Actress, theatre and film
Samal
Yeslyamova
Самал Еслямова
Winner of Best Actress at the Festival de Cannes in 2018 for Sergey Dvortsevoy’s Ayka. At ŞAM she plays Emma Schmidt-Paulsen in The Conference.
- Profession
- Actress, theatre and film
- Born
- 1 September 1984, Petropavl
- City
- Almaty, Kazakhstan
Awards and honours
- Best Actress, Festival de Cannes 2018, for Ayka
- Best Actress, Antalya Film Festival
- Best Actress in Asia, Hong Kong
- Best Foreign Actress, 28th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, China
- Nika Award for Best Actress
- Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
- Best supporting actress, Teatral festival, for Rimma in Dúnie Ǵapyl
Education
- 2007–2011: GITIS, Moscow, experimental workshop of E. B. Kamenkovich and D. A. Krymov, acting
Career
- 2008: while still a student, starred in Sergey Dvortsevoy’s Tulpan, winner of the Un Certain Regard prize in Cannes
- 2018: Ayka, Best Actress at Cannes
- Since 2022: actress, ŞAM Theatre
Theatre roles
- М.Әуезов «Абай-Тоғжан» – Ұлжан
- Н.Мошина «Дүние ғапыл» – Римма
- М.Омарова «Шанель №5» – Гүлжамал Майлина
Filmography
- 2008 · Тюльпан (Tulpan)
- 2018 · Айка (Ayka)
- 2020 · Батырлар
- 2020 · Три
- 2021 · Барымташылар. Уақыт жолдары
- 2021 · Райцентр
- 2022 · Бесконечность
- 2022 · Маленький самурай
- 2023 · Папа умер в субботу
Titles of plays and films are given in their original language.
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