Rinat Matatov

Rinat Matatov was born in 1981 in Qoʻqon

Rinat Matatov was born on 6 August 1981 in Kokand, then part of the Soviet Union and today in Uzbekistan, to a Bukharian Jewish family. Her father was a civil engineer and her mother a nurse. In 1990 the family immigrated to Israel and settled in Holon.

She first studied acting in the theater track of the Chaim Herzog high school in Holon. After her army service she studied at the Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio, graduating in 2004.

Right after her studies she was cast in the film "Someone to Run With", based on a book by David Grossman. At the same time she began working at Habima, with a lead role in "The Dispute" and then a role in "Crazy". At Habima she also played Nerissa in "The Merchant of Venice" at the Globe Theatre and appeared in "To the End of the Land" at Lincoln Center in New York.

She also won awards for children's theater, in 2011 for "Good Girl" and in 2013 for "Listen to My Voice". She is married to Aaron Fait, a biologist and professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and they have 2 daughters.