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Samal Yeslyamova
Samal Yeslyamova awarded Honoured Culture Worker of Kazakhstan in 2018
Born	Samal Ilyaskyzy Yeslyamova (1984-09-01) 1 September 1984 (age 40) Petropavlovsk, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2008–present

Samal Ilyaskyzy Yeslyamova (Kazakh: Самал Ілиясқызы Есләмова, Samal Iliiasqyzy Eslämova; born 1 September 1984) is a Kazakh film actress. She is recognized internationally for starring in the film Ayka directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy, which won her the award for Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018.

Biography

Yeslyamova was born in Petropavl, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union. She always dreamed of becoming a journalist but eventually decided to become an actress. While studying at Russian Academy of Theatre Arts – GITIS in 2008, Yeslyamova played in the film Tulpan by Sergey Dvortsevoy. The film about the life of shepherds in the Kazakh Steppe won the main prize of the Prix Un Certain Regard competition of the Cannes Film Festival and another 9 Grand Prix of international film festivals around the world. In 2011, she graduated from the acting department of GITIS.

Ten years later, in May 2018, she received the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in Ayka by the same director. The actress played an immigrant worker from Kyrgyzstan who, driven by poverty, is forced to leave her child in the hospital. Filming lasted for six years.

In 2021, it was announced that Yeslyamova won the award for 2019 Best Actress for her role in the film “Ayka” at the Nika National Film Awards in Russia. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019 and 2020 award ceremonies were postponed, and results were revealed in 2021.

Selected filmography

• Tulpan (2008) as Samal
• Ayka (2018) as Ayka
• The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time (2019) as Aigal
• Three (2020) as Dina Sadikhov

Awards and nominations

Notes

1. Tied with Viktoria Miroshnichenko for Beanpole (Дылда)

References

1. Muchnik, Andrei (22 May 2018). "Little-Known Kazakh Actress Wins Over Cannes Film Festival". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
2. "Самал Еслямова: биография, карьера" (in Russian). Nur.kz. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
3. Debruge, Peter (19 May 2018). "2018 Cannes Film Festival Award Winners Announced". Variety. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
4. "Ayka". Festival de Cannes. 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
5. April 2021, Staff Report in Culture on 26 (26 April 2021). "Kazakh Actress Yeslyamova Wins Best Actress 2019 Prize at Russia's Nika Awards". The Astana Times. Retrieved 14 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
6. "2018 APSA Nominees announced" (Press release). Brisbane, Australia: Asia Pacific Screen Academy. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
7. "13th Asia Pacific Screen Awards celebrates 100 years of Korean cinema, 2019 Nominations Announced" (Press release). Brisbane, Australia: Asia Pacific Screen Academy. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
8. Nordine, Michael (17 March 2019). "Asian Film Awards: 'Shoplifters' and 'Burning' Triumph in Hong Kong". IndieWire. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
9. Debruge, Peter (19 May 2018). "2018 Cannes Film Festival Award Winners Announced". Variety. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
10. Goodfellow, Melanie (11 October 2018). "'3 Faces', 'Shoplifters' win top prizes at Antalya Film Festival". Screendaily. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
11. "Ника объявила лауреатов за два года" [Nika announced the winners in two years]. Proficinema (in Russian). 26 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
12. "Белый слон 2019: номинанты" [White Elephant 2019: nominees]. Proficinema (in Russian). 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

External links

• Samal Yeslyamova at IMDb

• 1984 births
• Living people
• 21st-century Kazakhstani actresses
• Best Actress Asian Film Award winners
• Best Actress Golden Orange Award winners
• Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress winners
• Kazakhstani film actresses
• Recipients of the Nika Award
• Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni