Acting
Aug 21, 1980
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Uzbekistan]
Ravshana Kurkova
Acting
Biography
Ravshana Bahramovna Kurkova (Uzbek: Ravshana Bahromovna Kurkova, Russian: Равшана Бахрамовна Куркова; born August 22, 1980) is an Uzbek-Russian actress of theater, film and dubbing, and producer. She appeared in more than thirty films since 2003. Ravshana Matchanova was born in Tashkent in an Uzbek acting family. She starred in the arthausal philosophical drama of Rashid Malikov "Kirk Kulok Siri", filmed at the film studio "Uzbekfilm" in 1992. In the eighth grade, her parents transferred her to another Tashkent lyceum, a branch of the University of London, where all subjects were taught in English. In the late 1990s, Ravshana moved to Moscow, where she entered the philological faculty of the Moscow State Pedagogical University. After receiving the diploma of higher education she worked on television as an editor of the talk show, an assistant to the director. She listened to the course of lectures in the framework of High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors and studied acting skills under the guidance of Tatyana Pyshnova, of the teacher of the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School. Ravshana Kurkova is also known as a theatrical actress. She was busy in the play - plastic drama "Ungiers" by Oleg Glushkov, premiered in 2010. Performed the main roles in theatrical productions of Ivan Vyrypaev "Unbearably long embrace" and "Illusion" in the Moscow theater "Practice". From 2014 to 2016, Ravshana cooperated with the well-known brands Intimissimi and Calzedonia. As the official envoy of Calzedonia, Ravshana Kurkova annually represented Russia at the Calzedonia Summer Show in Verona. In the 12-episode series And we have in the yard ... directed by Olga Muzaleva (Channel One Russia), Ravshana performed the role of Mavlyuda, a doctor, a resident of Samarkand, the mother of three children who came to Moscow to look for the missing husband and forced to work as a janitor. According to journalist Andrei Arkhangelsky, "For the first time on the screen was created the image of a migrant - not a hero sketch, not a comic ornament, but a full-fledged hero." In 2016, the premiere of the immersion thriller Maxim Didenko "Black Russian" took place on the motives of the novel "Dubrovsky" by Alexander Pushkin, where Ravshana played the main female role - Masha Troyekurova. The role of Dubrovsky was performed by the former husband of actors Artyom Tkachenko. Ravshana Matchanova, the first spouse of the actor was photographer Semyon Kurkov, after the divorce, Ravshana Kurkova kept his surname. She was in her second marriage to Russian actor Artyom Tkachenko from 2004 to 2008.
Feature Films (44)
Unapproachable women, half a million dollars and four guys are to take part in a very funny game “Sexlotto” which is organized by an extravagant millionaire. The essence of the game is to seduce as many women as possible in the seaside resort within five days. Having received the task, the magnificent four rush into the battle.
What Men Do!
What is love? The heroes of the film try to answer this question. A series of the most different characters and their stories are woven together. Small stories about various things, all about love: a young pair who prefer to live through images of Japanese anime-heroes; a secretary who receives an obscene offer from her boss; a Japanese woman who arrives in Moscow in search of a Russian man; a graffiti artist in search of beauty; an ex-wife employed by her husband for an unusual task; and many other things...
About Love
A young Russian businessman is tired of the unprofessional behavior of his employees so he decides to invite a general manager from Japan in order to improve the situation in the firm.
Sakura Jam
Our three hapless heroes - Igor, Artyom, and Sauna - return for another lesson from St. Valentine. This time they must learn the true value of fatherhood.
Love and the City 2
A mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being a good person questions his morality as he faces the challenges of middle age and loses control of his life.
The Temptation of St. Tony
Television & Series (23)
A story about a juvenile inspector who was left by his wife and now is raising a teenage daughter alone. In order to establish a better relationship with her, he decides to stalk her using a social media account that actually belongs to a young man he has been working with. This ‘fathers and sons’ story about today’s teenagers and the midlife crisis.
Contact
Summer 1980. While the Olympics held in the USSR, strange and horrible things are happening in a run-of-the-mill pioneer camp. It turns out pioneer vampires exist not only in horror stories. Smart beyond his years, independent, sensitive and determined to go all the way for the right reasons, main hero Valerka, arrives at summer camp ‘Thunderbird’ for 3 weeks of carefree recreation. Little brave boy secretly aim to discover the reason behind his brother death. Harmless and eternal journey begins to turn around when he soon discovers that one of his roommates is actually sucking the blood. Now, the independent hero must team up to find out how the vampires ended up in a Soviet summer camp, how to destroy them, and who actually killed his brother. Upon the way, Valerka learn how to trust, meet friends and sacrifice himself to the one he truly fell in love. The cost of everyone`s freedoms turned him into a vampire. Has he turned into a monster forever?
