Rinat Matatov

Rinat Matatov
Born	(1981-08-06) 6 August 1981 Kokand, Uzbekistan, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)	Movie Actress, National Theatre Actress
Years active	2005–present
Awards	Theatre Academy Award

Rinat Matatov (Hebrew: רינת מטטוב; born 6 August 1981) is an Israeli actress and winner of the Theatre Academy Award. Matatov was born in Kokand, Uzbekistan, to a father who worked as an engineer and a mother who worked as a nurse. In 1990, the Matatov family immigrated to Israel and has lived in the center of the country ever since. Matatov first studied acting as a theatre major at the Herzog Regional High School for Science, Arts and the Humanities. After graduating, she joined the army as a member of a Nachal (pioneer combatant youth) group. Following her release from the army, she started her professional acting studies at the Performing Arts Studio of Yoram Leowenstein. Right after graduating, Matatov received her first role in the film Someone to Run With based on David Grossman’s book.

Matatov was announced "Promising Actress" for 2009 at the Israeli theatre awards ceremony for her role in the play Crazy at Habima theatre.

She won the 2011 Children and Youth Stage Award as the best supporting actress of the year for her role in the play Good Girl at The Hour theatre.

In 2012, Matatov received the Haifa Festival’s Best Actress Award for her role in the play Sorrowful Song at The Hour theatre.

Theatre

Theatre	Play	Role	Director	Year
Habima	Every man dies alone	Eva	Ilan Ronen	2016
Habima	To the end of the land	Ebatisam	Hanan Snir	2016
Habima	The Miser	Elise	Ilan Ronen	2014
Habima	House Mother	Eti	Alon Ofir	2013
The Hour	Sorrowful Song	Anna	Gadi Zdaka	2013
Habima	The Merchant of Venice	Nerissa	Ilan Ronen	2012
The Hour	Good Girl	Tammy	Tom Schwaertzberg	2011
Habima	Dancing and Flying	Ella	Alon Ofir	2010
Habima	August: Osage County	Jonah	Ilan Ronen	2009
Habima	Crazy	Yana	Yaeli Ronen	2008
Habima	The Dispute	Egle	Sigal Avin	2008
Ha’Kibbutz	to myself	Batya	Nir Erez	2007
Tmuna	Romeo and Juliet	Juliet	Dafna Rubinstein, tal brener, ido shaked	2007
Cameri	Spell	Anonymous	Yaeli Ronen	2006
Beit Zionei America	Good Year for the Farmers in the North	Marina	Yaeli Ronen	2005

Filmography

Films

Film	Role	Director	Script	Year
Testimony	The bride	Shlomi Elkabetz	Shlomi Elkabetz	2011
The Wanderer	The match	Avishai Sivan	Avishai Sivan	2009
The Band's Visit	Yola	Eran Kolirin	Eran Kolirin	2007
Someone to Run With	Shelly	Oded Davidoff	Noah Stollman	2006

Series

Series	Role	Director	Script	Year
Mother's Day	Ofer	Eitan Tzur	Daniela London Dekel	2014
Blue Natalie	Dana	Oded Lotan	Guy Sides, Avner Bernheimer	2010
Pillars of Smoke	Maayan	Oded Davidoff	Noah Stollman	2008
Screens	Ozi	Eitan Aner	Eldad Ziv	2007
The champion	Inbal	Shai Kapon	Sigal Avin, Dror Nobelman	2006

Awards

• 2013 - "Best Actress" award at the Haifa International Children’s Theatre Festival
• 2012 - "Best Supporting Actress" award at the Stage Award for Children and Youth
• 2009 - "Promising Actress" award at the Israel Theatre Award Ceremony
• 2008 - Candidate for the Ophir Award as a supporting actress in the film "The Band’s Visit"
• 2007 – Candidate for the Ophir Award as a supporting actress in the film "Someone to Run With"

External links

• Rinat Matatov at IMDb