# Svetlana Ivanova

Svetlana Andreyevna Ivanova (Russian: Светлана Андреевна Иванова; born 26 September 1985) is a Russian theater and film actress. Her feature film debut was in The 9th Company (2005). Subsequently, she starred in such films as Franz + Polina (2006), August Eighth (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, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, into a family of power engineers.

## Education

In 2006, Ivanova graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, where she studied at the Igor Yasulovich's class.

## Career

Ivanova made her major debut as Olya in the 2005 film The 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 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, 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

List of film credits :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | The 9th Company | Olya | |
| 2006 | Franz + Polina | Polina | |
| 2006 | Playing the Victim | Stasya | |
| 2006 | Formula zero | Marina | |
| 2006 | Four taxi drivers and a dog 2 | Katya | |
| 2006 | Real Santa Claus | Katya Nikitina | |
| 2007 | Father | Masha | (ru) |
| 2007 | Temptation | Anya | (ru) |
| 2008 | Cheesecake | a waitress in a cafe | |
| 2008 | Hello, Kinder! | Valeriya Rogacheva | |
| 2009 | The House of the Sun | Sasha | |
| 2009 | Moscow, I love you! | Sveta | |
| 2009 | Domestic cat | Nastya | (ru) |
| 2010 | Dark World | Marina | |
| 2010 | Contact times | Nastya | (ru) |
| 2010 | Above the city | Irina | |
| 2011 | Fairytale.Is | older sister, the daughter of Barbie and Kena | (ru) |
| 2011 | August Eighth | Kseniya | |
| 2012 | About him | singer | |
| 2012 | The Admirer | Lidiya Avilova | (ru) |
| 2012 | Happy New Year, Mom! | Lena | (ru) |
| 2012 | Legend № 17 | Irina | |
| 2013 | Women's Day | Lena Golubeva | |
| 2013 | One Particular Pioneer | Svetlana A., 6B homeroom teacher class | (ru) |
| 2013 | A Perfect Murder | Olga Lavrova | |
| 2013 | Insight | Ona | |
| 2014 | Friends of Friends | Kristina | (ru) |
| 2014 | On March 8, the man! | Violetta | (ru) |
| 2014 | A Walk to Remember | Asya | |
| 2015 | Happiness is... | Vera | |
| 2016 | The Heritage of Love | Duchess Vera Chernisheva / Vera Yezerskaya | |
| 2016 | Forever and ever | Mariya | |
| 2016 | Close eyes | Foki's mom | |
| 2019 | The Blackout | Olga, a war correspondent | |
| 2020 | Cosmoball | bearded man's wife | |
| 2021 | Row 19 | Katia | |

### TV Series

List of television credits :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | Godson | Dina | |
| 2004 | Farewell echo | Natasha | |
| 2004 | Photography | | |
| 2005 | Duel | Anya | |
| 2005 | Private detective | Masha | |
| 2006 | The Last Confession | Nadia Tyulenina | Mini-series (ru) |
| 2007 | And yet I love ... | Rita Lyagushova | (ru) |
| 2008 | Side effect | Liza | |
| 2008 | From love to Kohannya | Nastya | (ru) |
| 2008 | Mines in the fairway | Liza | |
| 2008 | One Night of Love (TV series) | Sasha Zabelina | |
| 2009 | Palm Sunday | Oksana Lepina | |
| 2009 | Nepridumannoe murder | Natasha | Mini-series |
| 2009 | Zhurov | Lisa, the daughter Zhurova | (ru) |
| 2010 | The capital sin | Yuliya, the younger sister | |
| 2010 | Dr. Tyrsa | Lika Kireyeva | (ru) |
| 2010 | Cool guys | Senya | |
| 2011 | Fugitive | Kristina | |
| 2011 | In the Wrong Skin | Irina | (ru) |
| 2011 | Gossamer Indian summer | Anna | |
| 2012 | Rook | Dasha Okhlopkova | (ru) |
| 2013 | Razvedchicy | Arina Prozorovskaya | |
| 2013 | Give me a little heat | Vera | |
| 2013 | If you love - forgive | Dasha | |
| 2014 | Pregnancy test | Natalia Bakhmeteva |
| 2014 | Alchemist. Elixir Faust | Olga | |
| 2015 | Meteorite | Alena | |
| 2015 | How I became a Russian | Anya Bystrova | (ru) |
| 2015 | Investigator Tikhonov | Elena Lavrova | |

### 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" (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) - Irina