Dina Korzun belongs to those Russian actresses who are known not only in the CIS, but also far beyond its borders. She gained worldwide fame not only thanks to her undoubted talent, but also to charity, which she devotes a lot of time and effort to.
Dina Korzun (biography)
The future actress was born in Smolensk 04/13/1971. Her full name is Diana Alexandrovna Korzun. Since only one mother, always busy at work and study, was engaged in raising her daughter, Dina devoted almost all her free time to drawing. She successfully studied at an art school and dreamed of painting. The life of the future star took place in a communal apartment in which several more children lived. The guys often held various concerts and performances in which Dina Korzun performed exclusively leading roles. Despite her bright acting talent, which manifests itself already in childhood, the girl did not even think about acting. She was then attracted to the career of a famous artist.
Youth of Dina Korzun
At the end of school, the girl entered the Smolensk Pedagogical Institute at the Faculty of Graphic Arts. At first, she was very interested in painting, but over time, she began to realize that this was not her path. Tormented by doubts about her future fate, she decided to take a radical step and went to the entrance exams at the Smolensk College of Music. To everyone's surprise, she successfully entered the acting department.
During her studies, Dina Korzun married a theater director from Moscow. After moving to the capital of Russia, she gave birth to a son, Timur. After the birth of her first son, Dean entered the acting department at the Moscow Art Theater School. Since studying occupied the beginning actress with almost all her free time, she had to send her son to her grandmother in Smolensk, where he spent his childhood.
The beginning of the career of the actress
Dina Korzun after graduation entered the service at the Moscow Art Theater. From the very first days, she was literally overwhelmed with different roles. The young actress clutched at any of them and worked constantly. Even while studying at the 4th year of the Moscow Art Theater School, she made her debut in the role of Lyubochka in the production of S. Mrozhek's “Love in Crimea”. For her, she received a prize at the Moscow Debuts festival for Best Actress. Dina's talent allowed her to play Katerina in Ostrovsky's Storm.
Along with theatrical works at Korzun, the first movie roles began to appear. Her debut took place in 1994 in the film parable by M. Podyapolskaya “She is Inside the Walls”. Despite several other notable works of the actress in the cinema, in those years few film enthusiasts knew about her. Everything changed after the release of the film V. Todorovsky "Country of the Deaf."
A breakthrough in cinema
The film “Land of the Deaf”, a landmark for Dina and Chulpan Khamatova, was shot in 1998. If for Korzun the role of the deaf-mute Yaya dancing a striptease was not the first, then her young friend's image of Rita brought recognition not only by the audience, but also by critics. Dina showed herself as an experienced dramatic actress. It was simply impossible to take his eyes off her. Almost everyone who once watched this picture forever remembered her heroine with a crippled fate, constantly struggling with difficult life circumstances.
Theater work
After the first successful roles, Dina was followed by a series of works of the same type, exploiting the image of a heroine attached to her with an unfortunate fate. The young actress felt that such a role prevents her from developing further. That is why in 2000, having received an invitation from the director Paul Pavlikovsky to act in the UK in the film “Last Resort”, Dina Korzun left Russia. Returning home, she realized that she no longer wanted and could not work in the theater, so she quit. Subsequently, in London, Korzun, who knows thoroughly English, played several roles in the Royal National Theater.
Dina Korzun (filmography)
After the "Land of the Deaf", the actress was offered the role of extravagant persons. The directors wanted to continue to exploit the role of the tragedy heroine. The actress starred in such films and TV shows as “The President and His Granddaughter” (2000), “The Diary of His Wife” (2000), “Citizen Chief” (2000), “The Theory of Hard Drinking” (2002 ), “The Road” (2002), “No matter how it is” (2003), “Female Romance” (2005), “Cook” (2007). The 2005 film “Forty Shades of Sadness” became very popular. The film was shot by American director Ira Sachs. Dina played a leading role in it. The picture received the main prize at the famous Sundance International Film Festival.
Among the works of recent years, the following films should be noted: “The Tunguska Meteorite” (2013), “Russian Cross” (2009), “Crossing” (2009), “Farewell Work” (2009), “Frozen Souls” "(2009)," Mediator "(2009) and series:" It all started in Harbin "(2012)," After school "(2012)," The Brothers Karamazov "(2009), “The subscriber is temporarily unavailable” (2008). To date, the work is a mini-series "Son." Despite the fact that Dina Korzun did not play a major role in all of the above films, even small episodes with this talented actress do not leave indifferent viewers or critics.
Cinema Awards
Dina Korzun received the Moscow Film Critics Award, “Nika” and “The Golden Aries” for best actress in the film “Country of the Deaf”. She also has prizes at film festivals in Thessaloniki (Greece) and Gijon (Spain) for her painting "The Last Haven." She also has a Grand Prix and other awards at the festival in Geneva (Switzerland).
Charity
At the age of 12, Dina, being sick, saw a group of kids from an orphanage. She was very struck by their suffering and decided to always help the sick and destitute. While still at school, Dina began to look for jobs in kindergarten. Helping babies and the elderly has always been a necessity for her, dictated by her kind heart. The actress worked for several months with a charity mission in Nepal.
Dina Korzun and Chulpan Khamatova, whose friendship started on the set of the film “Country of the Deaf”, have been actively involved in charity work in recent years. These beautiful energetic women, who themselves have three children, have created the Give a Life international fund, which deals with sick babies. To attract more sponsors, both of them are active in the blogosphere.
Family life
Dina Korzun, whose
personal life has always been full of meetings and partings, is married for the third time. Her last marriage with the lead singer of the popular group Esthetic Education - Louis Frank - was considered by many to be a typical misalliance. How did the wealthy Belgian and Dina Korzun, still little known in the 90s, meet? Biography, the personal life of the future movie star back in 1995 was firmly connected with the Moscow Art Theater School, in which Louis Frank also studied. They met at one of the
student parties and no longer parted. In 1999, young people got married in Geneva.
The family life of the actress and musician can hardly be called cloudless. Talented people always have a need to realize their talents. That is why the couple often breaks up due to the filming of Dina and the tour of Louis. Life in several countries and cities is not easy, but the spouses love each other very much, which provides them with a strong union. Dina Korzun is the mother of three children: the son of Timur (born in 1990) and the daughters of Itala (born in 2008) and Sofia (born in 2010). Dina spends most of her time at her home in London. In her spare minutes, she draws and embroiders.