Svetlana Khodchenkova

Svetlana Khodchenkova (born 21 January 1983) is a Russian film, stage, and television actress. She became known after starring in Stanislav Govorukhin's movie Bless the Woman (2004), for which she received a nomination for the Nika Award and continued her career with the role of clairvoyant Cassandra in the historic television series Mascot Love (2005). In 2008, she won the award Polish Film Festival for Best Actress in a Little Moscow. She is also known for her roles in box office films Love in the City (2009), its sequel, Love in the City 2 (2010) and Office Romance. Our Time (2011). She currently stars in the TV series Lavrova's Method, and appears as Irina in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, a 2011 English-language espionage film directed by Tomas Alfredson, based on the 1974 novel by John le Carré. She will appear in the 2013 superhero film, The Wolverine as Viper.