Meet Natalya Rudakova, the actress starring as Valentina in the upcoming action flick “Transporter 3″. See her biography, photos, and video here.
Natalya Rudakova
“Transporter 3″ releases in theaters nationwide on Thanksgiving, November 26, 2008. This is the third in the Jason Statham franchise about delivering mystery, and mostly dangerous, packages. Natalya plays Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official, who Frank Martin has to deliver safely, while dodging the people trying to re-kidnap her along the way. Unfortunately, the preliminary reviews don’t look so good, with words like dismal, noisy circles, and anemic getting thrown around. But don’t worry, we’ve got the sex appeal of Jason Statham and his chemistry with new actress Natalya Rudakova.
As a biography, not much is known about Natalya Rudakova. She was living in New York City when she was suddenly discovered and began acting.
Natalya gets her acting debut in the upcoming “Transporter 3″, which releases on Thanksgiving of this year. The film should do well, considering the first two have pulled in over $68 million in the US combined, and the holidays are one of the busiest times of the year for the movie theaters.
“Transporter 3″’s writer, Luc Besson, discovered Natalya as she was walking the streets of New York, heading to work at a hair salon. He tells the story,
“She just passed by me and I noticed her freckles and blue eyes. I was with my assistant and I said, ‘Are you seeing this?’ Of course, if I said to her, ‘Hey, I’m Luc Besson,’ she’d probably run, so my assistant asked me if she should ask her if she’s a model or something, so she’d feel more comfortable. So I proposed to her if she wanted to try to act and my assistant and I went back to Paris and we gave her some 25 lessons. We prepped her for about six months and then we brought her to Paris to verify if she was ready or not. We had a couple of other girls auditioning to frighten her, but, honestly, she was very good on the screentest, so we hired her.”
See more photos of Natalya Rudakova and a video from “Transporter 3″ below.
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See more photos of Natalya Rudakova here.
Natalya Rudakova Video - “Transporter 3″ Interview