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MOSCOW – MAY 23: Russian Actress Oksana Fandera.”Voskresnik”. Festival Bosco di Ciliegi “Cherry Forest”. May 23, 2010 near The Moscow City Palace of children’s creativity. Moscow, Russia magicinfoto /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Oksana Olegovna Fandera
Place of Birth: Odesa, Odesa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Date of Birth: November 7, 1967
Ethnicity: * father – Ukrainian, Romani * mother – Ashkenazi Jewish
Oksana Fandera is a Ukrainian-Russian actress.
She is the daughter of Larisa Krigmont and actor Oleg Fandera. Her father was of half Ukrainian and half Romani descent. Her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish. In an interview, she said that she cooks like a Ukrainian, loves freedom as Romani, and feels mourning as Jewish. Oksana and her mother moved to Moscow when she was fourteen.
Oksana is married to Russian actor and film director Filipp Yankovsky, with whom she has two children, including actor Ivan Yankovsky. Filipp is the son of actors Oleg Yankovsky and Lyudmila Zorina.
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