Ramilya Iskander

Iskander was born in the village of Kunashak, near the city of Chelyabinsk. She is an ethnic Tatar. Her father was an engineer and her mother was a teacher. Iskander was part of her school choir, where she was a solo singer. At the instance of her father, she studied economics at university for some time, but secretly applied for courses at the Chelyabinsk State Institute of Culture to study acting.{{cite web |url=http://www.ramilya-iskander.ru/ |title=Obo mne|publisher=Ramilya-iskander.ru |accessdate=29 August 2016 |language=Russian}}

Iskander graduated in 1999 and began her acting career at the Chelyabinsk Youth Theatre. In 2002, Iskander moved to Moscow, where she initially starred in the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre. The following year, she moved to the Russian Academic Youth Theatre, known as RAMT. She has been awarded the Moscow City Theater Prize 2013 and the Golden Lyre 2010, among others. In addition to her theatrical work, Iskander has acted in television series and commercials, as well as a voice actress in animations and dubbing of foreign language films.[http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/w/ros/1760/works/ Рамиля Искандер] Kino-teatr.ru. Viitattu 29.8.2016 Her first film role was in the detective series {{Transliteration|ru|Operativy Psevdonim}} ({{Langx|ru|Оперативный псевдоним}}) in 2005. Her most significant film role to date is the female lead in the film Tsar (Царь, 2009) directed by Pavel Lungin, in which she starred Maria Temryukovna, the wife of Tsar Ivan the Terrible.{{Cite web |title=Рамиля Искандер |url=https://www.thevoicemag.ru/stars/biography/ramilya-iskander/ |access-date=19 February 2025 |website=The Voice Mag |language=ru}}

Iskander gave birth to her first son in August 2013.[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3434407/ Ramilya Iskander] Imdb.com. Viitattu, 29 August 2016.{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=February 2025}}

In 2023, Iskander was arrested after police found almost {{Convert|2|kg|lb}} of mephedrone hidden in the door of her car. They also found a "white powdery substance" on the lid of a food container that contained amphetamine and {{Convert|50|g|oz}} of cocaine.{{Cite web |date=14 September 2023 |title=Заслуженную артистку Рамилю Искандер арестовали по наркотической статье |url=https://www.rbc.ru/society/14/09/2023/650301fd9a7947fa98735ac3 |access-date=19 February 2025 |website=RBC.ru |language=ru}} She had purchased {{Convert|2.6|kg|lb}} of mephedrone and gave some to her friend to take to Penza, and kept the rest. On February 15, she listed {{Convert|300|g|oz}} of mephedrone for sale online.{{Cite web |date=6 March 2024 |title=Ramilə İsgəndəri 25 il həbs gözləyir |url=https://konkret.az/ramile-isgenderi-25-il-hebs-gozleyir/ |access-date=19 February 2025 |website=KONKRET.az |language=az}} Her accomplices, Yaroslav Shalev and Vladimir Kholkin, were arrested as well. They were all charged under Section 5 of Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia. The prosecution sought sentences of 8 years in a strict regime penal colony for Shalev and Kholkin, and 11 years in a general regime penal colony for Iskander.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-27 |title=Заслуженной артистке России Искандер вынесли приговор по делу о наркотиках |url=https://ria.ru/20240527/prigovor-1948718462.html |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=RIA Novosti |language=ru}} She pleaded guilty and was sentenced on 27 May 2024 to 6.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime corrective labor colony for attempted distribution of narcotics on a particularly large scale.{{Cite web |date=27 May 2024 |title=Заслуженную артистку России приговорили к 6,5 годам за наркотики |url=https://www.rbc.ru/society/27/05/2024/6654a9809a7947e820a7da64 |access-date=19 February 2025 |website=RBC.ru |language=ru}} Shalev and Kholkin were sentenced to 5 years in a strict regime penal colony and 5.5 years in a strict regime penal colony respectively.

According to unnamed friends of Iskander, she was in dire need of money because her mother had cancer and needed expensive treatment that Iskander could not afford and was also a single mother. Iskander had already sold her apartment, was asking friends for money and shelter, and took out loans. She did not use drugs herself.{{Cite web |last=Sharypova |first=Angelina |date=28 May 2024 |title=Хотела спасти жизнь маме, убивая других: Заслуженную артистку Рамилю Искандер отправили в колонию |url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/27611/4937988/ |access-date=19 February 2025 |website=Komsomolskaya Pravda |language=ru}}{{Cite web |last=Sharypova |first=Angelina |date=14 September 2023 |title=«Продала квартиру и просила приютить». Заслуженная артистка РФ Рамиля Искандер, задержанная с 2 килограммами мефедрона, собирала деньги на лечение матери |url=https://www.msk.kp.ru/daily/27555/4823564/ |access-date=19 February 2025 |website=Komsomolskaya Pravda |language=ru}}{{Cite web |title=Стало известно, что будет с сыном задержанной за наркотики актрисы Искандер |url=https://regnum.ru/news/3834057 |access-date=19 February 2025 |website=Regnum |language=ru}} In February 2025, Iskander's father petitioned Vladimir Putin for a pardon.{{Cite web |date=17 February 2025 |title=«Ведь у нее остался сын»: отец осужденной Рамили Искандер обратился к Путину с просьбой о помиловании актрисы |url=https://news.rambler.ru/starlife/54215757-ved-u-nee-ostalsya-syn-otets-osuzhdennoy-ramili-iskander-obratilsya-k-putinu-s-prosboy-o-pomilovanii-aktrisy/ |access-date=19 February 2025 |website=Rambler |language=ru}}

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