Chulpan Khamatova was born into a family of engineers on October 1, 1975 in Kazan. She studied for a few months in business school, but suddenly left to enter Kazan's School of Theatre. Her teachers advised her to continue her education in Moscow, and Chulpan entered the State Institute of Theatrical Arts. She is one of the most talented and well-known actresses of Russian theatre and film. In her third year at the Institute, Chulpan started acting in film after she was cast in the role of Katya in Vadim Abdrashitov's film Vremya tantsora (1998).
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