Tulpan is a 2008 Kazakh drama film.
 It was directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy and distributed by Zeitgeist Films.
 "Tulpan" was Kazakhstan's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign Language Film category.
 It won the award for Best Film at the 2nd Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Ghadi (Arabic: غدي‎ ‎ ) is a 2013 Lebanese drama film directed by Amin Dora.
 The film was originally selected as the Lebanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards in a two-way race over Lara Saba's "Blind Intersections".
 When the film's release date was moved from 26 September 2013 to 31 October 2013, it no longer met the eligibility dates and "Blind Intersections" became the official submission from Lebanon.
 The film was submitted the following year as Lebanon's official submission, but was not nominated.
Mariya Aleksandrovna Shalayeva (Russian: Мари́я Алекса́ндровна Шала́ева; born 15 March 1981) is a Russian actress.
 Her film credits include " (2012)", "Mermaid (2007)" and " (2008)".
Sergey Dvortsevoy (born 1962) is a filmmaker from Kazakhstan.
 His 2008 feature film "Tulpan" was Kazakhstan's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign Language Film category.
Campfire (Hebrew: מדורת השבט‎ , "Medurat Ha-Shevet " ‎ , "lit."
 Tribal Campfire) is an Israeli movie released in 2004, written and directed by Joseph Cedar.
 The film won five Israeli Academy Awards and was Israel's official submission for the 77th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category (but did not get a nomination).
 The film was well received in Israel, the United States, and in international film festivals.
Kings is a 2007 Irish film written & directed by Tom Collins and based on Jimmy Murphy's play "The Kings of the Kilburn High Road".
 The film is bilingual, having both Irish and English dialogues.
 It premiered at the Taormina Film Festival (Italy) in June 2007, and was selected as Ireland's official entry for the 2008 Academy Awards in the best foreign-language film category.
 The film tells the story of a group of Irish friends who, after emigrating to England 30 years previously, meet for the funeral of a friend.
 In 2008, the Irish postal service, An Post, issued a series of stamps honouring the Irish film industry.
 Colm Meaney, as Joe Mullan, was featured on the 55 cent stamp.
Spider's Web: A Pig's Tale (German: "Das Spinnennetz" ) is a 1989 West German film directed by Bernhard Wicki.
 It is based on the eponymous 1923 novel by Joseph Roth.
 It was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 62nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination.
 The film was the last ever submission by West Germany, due to German reunification in 1990, Germany competed at the 63rd Academy Awards as a single country.
Blind Loves (Slovak: "Slepe lásky" ) is a 2008 Slovak film directed by Juraj Lehotský.
 It was Slovakia's official submission for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Chaitanya Tamhane (born 1 March 1987, Mumbai, Maharashtra) is the writer and director of the Marathi movie "Court", a 2015 Indian courtroom drama film.
 It was announced as India's official submission for the 88th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
 The film examines the Indian legal system through the trial of an aging folk singer in a lower court in Mumbai.
Mermaid (Russian: Русалка, Rusalka) is a Russian 2007 comedy-drama film directed and written by Anna Melikyan.
 It is a loose adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid".
 It was a box office success in Russia, won numerous awards and was selected as Russia's official submission to Foreign-Language Film category for the 2009 Academy Awards.

Question: Who starred in the film that was selected as Russia's official submission to Foreign-Language Film category for the 2009 Academy Awards?
Answer: Mariya Aleksandrovna Shalayeva