Her notable works include Living, Wolfy and Kokoko.

[1] Yana Mokritskaya was born in posyolok Lechebnyy [ru] Sverdlovsk Oblast.

[5] She was also nominated at White Elephant[6] and Asia Pacific Screen Awards for this role.

In 2012 at Kinotavr she won Best Actress for the movie Kokoko by Dunya Smirnova.

[9][10] From 2003 to 2020, she was married to the playwright and film director Vasily Sigarev.