Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 07, 1974
Place of Birth
Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia]
Credits
15 titles
Svetlana Metkina
Biography
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Metkina (born 7 January 1974, Moscow) is a Russian actress and film producer, also known in Hollywood as Lana Litvak. She began acting at age 11 in children's theatre and studied at the Shchukin Acting School. She is best known internationally for playing Czechoslovak reporter Lenka Janáček in Bobby (2006), an ensemble drama about the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. Her other acting credits include Slingshot (2005), Mini's First Time (2006), The Second Front (2005, with Ron Perlman), Heatstroke (2013), and Evidence (2013). As a producer she has worked on Colette (2018), Vox Lux (2018), The Guilty (2021, with Jake Gyllenhaal), and Oslo (2021). She received a SAG Award nomination for her ensemble work in Bobby.
Known For
Filmography
The Guilty
Producer
Oslo
Producer
Colette
Executive Producer
Vox Lux
Producer
Heatstroke
Tally
Evidence
Vicki
1812. Ballad of the Uhlans
Knife Edge
Lucy
Trackman
Katya
Bobby
Lenka Janáček
Mini's First Time
Jelena
The Second Front
Olga Ryabina (as Lana Litwak)
Slingshot
Fast Bobby
Barbarian
Gilda
The Family
Alya