Svetlana Andreyevna Ivanova (russian: Светлана Андреевна Иванова; born 26 September 1985) is a Russian theater and film actress. Her

feature film A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...

debut was in ''

The 9th Company ''The 9th Company'' (russian: 9 рота, 9 rota) is a 2005 Russian war film directed by Fedor Bondarchuk and set during the Soviet–Afghan War. The film is loosely based on a real-life battle that took place at Elevation 3234 in early 1988, ...

'' (2005). Subsequently she starred in such films as '' Franz + Polina'' (2006), ''

August Eighth ''August Eighth'' (russian: «Август. Восьмого», translit. ''Avgust. Vosʹmogo'') is a 2012 Russian action war film about the 2008 August War. It was produced and directed by Dzhanik Fayziev. Background The film tells the ...

'' (2011), ''Friends of Friends'' (2014), and others. Ivanova received a number of accolades for the role of Polina in ''Franz + Polina''.

Early life

Ivanova was born in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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, into a family of power engineers.

Education

In 2006, Ivanova graduated from the

Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

, where she studied at the

Igor Yasulovich Igor Nikolayevich Yasulovich (russian: Игорь Николаевич Ясулович; born 24 September 1941) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, film director and pedagogue. Biography Yasulovich was born in the village of Reinsfe ...

's class.

Career

Ivanova made her major debut as Olya in the 2005 film ''

'' by

Fyodor Bondarchuk Fyodor Sergeyevich Bondarchuk (russian: link=no, Фёдор Сергеевич Бондарчук ; born 9 May 1967) is a Russian film director, actor, TV and film producer, clipmaker, TV host, founder of production company Art Pictures Studio. ...

. Then, she played the main female role in the film "'' Franz + Polina''" directed by

Mikhail Segal Mikhail Yurievich Segal, (russian: Михаил Юрьевич Сегал; born 3 January 1974) is a Russian film director and writer. Biography Mikhail grew up in Oryol, Russia. As a schoolboy he was attending a theatrical studio at the local ...

. Both the film and Ivanova as Polina received numerous awards at various film festivals. Ivanova was awarded the Special Jury Prize of the Third International Film Festival "Baltic Debuts", the "Golden Sword" Prize for Best Actress at the IV International Festival of Military Movies, the Best Actress awards at the 15th Open Film Festival of CIS and Baltic countries

Kinoshock "Kinoshock" Open Film Festival of CIS and Baltic countries, also spelt Kinoshok, is a film festival staged in the Black Sea resort of Anapa, Russia, each September. "CIS" refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States, comprising nine member s ...

, and at the XIV International Festival of Film Actors "Constellation" (Sozvezdie) for the role in this film.

Personal life

In 2006, Ivanova was romantically involved with cinematographer Vyacheslav Lisnevskiy, who later became her common-law husband. In 2012, she gave birth to their daughter, Polina. Since then, the couple has parted. In 2011, she met the film director Dzhanik Fayziyev, her future partner. In February 2018, the news came that she is pregnant with her second child.

Filmography

Films

TV Series

Roles in theater

* "Vermouth" (K. Schlender, diploma) * "Christmas in the house of Signor Kupello" (E. De Filippo, diploma) * "When the war is over" (for military prose, diploma) * "

The Power of Darkness ''The Power of Darkness'' (russian: Власть тьмы, Vlast′ t′my) is a five- act drama by Leo Tolstoy. Written in 1886, the play's production was forbidden in Russia until 1902, mainly through the influence of Konstantin Pobedonostsev. I ...

" (L. Tolstoy, diploma) Theater "Sovremennik" * "Three Comrades" (based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque) - Patricia Holman * "Ardent Heart" (A. Ostrovsky) - Paracha * "Three Sisters" (

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

) - Irina

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanova, Svetlana 1985 births Living people Russian film actresses Russian television actresses Russian stage actresses 21st-century Russian actresses Actresses from Moscow Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni