Kozhevnikova's grandfather, Major General, participant of the Great Patriotic War Valentin Nikolaevich Trofimov (1923-2013).

In 2001, when Kozhevnikova was only a teenager, she starred in the video for the song "You Will Become An Adult" by the Lyceum group.

In 2005, while studying at the institute, she began her career as an actress, participating in extras and playing secondary roles.

In September 2009, the Playboy magazine published eight photographs of Kozhevnikova, in five of which she is completely naked.

At the end of August 2013, Kozhevnikova and her boyfriend at the time, businessman Yevgeny Vasilyev, got married in St. Nicholas Cathedral in Nice, France.