[1] Was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia),[2] into an artistic family.
Alyona in childhood was engaged in artistic gymnastics and table tennis.
[4][5] Khmelnitskaya's main performance was in the role of Leoncia Solano in the Russian-Ukrainian adventure feature film directed by Vladimir Popkov, Hearts of Three (1992), based on Jack London's novel of the same name.
In a marriage that lasted twenty-one years, two daughters were born.
[3][7][8] Since 2016, she has been in a relationship with Aleksandr Sinyushin who is thirteen years her junior.