her play again caused many positive reviews from film critics and ordinary people, as a result of which the girl began to be called one of the best film actresses in Russia.
Then Chulpan appeared in the tragicomedy "Moon Dad", for which she was once again nominated for "Nika" in the category "Best Actress".
The most famous directors, including foreign masters, wanted to collaborate with the young star.
In subsequent years, biographies Khamatova participated in the filming of "72 meters", "The death of the empire", "Doctor Zhivago" and "Children of the Arbat". Soon she will get 2 more "Niki" for the work "Garpastum" and "Paper Soldier".
In the late 2000s, Chulpan played the main characters in such projects as "Meteoidiot", "America", "Sword Bearer" and "Brownie".
In 2011, Khamatova played Maria Isaeva in the biographical mini-series Dostoevsky. Her heroine was the first wife of the great Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, played by Yevgeny Mironov.
In subsequent years, she got key roles in the films "Paradise Tabernacles", "Under the Electric Clouds" and the biographical tape "Vladimir Mayakovsky". In the last work, she transformed into Mayakovsky's beloved Lilya Brik.
In addition to filming, Chulpan hosts various television programs. She hosted the program "Another Life", and also acted as a co-host in the rating programs "Wait for Me" and "Look".
In 2007, Khamatova, together with the Olympic champion Roman Kostomarov, won the Ice Age television project.
In 2012, an important event took place in the biography of Chulpan Khamatova. She was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of Russia. An interesting fact is that in addition to various awards, one of the asteroids with the number 279119 was named in her honor.
2 years later, Khamatova was awarded the State Prize of Russia for her contribution to the development of domestic theater and cinema.
Charity
Charity in the actress is one of the main places in life. In particular, she does everything possible to help sick children in one way or another.
Khamatova participates in various charity events, along with other Russian artists.
In 2006, Chulpan, together with actress Dina Korzun, founded the Give Life Foundation, a non-governmental charitable foundation that helps children with oncological, hematological and other serious diseases.
For 4 years, the project of actresses has collected over 500 million rubles. Khamatova admits that charity brings her great joy from the realization that she has the opportunity to help and save the lives of many children.
In the spring of 2017, a poetry evening was organized in honor of the Coming Out Foundation, which deals with issues of autistic children. In the same year, Khamatova came to the program "Best of all!" To support the young reader Nadezhda Klyushkina.
Personal life
Chulpan's first husband was actor Ivan Volkov, with whom she was married from 1995 to 2002. An interesting fact is that her mother-in-law was the famous actress Olga Volkova, with whom she had an excellent relationship.
In this union, the couple had 2 girls - Arina and Asya.
Soon Khamatova met the ballet dancer Alexei Dubin. For some time, young people lived in a civil marriage, after which they decided to leave.
The second official husband of the actress was the director Alexander Shein. Later, the couple had a daughter, Iya.
Chulpan Khamatova today
Khamatova is still active in films and participates in charity projects.
In 2019, the woman starred in 2 films - "Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes" and "Doctor Lisa", where she got the main roles. The following year, viewers saw her in Kirill Serebryannikov's drama Petrovs in the Flu.
Chulpan has a page on Instagram, which today has over 330,000 subscribers.
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