Svetlana Khodchenkova

Svetlana Viktorovna Khodchenkova (; born 21 January 1983) is a Russian film, television and theater actress. She is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.

Early life Khodchenkova was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. She briefly worked for a modeling agency.

In 2005 Graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, where she studied under the direction of Mikhail Borisovich Borisov.

Career Khodchenkova’s debut-role was in the film Bless the Woman (2003) directed by Stanislav Govorukhin. For this role she was nominated for "Nika" award as Best Actress. She continued her career in the role of a clairvoyant Cassandra historical television series Talisman of Love (2005). Svetlana played a ballerina in Pavel Sanaev’s film Kilometer Zero (2007).

In 2008, she starred in the television series Univer (Russian TV series) at the Polish Film Festival she won the award for Best Actress in Little Moscow.

She is also known for her roles in box office films Love in the Big City (2009), its sequel, Love in the Big City 2 (2010), and Office Romance. Our Time (2011).

She starred in the TV-series Lavrova's Method (2011), and appeared as Irina in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). Khodchenkova attended the premiere of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy at the 68th Venice Film Festival, on September 5, 2011. She co-starred with Hugh Jackman in the 2013 superhero film The Wolverine as Viper, one of the film's antagonists.

In 2013, she starred in the television series SashaTanya Khodchenkova played the leading role, Irina the Greek woman, in the historical action film Viking (2016).

Personal life On 13 December 2005, she married her classmate Vladimir Yaglych, a Russian actor. In 2010, they divorced. In May 2015, she was engaged to Moscow businessman Georgiy Petrishin. In February 2016, the couple called off the engagement.

Filmography Film

Television

Theatre These free Butterflies (STD Theatre Centre (WTO) of the Russian Federation On Strastnom) Hospital Moulin Rouge (Independent Theater Project) Santa Claus - Bastard! (Independent Theater Project) Theatre with and without Rules (Independent Theater Project) Love Story (Independent Theater Project)