Dianna Aleksandrovna "Dina" Korzun (Russian: Диа́нна Алекса́ндровна "Ди́на" Ко́рзун; born 13 April 1971) is a Russian actress.
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| Born | 13 April 1971 Smolensk, RSFSR, USSR |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, artist |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Awards | Nika Award - 1999 Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour |
| Website | Dina Korzun.com |
Life and career edit
Korzun was born in Smolensk. She graduated from secondary school and Art school, studied ballet and modern dancing. After graduation from the Moscow Art Theatre School, she was invited to join the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre, where she was a stage actress (1996–2000). Her major roles were Katerina in Storm, She in I Can't Imagine Tomorrow, and Helena in Midsummer Night's Dream. Korzun made her screen debut in Valery Todorovsky's Country of the Deaf[1] (1998) as Yaya, a deaf and mentally ill young woman.
Her other significant role is Tanya in Last Resort (2000) by Paweł Pawlikowski, for which she won the Best actress prize at the British Independent Film Awards (Best Newcomer on screen), London Film Festival (FIPRESCI Prize), Bratislava International Film Festival, Gijón International Film Festival, and Thessaloniki Film Festival.
In 2006, Korzun was nominated for the Best Female Lead at the Independent Spirit Award for her role in Forty Shades of Blue as Laura, a young Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older musician partner. In 2009, she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for the movie Cold Souls.
In 2006, Korzun co-founded the Podari Zhizn charity foundation, which helps children suffering from oncological and hematological diseases.[2]
Personal life edit
Korzun speaks Russian and English fluently and has acted in both of these languages.
Recognition edit
She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2013.[3]
Filmography edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1998 | Country of the Deaf | Yaya | |
| 2000 | The President And His Granddaughter | Tanya | |
| 2000 | Citizen of the head | Larissa Lushnikova | TV series |
| 2000 | Last Resort | Tanya | |
| 2002 | The theory of binge | Svetik | |
| 2002 | Road | Anna | |
| 2003 | No matter how well | Marina | TV |
| 2004 | Marfa | ||
| 2005 | Forty Shades of Blue | Laura | |
| 2005 | Female Novel | Zhenya | TV series |
| 2007 | Kuka | Lena | |
| 2008 | The Brothers Karamazov | Katerina Hohlakova | TV series |
| 2008 | The subscriber is temporarily unavailable | Lana | Mini-series |
| 2009 | Farewell | Alina | |
| 2009 | Mediator | Killers wife | |
| 2009 | Cold Souls | Nina | |
| 2009 | Russian cross | Maria | Mini-series |
| 2012 | After school | Zara, mother Frida, the artist | TV series |
| 2013 | It all started in Harbin | Matryona, mother of Boris and Volodya Eybozhenko | TV series |
| 2014 | Son | Mini-series | |
| 2016 | Peaky Blinders | Grand Duchess Izabella Petrovna | Series 3 |
References edit
- ^ "Дина Корзун (Dina Korzun): фильмография, фото, биография. Актёр". www.ivi.tv (in Russian). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ Podari.Life. Who we are
- ^ "100 Women: Who took part?". BBC News. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
External links edit
- Dina Korzun at IMDb
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