Svetlana Khodchenkova

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

In 2005 she graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, where she studied under the direction of Mikhail Borisovich Borisov.[2]

Khodchenkova’s debut role was in the film Bless the Woman (2003) directed by Stanislav Govorukhin.[3] 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, 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). Svetlana presented together with American colleagues at the Venice Film Festival. She co-starred with Hugh Jackman in the 2013 superhero film The Wolverine as Viper, one of the film's antagonists.[4]

Khodchenkova played the leading role, Irina the Greek woman, in the historical action film Viking (2016).

The Kinotavr film festival in 2017.

On December 13, 2005, she married her classmate Vladimir Yaglych, a Russian actor. In 2010 they divorced.[5][6] In May 2015, she was engaged to Moscow businessman Georgiy Petrishin.[7] In February 2016, the couple called off the engagement.[8][9][10]

• Svetlana Khodchenkova at IMDb