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Vita Smachelyuk

Vita Smachelyuk

About me

Vita Smachelyuk is a Ukrainian actress based in Germany. She won the Czech Film Critics' Award for Best Actress for her lead performance as Irina in Victim (2022), directed by Michal Blaško - which premiered at the Venice Film Festival (Horizons), screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was selected as Slovakia's official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards. She was also nominated for the Czech Lion, Sun in a Net, and IGRIC Awards for the same role. Her latest credit, Mila Zhluktenko's short film Critical Condition (2025), world-premiered at La Semaine de la Critique, Cannes. A graduate of Kyiv's Karpenko-Kary National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television, Smachelyuk has over 30 screen credits across film and television. She speaks Ukrainian, Russian, Czech and German.

Information

Acting age
35-50 years
Year of birth
1981 (44 years)
Place of birth
Ukraine
Height (cm)
164
Eye color
brown
Hair color
brown
Hair length
Medium
Ethnicity and heritage
White or Caucasian
Stature
female, normal
Place of residence
Berlin (DE)
Housing options
Kyiv (UA), Berlin (DE), Hamburg (DE), London (GB)
Nationality
Ukrainian
Languages
Russian(native)Ukrainian(native)CzechGermanEnglish
Instruments
Piano
Sport
BadmintonSkateboardStage combatKart racing
Dance
Expressionist danceHistorical danceStage dance
Main profession
Actor
Singing
A cappellaChoirfolk song
Pitch
Altus
Driver's licenses
B - Car, BE - Car with trailer

Credits

Primary professional training

1998 – 2003
Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi University of theatre, cinema and television

Awards

2022
Ceny České Filmové Kritiky (Drama)
2022
Czech Lions (nominated) (Drama)

Film

2025
Critical Condition
Dariia (SUP) Mila Zhluktenko Producer: Michael Kalb Filmproduktion Distribution: Michael Kalb Filmproduktion / HFF Munich / BR / ARTE
2021
Victim (Drama)
Iryna (LR) Michal Blaško Producer: Jakub Viktorín, Pavla Janoušková Kubečková Distribution: Pluto Film

Television

2020
Zrechnnya (Renunciation) - 6 (TV series)
Lyudmila (SUP) Serhii Sotnychenko Producer: Serhii Baranov Station: TV Channel "Ukraine" Distribution: Art Territory Casting Director: Victoria Nesterenko Written by: Natalis Glasenko
2019
Tayny (Secrets) - 1 (Series)
Theodora von Büsof (SUP) Serhii Kravets Producer: Serhii Kravets Station: TV Channel "Ukraine" Distribution: Panopticum
2017
Doctor Happiness (TV movie)
Supporting Role Dmitriy Petrun Written by: Evgenia Savichenko
2017
Retsept lyubvi (Series)
Antonina (SUP) Anton Tsivatnyy Station: TV Channel "Ukraine" Written by: Tatyana Gnedash
2016
Baby Boxes (TV series)
Olha (marketing manager) Anatoliy Grigorev Distribution: Film.ua Written by: Irina Chernova
2015
Be Back (Short film)
Girl (LR) Andriy Kyryllov Written by: Tata Kepler
2015
Laboratory of Love (TV series)
Margarita (LR) Yaroslav Lastovetsky Distribution: Mamas Film Production
2015
Jewelry Clan (TV series)
Margarita Vasilenko (SUP) Dmitriy Goldman Station: TV Channel "Ukraine" Written by: Tatyana Gnedash
2012
Jamaica (TV series)
Anna Ivanovna (LR) Іhor Zabara Producer: Valentin Opaliev Distribution: Kiivtelefіlym Casting Director: Svіtlana Horoshkova
2011
Who Is Who to Whom (TV movie)
Mila (LR) Euhene Shyshkyn Producer: Euhene Shyshkyn Written by: Euhene Shyshkyn
2007
The Ex (TV movie (series))
Yana (LR) Olha Havrilyuk Producer: Iryna Lysenko Station: Novy Channel Distribution: A-media Ukraine