Biography

Svetlana Smirnova-Martsinkevich is a Russian theater and film actress. She was born in Kazan in a family of artists. Her father held the position of administrator at the Kazan Theater of Young Spectators for many years, and her mother runs the Autograph Theater. From early childhood, Svetlana saw herself as an actress, a continuer of family traditions. After the ninth grade, she decided to enroll in the course of director Grigoriy Dityatkovskiy, but when the applicant was ready to enroll in the academy, it turned out that she did not have a certificate of secondary education. In 2009, Svetlana Smirnova-Martsinkevich graduated from the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts (SpbGATI), course of Semyon Spivak. After graduation she joined the troupe of the Youth Theater on Fontanka.

Her film debut took place in an episode of the fourth season of the multi-part television project Vsegda govori «vsegda» (2003) in 2007. And the actress became widely known for her role as Vera in the film Innocent Saturday (2011). The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011. The film, directed by Aleksandr Mindadze, is dedicated to the tragedy at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Svetlana Smirnova-Martsinkevich played two notable roles in the TV series - Doroga v pustotu (2012) and ,Obratnaya storona Luny (2012) which brought her widespread love from the audience.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa