Kseniya Rappoport

She has appeared in films and TV series such as Streets of Broken Lights, Baron, Anna Karenina, Nicholas II (Germany), The Russian Bride, National Security Agent, Empire under Attack, Calendula Flowers, Prokofiev (Germany), Get Thee Out, Criminal Petersburg, Homicide, and I Pay Up Front and My Wife's Romance (France). She starred in the Italian films La sconosciuta (The Unknown Woman; 2006), L'uomo che ama (2008) and in the Golden Lion nominated movie La doppia ora (2009), for which she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 66th Venice Film Festival.

Kseniya Rappoport studied at Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. The recorded working language is Russian, French and Italian. The field of work recorded is acting. Distinctions recorded are David di Donatello for Best Actress, Volpi Cup for Best Actress, Kinotavr and Merited Artist of Russia.

• Name — Kseniya Rappoport • Native Name — Ксения Раппопорт • Born — 25 March 1974 • Birthplace — Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1991–present • Partner — Yuri Kolokolnikov (until 2014) • Children — Aglaya, Sofia • Title — People's Artist of Russia (2015)

Rappoport was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) in a Jewish family. She made her debut in cinema at the age of 16 years, while the decision to become an actress was influenced by her role in the film Get Thee Out. In 2000, she graduated from Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy (SPbGATI), where she studied in the class VM Filshtinsky and was immediately invited to join the trainee group in St. Petersburg Maly Drama Theater, where she is an actress at the moment. Xenia played Nina Zarechnaya in The Seagull set Lev Dodin in 2001. She also played a girl in "Claustrophobia" (MDT), Elena Andreyevna in Uncle Vanya (Prize "Gold spotlights" in 2003 for Best Actress) and Sofia in Play without Name directed by Lev Dodin in MDT, Jocasta in Oedipus Rex, Beatrice in The Servant of Two Masters and Ismenio in Antigone (State Theatre on Foundry). In 2008, Rappoport played an opera singer whose son mysteriously disappears in the film Yuri's Day by Kirill Serebrennikov. She won the Best Actress award at the Kinotavr festival, Golden Eagle Awards and at the Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards. In December 2009, Rappoport was awarded the title Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. On 27 June 2012, at the 58th International Film Festival in Taormina (Sicily, Italy) Rappoport awarded the prize Golden Lion, founded by the Province of Messina. In 2012, she was awarded the Golden Eagle Award for her role in film Two Days (2011). At the 35th Moscow International Film Festival, she was awarded a Stanislavsky Award "For conquest of tops of actor's skill and loyalty to the principles of Stanislavsky school". In 2013, Rappoport won in the category "Skill actor" (Best Actress) awarded the International Prize of Stanislavsky (2012-2013 theater season) for the role of Lady Milford in the play Intrigue and Love directed by Lev Dodin (MDT Theater of Europe). In 2014 she became the winner of "Top 50 Most famous people of St. Petersburg" in the theater for active work in the Board of Trustees "Children Bella" and the role of Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard by Lev Dodin. In March 2015, she was awarded the prize of the Association of producers of film and television in the field of television movies as Best Actress TV Movie/Series for the role of Olga in Ladoga (Russian TV Series). She has had a successful acting career abroad and has gained international fame. She starred in Giuseppe Tornatore's Unknown Woman, played along Monica Bellucci in The Man Who Loves, and won Volpi Cup as Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for The Double Hour. Currently, Rappoport stays active in theatre. In 2025, she was the lead actress in Dunya Smirnova's play Beyond the Light at the Gesher Theatre in Tel Aviv. In 2026, she starred in the London premiere of Sunset Boulevard, a Gift of Life charity production.

Rappoport's father was Jewish, and she has stated that she never hid her Jewish ethnicity. Rappoport was married to Russian businessman Viktor Tarasov. Their daughter is actress Darya-Aglaya Tarasova who received the 2019 Golden Eagle Award for Best Leading Actress for her role as the figure skater Nadezhda Lapshina in the 2018 Russian language film Ice. Rappoport later was in relationship with Russian actor Yuri Kolokolnikov, and they have a daughter Sofia, born January 2011. Her second marriage was to restaurateur Dmitriy Borisov. The couple tied the knot in 2016, but divorced in May 2019.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1999 — National Security Agent — Tanya — (ru) • 1999 — Streets of Broken Lights 2 — Marina Urbanskaya • 2000–05 — Destructive force — wife Sinitsky • 2000 — Empire under Attack — Alina • 2001 — Gangster Petersburg 3: Antibiotic Collapse — Rachel Dallet — (ru) • 2002 — On behalf of Baron — Debora — (ru) • 2002 — Time to love — Nadya • 2002 — Knife in the Clouds • 2003 — Gangster Petersburg 4: Prisoner — Rachel Dallet — (ru) • 2003 — Do not quarrel, girls! • 2004 — Sissi - Empress rebel — Marie • 2005 — The Fall of the Empire — Alina Gorskaya • 2005 — Yesenin — Galina Benislavskya • 2005 — Citizen of the head 2 — Anna Karno — (ru) • 2007 — Liquidation — Ida — Miniseries • 2007 — Betrothed-disguised — Olga Gusarova wife Edik • 2007 — More important than love — Veronica Vladimirtseva journalist • 2009 — Isaev — Lidiya Bosse, singer — (ru) • 2012 — The White Guard — Elena • 2012 — After school — Zhanna Ivanovna, head teacher — (ru) • 2013 — Ladoga (Russian TV Series) — Olga Kaminskaya — Miniseries • 2014 — Boatswain Seagull — Miniseries • 2017 — Mata Hari — Elizabeth Shragmyuller • 2021 — Vertinsky — Lidiya Pavlovna — Miniseries

The authorities additionally record the headings Kseniya Aleksandrovna Rappoport and Kseniya Rappaport. Her recorded languages were Russian, French and Italian. She was the child of Aleksandr Rappoport. She married Yuri Kolokolnikov. One child is recorded: Aglaya Tarasova.

Kseniya Rappoport is recorded as having received David di Donatello for Best Actress, Volpi Cup for Best Actress and Kinotavr. Recognition and collections. Rappoport received David di Donatello for Best Actress, Volpi Cup for Best Actress, Kinotavr, Merited Artist of Russia, Golden Eagle Awards and People's Artist of the Russian Federation.