Oksana Zhdanova

Oksana Victorivna Zhdanova (Ukrainian: Оксана Вікторівна Жданова; born February 3, 1993) is a Ukrainian theater, film and television actress.

Oksana Zhdanova
Оксана Жданова
Born (1993-02-03) February 3, 1993
Kherson, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
Alma materKyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University
OccupationActress
Parents

Biography

Oksana Victorivna Zhdanova was born on February 3, 1993 in Kherson.[1][2] Her mother, Olena Khokhlatkina is named People's Artist of Ukraine.[3] Her father, Viktor Zhdanov, is a Merited Artist of Ukraine.[3] Both of her parents act in theater.[4] She has a brother.[5] She had her first acting role at age two as an extra at the Kherson Regional Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater, where both of her parents worked at the time.[4] She wanted to become a ballerina at first. However, she got rejected after applying for a ballet school due to her height and figure.[4] In 2010, she moved to Kyiv to study at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University.[6] She graduated in 2015.[1][2] She earned her first television acting role in the series Dvornyazhka Lyalya (Ukrainian: Дворняжка Ляля).[7] She said that the role was very competitive, having a long casting call.[7] She was doubtful about earning the role, having only acted in student films and theater at that point.[7] She said that at the last minute, she had a sudden phone call announcing that she earned the role.[7] She has been part of the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater since 2020.[1]

She speaks Russian, Ukrainian and English.[2]

Credits

Theater
Year Title Role Venue Ref(s)
Sing, Lola, Sing! Rosa Frelich (Lola), cabaret actress Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater [8]
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Betty Dullfeet
The Witch of Konotop Olena

Film
Year Title Role Ref(s)
2022 Bednaya Sasha [9]

Television
Year Title Role Ref(s)
Dvornyazhka Lyalya Lyalya Rubinova [7]

References
  1. "Жданова Оксана". Націона́льний академі́чний драмати́чний теа́тр і́мені Іва́на Франка́ (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  2. "Жданова Оксана Викторовна". ABA Studio (in Russian). Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  3. "Про Донеччину 2014 року, Херсон, племінника у полоні та театр: акторка Олена Хохлаткіна у "Точці опори"". Дім (in Ukrainian). March 15, 2023. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  4. Yarema, Galyna (August 9, 2014). "Оксана ЖДАНОВА: «На сцену вперше вийшла у дворічному віці»". Високий Замок (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on August 12, 2014.
  5. Tkachenko, Oksana (January 15, 2022). "«Очень опасно было оставаться». Актер Виктор Жданов рассказал о переезде из Донецка и назвал причину расставания с женой". «Очень опасно было оставаться». Актер Виктор Жданов рассказал о переезде из Донецка и назвал причину расставания с женой (in Russian). Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  6. Katsun, Yuliya (September 12, 2022). "Акторка Оксана Жданова: Виїжджала зі своєї квартири і зрозуміла маму, яка у 2014 виїхала з Донецька". KP.UA (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  7. Katsun, Yuliya (October 15, 2014). "Звезда сериала "Дворняжка Ляля" Оксана Жданова: "Постельные сцены были для меня шоком"". KP.UA (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  8. "Zhdanova Oksana". Націона́льний академі́чний драмати́чний теа́тр і́мені Іва́на Франка́. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  9. "РОССИЙСКАЯ ПРЕМЬЕРА МЕЛОДРАМЫ «БЕДНАЯ САША» СОСТОИТСЯ 20 ИЮНЯ". Кино-Театр.РУ (in Russian). June 14, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
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