Oksana Shvets

Oksana Oleksandrivna Shvets (; 10 February 1955 – 17 March 2022) was a Ukrainian actress. She worked for the Kyiv National Academic Molodyy Theatre from its foundation in 1980 until her death, and was awarded the title Merited Artist of Ukraine, one of the highest Ukrainian honours for performing artists, in 1996. She also appeared on stage at the Ternopil Music and Drama Theatre and the Kyiv Theatre of Satire. She played in film and on television, such as in the 2013 Russian-Ukrainian series House with Lilies.

Biography Born in Kyiv, Shvets was a graduate of the theatre studio at the Ivan Franko Theatre in 1975 and of the faculty of theatre studies of the I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre in 1986. She worked as an ensemble member of the Kyiv National Academic Molodyy Theatre (Young Theatre) from its foundation in 1980 until her death.

She appeared as Natasha in Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, directed by O. Uteganov. or Enchanted), based on the play by . It was directed by Andriy Bilous, the theatre's intendant. Theatre critic praised her performance, finding complexities in the mother-in-law's character, not just bad temper. (Make Way!) is possibly the production mentioned in some sources as Get Missed!

While best known for her work on the stage, she acted in several films and television series. Her first television series was Nasledniki (Heirs) in 1976, playing a minor role. In 2003, she appeared in an episode of

Death On 17 March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Shvets died in Russian troops' shelling on a Kyiv residential building where she lived.