Khulan Chuluuny (Mongolian: Чулууны Хулан; born May 30, 1985) is a Mongol actress and assistant director who first gained international notice as Börte, the wife of Genghis Khan, in the 2007 Oscar nominated Russian film Mongol.
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.
Khulan met Naryn Igilik, Bodrov's Kazakh assistant, while on the set of Mongol.