Svetlana Viktorovna Khodchenkova - Russian theater, film and television actress. Honored Artist of Russia. She was remembered by many viewers for such films as "Bless the Woman", "Lavrova's Method", "Vasilisa", "Viking", "Hero" and other works.
There are many interesting facts in the biography of Svetlana Khodchenkova, which we will discuss in this article.
So, before you is a short biography of Svetlana Khodchenkova.
Biography of Svetlana Khodchenkova
Svetlana Khodchenkova was born on January 21, 1983 in Moscow. For a long time, the family of the future actress lived in the city of Zheleznogorsk.
Childhood and youth
At an early age, Svetlana participated in the casting for one film. However, then she did not manage to break through to the big screen.
While studying in high school, Khodchenkova began to think about her future profession. Initially, she wanted to become a veterinarian, but later she had to give up this idea.
This was due to the fact that the girl was difficult to learn such sciences as chemistry and biology, which were fundamental for a veterinarian.
As a result, Svetlana decided to enter the Institute of World Economy, where she studied for only a few months. After that, she transferred to another university in the advertising department.
However, here, too, studies were given to the student with great difficulty.
The first serious work in the biography of Svetlana Khodchenkova was a modeling agency, with which she signed a contract at the age of 16.
Thanks to this profession, Svetlana was lucky to visit Japan and earn her first money. Soon, the girl left the agency, since the work exhausted her both physically and emotionally.
After some deliberation, Khodchenkova successfully entered the Shchukin School, from which she graduated in 2005. From that moment on, her acting career began.
Films
While still a student, Svetlana attracted the attention of the famous film director Stanislav Govorukhin, who was looking for a suitable actress for the film Bless the Woman.
The man appreciated the attractive face and figure of the young girl, offering her the main role.
The debut on the big stage was more than successful for Khodchenkova. She received many accolades from film critics as well as a Nika Award for Best Actress.
After that, many directors drew attention to the actress, who began to offer her significant roles.
Soon, Svetlana Khodchenkova was entrusted to play the main characters in such films as "Kilometer Zero", "Little Moscow" and "Real Dad".
During the biography of 2008-2012. Svetlana starred in 25 films. In fact, films with her participation were released every 2-3 months. Thus, she became one of the most popular and highly paid Russian actresses.
The audience especially remembered the roles of Khodchenkova in the films "Lavrova's Method", "Metro" and both parts of "Love in the Big City". In the last project, she starred with such artists as Ville Haapasalo, Vladimir Zelensky, Vera Brezhneva, Philip Kirkorov and others.
An interesting fact is that Svetlana Khodchenkova was among the few Russian actresses who were able to conquer Hollywood. She starred in the film "Wolverine: The Immortal", brilliantly transformed into the image of the villainous Viper.
From 2013 to 2017, Khodchenkova participated in the filming of 33 films! Fans of the actress's creativity are still amazed by her performance and endurance.
The most successful projects in this period of his biography were "Loves does not love", "You all enrage me!" and Vasilisa. For shooting in the last film, Svetlana was awarded the Pyongyang International Film Festival prize for Best Actress.
After that, Khodchenkova got significant roles in the films Viking, Life Ahead, Classmates. New turn "," Dovlatov "and" Walking through the agony ".
The actress is still active in films, video clips and takes part in various programs.
Personal life
At the end of 2005, Svetlana married actor Vladimir Yaglych, whom she met in her student years.
Initially, everything was fine in their family, but later the young people began to distance themselves more and more from each other. As a result, in 2010 it became known about the divorce of the actors.
Friends of Khodchenkova argued that the marriage broke up due to treason on the part of Yaglych.
Soon, the actress had an affair with businessman Georgy Petrishin. After four years of courting Svetlana, Georgy decided to propose to her in a very unusual way.
At the end of the play, in which Khodchenkova played, the man went on stage with a bouquet of flowers and publicly confessed his love. The moved girl accepted the offer.
It seemed that now the lovers would live together, but the happiness did not last long. Less than a year later, they decided to part ways.
In 2016, information appeared in the media that Khodchenkova began dating actor Dmitry Malashenko. At the same time, a lot of pictures appeared on the Internet in which they were next to each other.
Whether there was true love between them is difficult to say. Perhaps in the future, journalists will be able to get more reliable facts about this story.
Svetlana Khodchenkova today
At the beginning of 2018, information appeared in the press that Svetlana was seen in the company of Georgy Petrishin during a vacation in Bali. Time will tell how this relationship will end.
In 2019, the actress starred in 6 films, including the spy thriller Hero.
In the same year, Khodchenkova won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Supporting Actress (Dovlatov).
In her free time, Svetlana visits the gym and goes in for swimming. Among her favorite hobbies are water skiing.
According to the regulations for 2019, the artist is a member of the United Russia party, and is also a member of the filmmakers of the Russian Federation.
Photo by Svetlana Khodchenkova
