The actress Dinara Drukarova is better known not in Russia, where she was born and raised, but in France, where she moved at the age of 23 years. But she also has not yet succeeded in becoming a Frenchwoman in full, so the roles that the actress offer are mostly connected in one way or another with her homeland.
Childhood and youth
Dinara Anatolyevna Drukarova was born in Leningrad on January 3, 1976 in an international family: her mother is Tatar by nationality, she worked as a primary school teacher. Dinara spent her childhood and youth in Leningrad: she studied at school, played in school plays, loved to sing and dance, but she was an incredibly shy girl. She overcame her complexes when in 1989 she got to Lenfilm: a set of children 10-14 years old for filming the film "It Was By the Sea" was announced. Together with her friend, Dinara went to film screenings and at first they did not pass; right in front of the commission, she burst into tears, even fell to the floor and shouted "Take me to act in films, please!". The girl was reassured, asked to sing a song and approved for filming in the film.
The director of "It Was By the Sea" was Ayan Shakhmalieva. The film is dedicated to children with scoliosis and undergoing treatment in a sanatorium in Yevpatoriya. Filming took place all summer in the Crimea. Eleven-year-old Dinara played a hunchbacked girl, the film was difficult and problematic. Apparently, this first experience determined the further acting priorities of Drukarova: her roles in the cinema are always dramatic, emotional, and psychologically complex.
In the same year, Dinara got the main role of the girl Gali in the film "Freeze - Die - Sunday!", Shot by the famous director Vitaly Kanevsky also on "Lenfilm". This is a film about the problems of adolescents living in the post-war time in a lost mining town. The role became a landmark in the biography of the aspiring actress and brought her fame, and the director received the Golden Camera prize for him at the Cannes Film Festival.
In school years, Drukarova starred in several more films, among which the film "Angels in Paradise" by Evgeny Lungin is worth noting. In 1992, this film was shown in French Cannes at the festival "Two Weeks of Directors". The young actress was noticed by the director Pascal Obier, met her and invited her to appear in his film "Son of Gascony".
Education and career
When the time came to choose a profession in 1993, complex tipping points took place in the country, and Dinara's parents asked her daughter not to enter a theater university, but to receive some more “mundane” education. And then the girl submitted documents to St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, but she chose an exotic and at that time a new specialty: “Public Relations”. Dinara believes that at the university she learned a lot from excellent teachers - experts in her field.
Studying at the university did not interrupt the film career of Drukarova. Her most striking role in this period was Lisa Radlova in the 1998 film "About Freaks and People", the screenwriter and director of which was the famous Alexey Balabanov.
Relocation to France
The idea of leaving her native country was not new for Dinara Drukarova: her mother constantly inspired her daughter to leave Russia "in search of a better life", and for this it was necessary to learn English and French.
In 1993, as a student, Dinara Drukarova starred with Pascal Obier in the film "Son of Gascony". For the fee received after the shooting, the girl went to travel the world. In Paris, she met a young Frenchman, acquaintance turned into a love affair.
In 1999, Drukarova received a diploma of higher education, moved to Paris and got married. The marriage lasted only six months, but Dinara did not want to leave Paris.
Film career in France
Dinars began to receive offers to act in French cinema - basically, they offered to play unhappy women who came from Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union, who could not arrange their lives abroad and were forced to go to the panel. This circumstance is due to the fact that the actress speaks French with a slight accent, so the Frenchwoman can not yet play. Dinara refused many of these roles, she embodied some images on the movie screen.
The role in the 2003 film “Since Otar Left” by director Julie Bertuccheli turned out to be interesting: the girl Ada, played by Dinara, lived with her mother and grandmother in Georgia, spoke excellent French and dreamed of moving away from her homeland, as a result she remained in Paris, and mother and grandmother returned to Tbilisi. Another successful creative work of Drukarova was the role of Larisa in the film by Eva Pervolovichi "Maroussia" (2013): a woman who came from Russia wanders with her little daughter Marusya around Paris. There were roles in other films: "Love", "Autumn", "Kaleidoscope of Love", where Drukarova starred with the famous Russian actor Vladimir Vdovichenkov, and others.
In 2018, Dinara for the first time tried herself as a screenwriter and director: she shot the short autobiographical film My Thin Twig. The picture tells how the Muslim mother died in the heroine, and her daughter (Dinara herself plays in the film) decides to perform a traditional Muslim funeral rite, without knowing what and how to do; an outside woman helps her in this.
The actress makes plans for the future: she would like to act in films of European, American, as well as Russian directors. Recently, she has been increasingly at home. In addition, Drukarova has a lot of ideas for her own scripts and creative directorial ideas.
Personal life
After a brief marriage and divorce, with her first husband, Dinara Drukarova met her new love: French producer Jean-Michel Rey, founder of the famous distribution company Rezo Films. With Jean-Michel, who is 20 years older than Diana, she lived for quite some time. The couple had two children: son Nail Pierre Anatole, born in 2001, and daughter Denmark, Ludmila Colette, 2008. The first names of the children are Tatar, which became a tribute to the origin of their mother Dinara. Second and third names were given in honor of the parents of Dinara and Jean-Michel. Nail is passionate about music, tries himself as a composer. Denmark attends gymnastics classes. Both the son and daughter of Drukarova are fluent in Russian and are proud of their Russian-Tatar roots.
The marriage of Drukarova and Ray broke up, although the husband and wife each continue to live their own lives in the common territory. They bring up children together. Recently, Dinara Drukarova fell in love again: Belgian actor and musician Willem Wilvert became her chosen one. Drukarova plans to shoot a new film, where her lover will play the main role.
