Linda Nigmatulina

Linda Talgatovna Nigmatulina (born 14 May 1983) is a Kazakhstani actress and singer. Early life Nigmatulina was born on 14 May 1983 in Almaty. Her father, actor Talgat Nigmatulin, had Tatar and Uzbek roots, and mother, actress Venera Nigmatulina was of Uyghur descent. Talgat was a fan of Bruce Lee, whose wife was named Linda. Venera at that time was fond of Linda McCartney, the first wife Paul McCartney, so the daughter was by mutual consent called Linda. Career Nigmatulina earned her first film fee (60 kopecks) at the age of three. Together with her mother, she starred in the film “Son-in-law from the province”. Linda herself jokes that her first role was played by an embryo, since her mother, being six months pregnant, starred in the film “Wolf Pit”. At school, she was engaged in art swimming, and attended music school. After graduating from school, Nigmatulina enrolled at Kazakh National Academy of Arts. For the film “Bear Hunt”, about five hundred actresses tried for the role of Marina, but the director of the film Valery Nikolaev chose Nigmatulina. In 2007, she shot for Moulin Rouge magazine.