Svetlana Andreyevna Ivanova is a Russian theater and film actress. Her feature film debut was in The 9th Company. Subsequently she starred in such films as Franz + Polina, August Eighth and others. Ivanova received a number of accolades for the role of Polina in Franz + Polina.
Early life
Ivanova was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, into the family of power engineers. While studying at a specialized Physics and Mathematics secondary school, she also worked in a theater studio.
Education
In 2006, Ivanova graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, where she studied at the Igor Yasulovich's class. While still a student, Svetlana debuted on screen, starring in the TV series "Godson" and "Farewell echo". Since 2011 Ivanova has been working in Sovremennik Theatre, where on 22 March 2012 she made her debut as Patricia Holman in the play "Three Comrades".
Career
Ivanova made her major debut as Olya, in the 2005 filmThe 9th Company by Fyodor Bondarchuk. Then she played the main female role in the film "Franz + Polina" directed by Mikhail Segal. Both the film and Svetlana as Polina received numerous awards at various film festivals. Ivanova was awarded the Special Jury Prize of the Third InternationalFilm Festival "Baltic Debuts", the "Golden Sword" Prize for Best Actress at the IV International Festival of Military movie, the Best Actress awards at the 15th Open Film Festival of CIS and Baltic countries Kinoshock and at the XIV International Festival of Film Actors "Constellation" for the role in this film. Ivanova appeared in the video clips of the music groups ZNAKI, Prologue, Kasta and Intonatsiya.
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. She gave birth to her second daughter, and first with Fayziyev, at an unspecified time later that year.
