On Monday, January 12, 2026, actress Alena Khmelnitskaya turned 55 years old. On the actress's birthday, the news portal News.ru speak about important events in her life.
The beginning of the journey and the most prominent roles
Alena Khmelnitskaya was born on January 12, 1971 in Moscow, in a family of ballet dancers. In 1992, she graduated from the acting department of the Moscow Art Theater School. In the second year, she was accepted into the troupe of the Lenkom Theater.
Khmelnitskaya is widely known for her leading role in the film Hearts of Three, based on the novel of the same name by Jack London. Other prominent roles of the actress include the role of nurse/wife of the Minister of Health in the movie “The President and His Granddaughter” and singer Irma in the movie “Silver Lily of the Valley”.
Personal life
In 1993, the actress married director Tigran Keosayan. Their marriage produced two daughters – Alexandra and Ksenia. In 2014, it became known that the couple divorced.
In 2016, information appeared about the actress having an affair with businessman Alexander Sinyushin. In March 2024, Khmelnitskaya announced the end of the relationship, wrote “StarHit”.
“I'm grateful for all the good things we had. I remember everything and don't regret anything. Now we're on different paths. We've lived for 8 years… A lot of things. There was no clicking, pleasant or not. We gradually moved towards breaking up. But the decision was made quickly,” the publication quoted the actress as saying.
Location on SVO
Keosayan, Khmelnitskaya's ex-husband, is known for his pro-SVO stance. How wrote “StarHit”, the former couple's views on this issue are different.
“She is the mother of my children, I tried to explain to her but she did not hear,” the portal quoted Keosayan as saying.
On May 9, 2022, the actress published a post on her account dedicated to Victory Day. She called the veterans true heroes and expressed gratitude to “all the people who fought against the Nazis.” The actress emphasized that tears on this day are not only in remembrance of the Great Patriotic War, but also of the conflict “going on today”.
“It still seems like a bad dream!” the actress emphasized.
Keosayan's death
Director, TV presenter, Honored Artist of Russia Tigran Keosayan passed away on the night of September 26, 2025. Editor-in-chief of Russia Today, Keosayan's wife, Margarita Simonyan, reported that her husband was in a coma after his clinical death.
“The father of my children, my ex-husband, my relative, the director, Tigran Keosayan, passed away… Only 59 years old. This is a great sadness for me personally, for our children, for his entire extended family, his wife, mother, children, for all his relatives and friends. Kingdom of Heaven. And thank you to everyone who has the strength to be human and not lose compassion in difficult times ours,” Khmelnitskaya commented on her ex-husband's death.
