Oksana Olegovna Fandera (russian: Оксана Олеговна Фандера; 7 November 1967),

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) is a Russian

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Biography

Oksana Olegovna Fandera was born on November 7, 1967, in

. Her father was the actor Oleg Fandera. In the 1960s he was part of the Odessa Russian Theatre troupe. Oleg moved to

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in the early 1970s, worked at the Drama Theater of the Red Banner Far Eastern Military District (KDVO) in Ussuriysk. Her parents divorced, and when Oksana was fourteen years old, her mother remarried, and they moved to

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. She debuted in cinema in 1979, with an episodic role in the film ''

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''. In 1988, Oksana Fandera took second place at the first beauty contest in the USSR "Moscow Beauty". In 1993 she graduated from the

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, workshop of

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. Fandera married director

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in 1990 and appeared in his films '' In Motion'' (2002), '' The State Counsellor'' (2005) and ''Rock Head'' (2008). In 2010, the actress starred in the drama "Pro Lyuboff" about the Russian elite, where her screen partner was

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. Fandera played in the satirical picture by Boris Khlebnikov ''Before the Night Will Tear us Apart'' which was made in 2012. In the same year, the movie ''

Brothel Lights ''Brothel Lights'' (russian: Огни притона, Ogni pritona) is a Russian film directed by Alexander Gordon, a screen version of the same story by Harry Gordon. The film premiered on June 11, 2011 at the Kinotavr Film Festival, and was rel ...

'' was released, in which the actress she played the main role of brothel madam Lyuba, who is in love with a mentally disturbed poet. Oksana Fandera was awarded the Special Jury Diploma at the 2011 Kinotavr festival. In 2016, Fandera performed one of the main roles in the series ''Elusive''. In 2017, the actress worked on the drama film by Klim Shipenko ''

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'', dedicated to saving the Soviet space station

in 1985.

Personal life

In 1990 Oksana Fandera married

. They have two children, Ivan and Elizaveta.

Selected filmography

*1979 —

*1990 —

Stalingrad Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...

*2002 — In Motion *2002 —

Stereoblood ''Stereoblood'' (russian: Одиночество крови, Odinochestvo krovi, also released as ''Solitude of Blood'') is a 2002 Russian thriller film directed by Roman Prygunov. It was entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival ...

*2005 — The State Counsellor *2011 —

*2012 — Before the Night Will Tear us Apart *2016 — Brutus *2017 —

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