Fotos of Russian actress.
Chulpan Nailevna Khamatovais a Russian film, theater and TV actress of 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.
Khamatova has starred in a number of German language films as well as in numerous Russian feature films and TV serials.

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