Dinara Drukarova

Who is Dinara Drukarova?

Dinara Drukarova is a Russian actress.

She was born in St. Petersburg, and still lives there half the year, spending the other half in France, where she tends to pursue most of her film roles. She made her debut in the 1989 film It Was Near Sea, but it was her second film, Don't Move, Die and Rise Again!, which first saw her receiving attention, when the film won the Golden Camera at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. She starred in a number of minor Russian films in the early 1990s, but began to pursue European productions after making her first film there, The Son of Gascogne in 1996. She made a brief foray into music soon after, recording a not-widely-released single, Made in Leningrad. However, Drukarova has remained focused on acting, and has not recorded anything since.

One of Drukarova's few Russian films during the latter half of the 1990s was the controversial 1998 cult film Of Freaks and Men, in which she played the female lead role of Lisa. This performance saw her nominated in the category of "Best European Actress" at the 1998 European Film Awards. She was subsequently interviewed in a number of prominent French magazines, including Elle, Premiere, and Vogue.