Svetlana Afanasyevna Svetlichnaya (Russian: Светлана Афанасьевна Светличная;[2] 15 May 1940 – 16 November 2024) was a Soviet and Russian actress most famous for her role in The Diamond Arm (1968).

Svetlichnaya was born in the city of Leninakan (now Gyumri), Armenian SSR, Soviet Union on 15 May 1940 to Afanasy Mikhailovich Svetlichnyi and Maria Feodorovna Zolotareva.

When Svetlana graduated from high school, her mother sent her to Moscow by a train.

On stage, she played a student Elisabetta Procter in Salem's process, Katyusha Maslova in Resurrection, and Maryanka in Cossacks.

After her role of Anna Sergeyevna in The Diamond Arm, her phrase It's not my fault!