Rinat Matatov

Rinat Matatov
רינת מטטוב
Born (1981-08-06) 6 August 1981 (age 44)
Kokand, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Occupationsfilm actress, theatre actress
Years active2005–present

Rinat Matatov (Hebrew: רינת מטטוב; born 6 August 1981) is an Israeli film and stage actress. She is the winner of the Outstanding Actress Award at the Haifa Festival for Children's Plays in 2013, for her role in the play "Listen to My Voice", and in 2017 for her role in the play "Aunt Leah by Shumish", and the Actress Award at the Israel Theater Prize for her role in the play "Crazy" in 2009.

Biography

Matatov was born in Kokand, Uzbek SSR (today in Uzbekistan), to a Bukharian Jewish family.[1] In 1990, the Matatov family (her parents, she, and her younger brother) immigrated to Israel and settled in the Tel Giborim [he] neighborhood in Holon.[2] Matatov first studied acting as a theatre major at the Chaim Herzog High School for Science, Arts and the Humanities, Holon. After graduating, she joined the military service as a member of Nahal.

Following her release from Nahal, she started her professional acting studies at the Performing Arts Studio of Yoram Loewenstein [he], graduating in 2004.[3][4] Right after graduating, Matatov received her first role in the film Someone to Run With based on David Grossman’s book.

At the same time, Matatov also began her career at the Habima National Theater in a leading role in the play "The Dispute," adapted and directed by director Sigal Avin. Immediately afterward, she continued in the critically acclaimed play "Crazy" by and directed by Yaeli Ronen.

Over the years at Habima, Matatov made her debut at the Globe Theatre in The Merchant of Venice as Nerissa, and a performance in "To the End of the Land", based on the book by David Grossman, directed by Hanan Snir, at Lincoln Center in New York, starring Efrat Ben-Tzur and Dror Cohen.

Matatov won the 2009 Israel Theatre Award for her role in the play Crazy at Habima Theater..[2]

Matatov won the 2011 Children and Youth Stage Award [he] as Supporting Actress of the Year for her role in the play "Good Girl" at The Hour Theatre.[4]

Theater

Year Play Role Theater Director
2025 Who Do You Think You Are May Habima Gamma Fried
2024 Mary Stewart Hannah Kennedy Habima Eldar Gohar Groisman
2022 Minyan Women Adina Habima Lilach Segal
2022 Talk About the Place of Finding Whistle Habima Aya Kaplan
2022 And What Is a Trip Habima Lahav Timor
2022 Masada 1942 Nora Habima Moshe Captain
2019 Cause of Death Unknown Deliah Habima Hanan Snir
2018 King Lear Cordelia Habima Gadi Roll
2016 Alone in Berlin Eva Kluge the Postman Habima Ilan Ronen
2015 The Abduction from the Monastery Goethe The Hour Roei Segev
2015 To the End of the Land Ibtisam Cameri Theatre/Habima Hanan Snir
2014 The Miser Elise Habima Ilan Ronen
2013 Mother of the House Eti Alon Ophir
Hear My Voice Anna Israeli Time Theater Gadi Tsedaka
2012 The Merchant of Venice Nerissa Habima Ilan Ronen
2011 Good Girl Tami Israeli Time Theater Tom Schwartzberg
2010 Dance and Fly Ella Habima Alon Ophir
2009 August Osage County Jonah Ilan Ronen
2008 Crazy Yana Yaeli Ronen
The Dispute Agela Sigal Avin
2007 To Myself Batya The Kibbutz Nir Erez
Romeo and Juliet Juliet Tmu-na Theater Dafna Rubinstein, Tal Brenner, Ido Shaked
2006 Witchcraft Anonymous The Camry Yaeli Ronen
2005 Happy New Year to Farmers in the North Marina American Zionist House

Filmography

Films

Year Film Role Director Screenplay
2006 Someone to Run With Mine Oded Davidoff Noah Stallman
2007 The Band's Visit Yola Eran Kolirin
2010 The Wanderer The Matchmaking Avishai Sivan
2011 Testimony The Bride Shlomi Elkabetz
2026 Unfortunately I Love You Anna Shahar Rosen

TV shows

Series Role Director Script Year
All mothers lie Ziva Atara Frish [he] Noam Nevo, Natalie Michaelashvili, Dror Yael Katz 2026
Cramel Emilia Roy Segev [he] Roy Segev [he] Shirili Deshe [he] 2025
Mother's Day Ofer Eitan Tzur [he] Daniela London Dekel 2014
Blue Natalie [he] Dana Oded Lotan [he] Guy Sidis, Avner Bernheimer [he] 2010
Pillars of Smoke Maayan Oded Davidoff Noah Stollman 2008
Screenz [he] Ozi Eitan Aner [he] Eldad Ziv [he] 2007
The Champion [he] Inbal Shai Kapon [he] Sigal Avin, Dror Nobleman [he] 2006

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ Rom, Noa [in Hebrew] (11 October 2007). "פדיקור התזמורת" [Band's Pedicure]. ynet (in Hebrew). (The weird title of the article is a pun with the title of the film ביקור התזמורת, The Band's Visit, in which Matatov was cast.)
  2. ^ a b c הכי מטטוב שיש, Makor Rishon, 10 April 2009
  3. ^ "המועמדים בשנת 2008". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d רינת מטטוב
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinat_Matatov