Chuluuny Khulan

This is a Mongolian name. The given name is Khulan, and the name Chuluun is a patronymic, not a family name. The subject should be referred to by the given name.
Chuluuny Khulan
Чулууны Хулан
Born (1985-05-30) May 30, 1985
Kharkhorin, Övörkhangai, Mongolia
Occupation Actress
Years active 2005–present
Spouse(s) Naryn Igilik (m. 2007)

Chuluuny Khulan (Mongolian: Чулууны Хулан; born May 30, 1985) is a Mongol actress who first gained international notice as Börte, the wife of Genghis Khan, in the 2007 Oscar nominated Russian film Mongol.

Career

Khulan was a student in 2006 hoping to join the country's military and enroll in a military school[1] when she was discovered by Guka Omarova, the casting agent for Mongol, while standing in a visa line at the Chinese embassy in Ulaanbaatar. Bodrov and Omarova had wanted to cast a Mongol woman as Genghis Khan's wife but with two weeks to go before filming they were uncertain about their choices. After meeting with her, Bodrov decided to take a risk on the non-professional actress and subsequently cast her in the role of Börte.[2]

Personal life

Khulan met Naryn Igilik, Bodrov's Kazakh assistant, while on the set of Mongol. Later, the couple were wed as part of the film's opening night celebrations in Kazakhstan. She and her husband now reside in Kazakhstan, near Almaty.[1]

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