Oksana Zhdanova

[1][2] Her mother, Olena Khokhlatkina is named People's Artist of Ukraine.

[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.

However, she got rejected after applying for a ballet school due to her height and figure.

[1][2] She earned her first television acting role in the series Dvornyazhka Lyalya (Ukrainian: Дворняжка Ляля).

[7] She was doubtful about earning the role, having only acted in student films and theater at that point.