It’s safe to say about actress Oksana Fander that she was lucky not only in her profession, but also in her personal life. It’s not very often in the world of show business that you find such strong families as this beautiful woman’s.
Of course, over the many years of marriage, everything happened to Oksana and her husband, director Philip Yankovsky, sometimes the marriage literally hung by a thread, but they still managed to maintain their union, overcoming all the difficulties and disagreements.
Oksana Fandera and Philip Yankovsky
Biography and personal life of Oksana Fandera
The famous acting family of the Yankovskys is known for its moral principles and strict family traditions. Therefore, when Philip brought his future daughter-in-law into the house back in 1990, his parents were unenthusiastic about his hasty choice.
Oleg and Philip Yankovsky
It soon became clear that Oksana was expecting a child. Then the father and mother of the groom changed their anger to mercy, and the wedding took place. In October of the same year, the newlyweds had a son, and a few years later a daughter was born.
Oksana and Philip in their youth
By the time she met Philip, Oksana Fandera had already worked as a model, took second place in the capital’s beauty contest and became a student at the theater institute.
Oksana and Philip at the event
She was born in Odessa in the fall of 1967 into the family of a descendant of a noble gypsy family, and the girl’s mother had Jewish roots. Oksana inherited her bright southern appearance and acting abilities from her father; he starred in Soviet films and worked in the theater. The further fate of the young beauty was predetermined, and Oksana herself dreamed of cinema.
A busy work schedule did not prevent the actress from becoming an excellent wife and mother of two children.
It cannot be said that everything was perfect in Oksana Fandera’s personal life; sometimes unpleasant events happened.
Oksana with her son and daughter
In the early 2000s, Yankovsky Jr. made several successful films and video clips and became a prominent person in the world of cinema. The young man's directorial works brought him not only popularity, but also substantial fees. Professional success turned the head of Oksana Fandera’s husband; he started an affair and decided to leave his wife.
At this tragic moment, Philip’s father, the legendary actor Oleg Yankovsky, who was an indisputable authority for his son, took the side of his daughter-in-law. Thanks to his intervention, everything ended well. Oksana Fandera's husband came to his senses, and the couple continued to live together.
The actress has been married for more than 30 years. She calls freedom and justice the main secret of mutual understanding in the family.
Other unfavorable circumstances could not separate the spouses. Later, the actress helped Philip Yankovsky cope with severe addiction and overcome a serious illness.
Biography
Childhood
Oksana Fandera was born in Odessa. Her father was half Ukrainian, half Gypsy - an impulsive, jealous man - belonged to an ancient Gypsy family, and her mother was Jewish. It was such a bright, temperamental “cocktail” of blood that led to Oksana growing up as a real disaster girl. She climbed around construction sites, stole cherry liqueur from her grandmother, raised tadpoles in an aquarium, which then turned into frogs and jumped around all the rooms. One day, Oksana and her sister, wanting to give their mother a gift, cut out portraits of Lenin from a stack of hundred-ruble bills, creating a collage from them. You can imagine my mother’s reaction... In short, according to Oksana Fandera herself, she “was a nightmare for the whole family.” Advertising:
At the age of 12, Oksana could become famous throughout the country. The young girl competed for the role of Mikey in the famous film “The Adventures of Electronics”. However, in the end, Elektronika’s friend was played by Oksana Alekseeva, and Oksana Fandera got the cameo role of a schoolgirl. Nevertheless, the first step into cinema was taken.
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When Oksana was 14 years old, her mother remarried and they moved to Moscow.
Oksana understood what the national question was as a child. Therefore, when she received a passport, when asked: “Who should register her as a Jew or a Ukrainian?” she literally shouted “Ukrainian!” “And already at a more conscious age, I’ll be honest, it took me a lot of work and effort to convince myself that there is nothing good or bad about nationality - it’s just a fact. I went through a difficult path before I told myself: stop blushing when it comes to talking about Jews...” admits Oksana.
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Moscow beauty
After graduating from school, sixteen-year-old Oksana decided to enter GITIS. But there she failed. The course was taught by the famous actor Vladimir Andreev. He saw a lyrical heroine in the fragile, thin girl who came from Odessa. But Oksana had her own views on this. Struggling with her romantic appearance, she showed up for the exam wearing clothes several sizes too big. And “for a snack” she performed something from Willy Tokarev and, throwing out a few clown knees, discouraged the high commission with far from academic words. As a result, the exam was miserably failed.
Oksana Fandera photography
Well, I had to put off the acting profession for now, and Oksana Fandera got a job at the Vyacheslav Zaitsev Model House, but not as a model, but as a secretary-typist. Then she had the opportunity to work as a foreman for children's models at the House of Models on Kuznetsky Most and even as a cleaner at Lydia Soselia's Fashion Theater.
A revolution in Oksana's life occurred in 1987. Once, while walking around Moscow, she saw a huge line of only girls. As it turned out, they all wanted to get into the first Moscow Beauty competition. Oksana's impulsive character pushed her to take part in this action. Despite her clothes being completely unsuitable for the competition - jeans and a men's shirt - the selection committee liked the girl. Masha Kalinina won the final, and Oksana became one of the winners of the competition. This success opened up broad prospects for the girl...
First serious film roles
Thanks to the “Moscow Beauty” competition, film directors immediately drew attention to Oksana and began vying with each other to invite her to star in quite serious roles. Already in the same 1987, she played in Valery Fedosov’s detective story “Morning Highway”. The aspiring actress had a hard time - she had to prove her worth on the set. And she succeeded.
“Morning Highway” was followed by new film works. In Alexander Blank’s melodrama “Winter in Paradise” and Alexander Ivanov-Sukharevsky’s film parable “The Ship,” Oksana Fandera played teenage girls challenging their family, trying to prove to the world that they are worth something, shocking those around them with their antics.
Studies
The first successes did not go to Oksana’s head. She very soon realized the need to obtain professional acting education.
The talented girl was accepted into his course by the famous director Anatoly Vasiliev. They say that at the first meeting with the master they sat in silence for about 40 minutes, then Vasiliev said, “Don’t read anything to me, what if I don’t like you? Just come to class."
Vasiliev’s difficult, despotic character is known to many. Oksana often had to step over herself for the sake of further studies, to which she devoted herself completely. This went on for about a year, and then her temperament made itself felt. Oksana, having found a reason, left the course, but, despite this, she still calls herself a “Vasilievskaya” actress.
Personal life
By that time, Oksana was already married. She met Philip Yankovsky, the son of the outstanding actor Oleg Yankovsky, in 1988. Philip proposed to marry him a month after they met. Frankly speaking, Oksana was afraid that the groom’s parents would not approve of this marriage, but Oleg Ivanovich and Lyudmila Aleksandrovna were the first to talk about the wedding when it turned out that she was pregnant.
The Yankovskys welcomed Oksana into their family with great cordiality. Oleg Ivanovich became the most important adviser and judge in the world of cinema for his daughter-in-law.
The happy couple had a son, Ivan, and a daughter, Elizaveta, whom grandfather simply adores. “Sometimes it seems to me that Lisa and Ivan are my children, my love for my grandchildren is so strong,” admits Oleg Yankovsky.
Theater
As a theater actress, Oksana Fandera realized herself in enterprises. She played with Dmitry Kharatyan in the play “Of Mice and Men”, and then with the famous Tatyana Dogileva in the play “Moonlight, Honeymoon”. Her performance in “Moonlight...” was criticized by Fr. Oleg Yankovsky also highly appreciated Oksana’s work.
The actress herself claims that she found herself in the role of Masha in the scandalous play based on Vladimir Sorokin’s play “The Honeymoon.” Oksana Fandera says: “...In the play “Honeymoon” I play Masha Rubinstein, a Jewish girl from a professor’s family, free from all prejudices and conventions. A kind of outcast who came out of the Moscow secular environment of the mid-90s, who is nevertheless capable of action, capable of loving... However, this is only a part - albeit the best - of my Masha. Another part of her is secular-Moscow, contemptuous of the world and people around her, in some places even tough... A new type of woman, we know them mainly from photographs in glossy magazines. I wanted WE to understand them. At least. This role, one might say, was copied “from life.” I know many from this environment: those for whom social life is life. Their goal is not even “to get married successfully”; the main thing is to correspond to this glossy, bright life.”
Movie
Thanks to her appearance, Oksana Fandera could have long ago become the Russian Julia Roberts in the movies, but she herself never wanted this. That is why she had to refuse many empty offers. The actress consciously looked for roles where appearance had absolutely no importance. In each of her rare roles, Oksana Fandera seemed to challenge viewers who wanted to discern in her inner harmony, softness, and lyricism.
Oksana and her husband had complete mutual understanding on this matter. Philip Yankovsky took a risky step, allowing his wife to be ugly in the frame. We are talking about the sensational film “State Councilor” based on the famous novel by Boris Akunin. In this film, Oksana Fandera played the role of Needle, an ideological terrorist bomber from the beginning of the last century.
Oksana says about her heroine: “Akunin wrote about my heroine: “From a rich family. A dry, lanky, overaged young lady. Bloodless pursed lips, dull hair tied at the back of the head in a tight knot. There are many of these in the revolution.” She has no name, only a party nickname: Igla. In a sense, my heroine is the misfortune of that Russia. A girl from a prosperous family who destroys the foundations of the political system. This is the path of Krupskaya, Inessa Armand, and many others...
With Needle, everything is inside. Lack of details in the face... There is an ideological core, everything rests on it. Such a box, closed for the time being. She is pure and unhappy in her closeness. When there is a conversation with the artist before filming, any actress has a completely natural desire to choose a costume that would favorably emphasize your figure, any actress wants to change these costumes more often... I had only one request to the artist of the picture - that, firstly, my dress was as colorless, faded, and dim as possible. And, secondly, there should be only one dress for the entire film. No makeup. I deliberately and immediately proposed to exclude the moment of dressing up and changing hairstyles, so that form would not prevail over content...”
This film starred many top movie stars. Let's face it, not all of them received good press. Oksana managed not only not to get lost, but to be one of the best in the film.
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A few words about Oksana Fander
Alena Khmelnitskaya:
“She sincerely conveys what interests her and gives freedom to those around her. Fandera is a cat breed. Even letting go, he holds.”
Stunned!!!!
Galymbek
10.20.2008 12:50:03
I watched Oksana in the film “Red Pearls of Love” and generally liked everything about her. Don't stop, you are perfection, you should be loved and respected. You are a great actress, no one else can do this except you. How I want to see such films with you many, many times. I love you
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Children of Oksana Fandera
The family of Oksana Fandera and Philip Yankovsky has two children - Ivan and Elizaveta. Both of them followed in the footsteps of their parents, chose a creative profession and received acting education.
Oksana with her son Ivan
Ivan successfully acts in films, he has been awarded several prestigious awards, including for best actor.
Lisa is just beginning her journey in art, she works in the theater, and in 2020 the young actress made her debut on the set.
Oksana Fandera
Oksana Olegovna Fandera comes from the Ukrainian pearl, a glorious city by the sea - Odessa, where she was born in the fall of 1967. Oksana inherited her colorful and bright appearance, as well as her acting talent, from her father, who had Ukrainian-Gypsy roots and played in the Odessa Drama Theater. The parents of the future actress divorced when Oksana was 15, after which the young girl moved to Moscow with her mother and immediately began to conquer the Russian capital.
Her first acting audition was at the age of 12 - for the role of Mikey in the legendary Soviet film The Adventures of Electronics, but in the end young Oksana got not the leading role, but the episodic role of a schoolgirl. However, from that moment Oksana Fandera was convinced that she definitely wanted to become an actress, so after school she tried to enter GITIS and, unfortunately, failed the entrance exams. In order to somehow live in Moscow and provide for herself, the failed student had to change many professions - she worked as a secretary at a Fashion House, led a group of young models, and in the worst periods of her youth she even worked as a cleaner. In 1987, fate finally decided to smile on Oksana; the girl took part in a beauty contest, where she was immediately noticed by film producers and directors. Immediately after this, Oksana was showered with invitations to various films, which she happily accepted. Such films with the participation of Oksana Fandera are released as The Ship, Winter in Paradise, Fools Die on Fridays and others. Over the past decade, the charming actress has repeatedly played the role of languid, sexy and unusual women, for example, in the dramas About Love, Brothel Lights, and Red Pearls of Love.
Oksana Fandera is happily married to director Philip Yankovsky, the son of the great Oleg Yankovsky. Some of Oksana Fandera’s main roles were in the films of her star husband (State Councilor, Stone Head). The couple has two children - a son and a daughter (Ivan and Lisa), who followed in their parents' footsteps and also connected themselves with the film industry.
Oksana Fandera has green eyes, naturally dark hair color, fair skin and full lips. The face shape is oval, the forehead is medium, the hair is curly and thick. Oksana Fandera does not change her hair color, preferring natural hair. The actress has a medium straight nose and a pointed chin. The actress is 171 cm tall and has no tattoos.
Zodiac sign - Scorpio (07.11.1967)
Nationality of Oksana Fandera
As a child, Oksana suffered a lot because of her Jewish roots, so she preferred to call herself Ukrainian. Moreover, Fander’s surname originates from the Ukrainian word “fanda”. There is also a version about the Romanian origin of the actress’s surname.
Oksana is proud of her family, so even after marriage she did not want to become Yankovskaya. Born in Odessa, the woman still has a special relationship with this city and remains its devoted fan.
The mixture of Gypsy, Ukrainian and Jewish blood provided Oksana with a daring character and explosive southern temperament, which are noted by all her acquaintances.
Latest news about Oksana Fandera's family. Instagram actress
In 2020, the actress turns 53 years old. She still looks great, retains her external attractiveness and girlish slim figure. With a model height of 171 cm, Oksana weighs 62 kg.
Oksana Fandera with her husband and son
The woman actively maintains her page on Instagram, where she often posts new photos. There are many pictures on her account with her daughter Elizabeth, everything suggests that they are quite close and understand each other well. Many of Oksana’s posts are dedicated to her pet – a large white dog, which the actress adores and calls by various affectionate nicknames.
Oksana's daughter Liza Yankovskaya
Fandera often attends social events with her husband Philip.
This beautiful couple looks great together. Apparently, Oksana and Philip are one of those people for whom the years spent together can only benefit them.
Oksana appreciates her belonging to the famous Yankovsky artistic dynasty, to which she also pays a lot of attention on social networks.
