---
name: "Svetlana Efremova"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/svetlana-efremova"
fi1m_id: "svetlana-efremova"
imdb_id: "nm0250610"
tmdb_id: 63679
wikidata_id: "Q65163158"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 December 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T04:32:00.992165+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Svetlana Efremova

## Identity

Svetlana Efremova

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/svetlana-efremova
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** svetlana-efremova
- **IMDb ID:** nm0250610
- **TMDB ID:** 63679
- **Wikidata ID:** Q65163158
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Efremova, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65163158, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63679

Actor. Born 15 December 1970 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 December 1970, Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Also known as:** Светлана Ефремова, Svetlana Yefremova
- **Average Fi1m score:** 61, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 66 (1), 2020s 56 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Efremova, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65163158, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63679

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Spinning Out*](https://film.one/tv/spinning-out.md) (56)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Svetlana Efremova is a Soviet-born American stage, film and television actress and educator. Born in 1970 in Novosibirsk, Russia, she trained at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, where she received a BFA, and at Yale University, where she earned an MFA in acting.

She has appeared in films including *White Oleander* (2002), *Phone Booth* (2003) and *The Island* (2005). On television she has played roles in series such as *House of Cards* (2013), *The Americans* (2013), *SEAL Team* (2017) and *Spinning Out* (2020), in which she portrayed Dasha Fedorova. Efremova teaches acting at California State University, Fullerton, where she heads the acting programme, and has performed in touring Broadway productions including *Uncle Vanya*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Spinning Out* (2020), Fi1m 56, as Dasha Glushenko — [page](https://film.one/tv/spinning-out.md)
- *For All Mankind* (2019), Fi1m 66, as Irina Morozova — [page](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Circumcision* (2025), as Diana
- *Hollywood Dream* (2022), Actor
- *Spinning Out* (2020), series, as Dasha Glushenko — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/tv/spinning-out.md)
- *For All Mankind* (2019), series, as Irina Morozova — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md)
- *Station 19* (2018), series, as Lenya Hughes
- *SEAL Team* (2017), series, as Katya
- *The Brave* (2017), series, as Bathhouse Employee
- *The Blacklist: Redemption* (2017), series, as Grushenka
- *The OA* (2016), series, as Zoya
- *MacGyver* (2016), series, as Olivia Prior
- *Motive* (2013), series, as Dr. Monika Harper
- *House of Cards* (2013), series, as Nadia Surkova
- *The Americans* (2013), series, as Zinaida Preobrazhenskaya — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md)
- *Figa.Ro* (2012), as Terroristka
- *Work It* (2012), series, as Psychic
- *Body of Proof* (2011), series, as Husky Accent Woman
- *Shameless* (2011), series, as Sasha — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *The Whole Truth* (2010), series, as Ramsted's Girlfriend
- *Rizzoli & Isles* (2010), series, as Katrin Ulmanis
- *Killer by Nature* (2010), as Dr. Ramos
- *(Untitled)* (2009), as Russian Singer
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Vladlena Sokolov
- *Dirt* (2007), series, as Anna Karpova
- *Stick It* (2006), as Dorrie
- *The Elder Son* (2006), as Vera
- *The Island* (2005), as Midwife
- *The Closer* (2005), series, as Floria Stenzel
- *Harvest Time* (2004), as Singer
- *Spinning Boris* (2003), as Tatiana Dyachenko
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, as Landlord
- *Joan of Arcadia* (2003), series, as Joan's Doctor
- *Phone Booth* (2003), as Erica
- *White Oleander* (2002), as Rena Gruschenka
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Yelena Tzetcovich
- *Monk* (2002), series, as Second Cop
- *Thieves* (2001), series, as Svetlana
- *The Guardian* (2001), series, as Maria Braczyk
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Nina — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *Gideon's Crossing* (2000), series, as Sheila the Temp
- *Prince of Central Park* (2000), as Sophia's Mom
- *Strong Medicine* (2000), series, as Corrina
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, as Ludmila Koss, Novaya Gazeta — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Judging Amy* (1999), series, as Nadia Patzaikin
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Mrs. Vjorka
- *ER* (1994), series, as Impatient Woman — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *The Fountain* (1988), as Маша
- *The Young and the Restless* (1973), series, as Tour Guide
- *Brighton Beach*, as Vera

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