I was was born and grew up in Donbass (USSR, then Ukraine) in a simple family. My father was a miner and mother's a pastry engineer. After school I studied piano performing arts in Donetsk State Musical College. At the age of 18, I moved to the city of Saint-Petersburg, Russia to study acting. I graduated from Russian State Institute of Performing Arts in 2002. I performed in Russian TV series and movies. Also I perform on stage at KTM theatre in Saint-Petersburg from 2006. In 2023-2024 I studied filmmaking in Moscow independent film school TheOneFilm. From 2024 I am a student of The Higher School of directors and screenwriters in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. I have several short live-action films. Some of them have received recognition and awards at international film festivals.