Kseniya Aleksandrovna Rappoport (; born 25 March 1974)Ксения Раппопорт (Ksenia Rappoport) — все о знаменитости /ref> is a Russian actress. She graduated in 2000 from Saint Petersburg Academy of Theatrical Arts and was immediately invited to join the
Maly Drama Theatre
Academic Maly Drama Theatre — Theatre of Europe'' () is a theatre located on 191002, St. Petersburg, Rubinstein street, house, 18. The artistic director and head of the theatre is Lev Dodin.
History
The Leningrad Regional Drama Theatre of S ...
. She played Nina Zarechnaya in ''
The Seagull
''The Seagull'' () is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 in literature, 1895 and first produced in 1896 in literature#Drama, 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramati ...
'', Elena in '' Uncle Vania'', and Sonia in '' La doppia ora''.
She has appeared in films and TV series such as ''
Streets of Broken Lights
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'', ''Baron'', ''
Anna Karenina
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'', ''Nicholas II'' (Germany), ''The Russian Bride'', ''National Security Agent'', '' Empire under Attack'', ''Calendula Flowers'', ''Prokofiev'' (Germany), '' Get Thee Out'', '' Criminal Petersburg'', ''Homicide'', and ''I Pay Up Front'' and '' My Wife's Romance'' (France). She starred in the Italian films ''
La sconosciuta
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'' (''The Unknown Woman''; 2006), L'uomo che ama (2008) and in the
Golden Lion
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nominated movie '' La doppia ora'' (2009), for which she won the
Volpi Cup for Best Actress
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Venice Film Festival
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.
Biography
Rappoport was born in
Leningrad
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,
Russian SFSR
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,
Soviet Union
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(now
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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) in a Jewish family.
She made her debut in cinema at the age of 16 years, while the decision to become an actress was influenced by her role in the film '' Get Thee Out''.
In 2000, she graduated from
Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy
The Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (), formerly known as St Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy, formerly Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinema (LGITMiK), is a theatre school in Saint Petersburg. It is the oldest Russian ...
(SPbGATI), where she studied in the class VM Filshtinsky and was immediately invited to join the trainee group in St. Petersburg Maly Drama Theater, where she is an actress at the moment. Xenia played Nina Zarechnaya in ''
The Seagull
''The Seagull'' () is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 in literature, 1895 and first produced in 1896 in literature#Drama, 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramati ...
'' set
Lev Dodin
Lev Abramovich Dodin (, born 1944) is a modern Russian theater director, the leader of Saint Petersburg Maly Drama Theater.
Biography
Lev Dodin was born in Novokuznetsk in 1944. He first experienced theatrical production as a child at the The ...
Uncle Vanya
''Uncle Vanya'' ( rus, Дя́дя Ва́ня, r=Dyádya Ványa, p=ˈdʲædʲə ˈvanʲə) is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897, and first produced in 1899 by the Moscow Art Theatre, directed by Konstan ...
'' (Prize "Gold spotlights" in 2003 for Best Actress) and Sofia in ''Play without Name'' directed by Lev Dodin in MDT,
Jocasta
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in ''
Oedipus Rex
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'', Beatrice in ''
The Servant of Two Masters
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'' and Ismenio in ''
Antigone
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'' ( State Theatre on Foundry).
In 2008, Rappoport played an opera singer whose son mysteriously disappears in the film '' Yuri's Day'' by
Kirill Serebrennikov
Kirill Semyonovich Serebrennikov (; born 7 September 1969) is a Russian stage and film director and theatre designer. Since 2012, he has been the artistic director of the Gogol Center in Moscow. He is one of Russia's leading theatre and cinem ...
. She won the Best Actress award at the
Kinotavr
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In September 2009 for '' The Double Hour'' she won the prize of the
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...
for Best Actress.
In December 2009, Rappoport was awarded the title
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also known as Honored Artist of Russia, is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is awarded to actors, directors, filmmakers, writers, d ...
.
On 27 June 2012, at the 58th International Film Festival in
Taormina
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(
Sicily
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,
Italy
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) Rappoport awarded the prize Golden Lion, founded by the
Province of Messina
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.
In 2012, she was awarded the Golden Eagle Award for her role in film ''
Two Days
''Two Days'' () is a 2011 Russian romantic comedy-drama film directed by Avdotya Smirnova.
Cast
*Fyodor Bondarchuk as Pyotr Drozdov, Deputy Minister of Economy and Development
*Kseniya Rappoport as Maria Ilinichna
*Evgeny Muravich as Vladimir Niko ...
'' (2011).
At the
35th Moscow International Film Festival
The 35th Moscow International Film Festival took place between 20 and 29 June 2013. ''World War Z (film), World War Z'' was selected as the opening film. The Golden George was awarded to the Turkish film ''Particle (film), Particle''.
Films in c ...
, she was awarded a
Stanislavsky Award
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"For conquest of tops of actor's skill and loyalty to the principles of Stanislavsky school".
In 2013, Rappoport won in the category "Skill actor" (Best Actress) awarded the International Prize of Stanislavsky (2012-2013 theater season) for the role of Lady Milford in the play ''Intrigue and Love'' directed by Lev Dodin (MDT Theater of Europe). In 2014 she became the winner of "Top 50 Most famous people of St. Petersburg" in the theater for active work in the Board of Trustees "Children Bella" and the role of Ranevskaya in ''
The Cherry Orchard
''The Cherry Orchard'' () is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by '' Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate edition later that year in Saint Petersburg, via A.F. Marks Pu ...
'' by Lev Dodin.
In March 2015, she was awarded the prize of the Association of producers of film and television in the field of television movies as Best Actress TV Movie/Series for the role of Olga in the TV series ''Ladoga''.
Personal life
Rappoport's father was Jewish, and she has stated that she never hid her Jewish ethnicity.
Rappoport was married to Russian businessman Viktor Tarasov (divorced). Their daughter is actress Darya-Aglaya Tarasova. She later married Russian actor
Yuri Kolokolnikov
Yuri Andreyevich Kolokolnikov (; born 15 December 1980) is a Russian stage and film actor. In the West, Kolokolnikov is best known for his performance as Styr in the television series ''Game of Thrones'' and as Gennadi Bystrov in ''The Americans' ...
, and they have a daughter Sofia, born January 2011.
Kseniya Rappoport is currently married to restaurateur, Dmitriy Borisov. Sometime prior to February 2016 she made public the marriage which occurred privately sometime earlier.