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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 7, 1974 (52)
- Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia]
- Actor and producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
Known for
What are Svetlana Metkina's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 7
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 3
Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 3
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
- Heroas Tally Rubin in Heatstroke (2013)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Svetlana Metkina's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Svetlana Metkina's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
15 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
The Guilty(2021)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Oslo(2021)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Colette(2018)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Vox Lux(2018)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Heatstroke(2013)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Evidence(2013)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
1812. Ballad of the Uhlans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Knife Edge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Trackman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Bobby(2006)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Mini's First Time(2006)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Second Front (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Slingshot(2005)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Barbarian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Career shape
Star power in the 80th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 15 titles from 1998 to 2021; peak year 2013.
Film career
Peak 2013 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2006Screen debut· Mini's First Time
- 2006Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· Bobby
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
3 major nominations and no wins, 2007–2021.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Television Movie
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Acting Ensemble
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Svetlana Metkina's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Svetlana Metkina's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Svetlana Metkina work with?
People who share at least 2 of Svetlana Metkina's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gary Michael Walters shares the most, 8.
Producers
- Gary Michael WaltersShared titles: Oslo (2021), The Guilty (2021), Colette (2018), Vox Lux (2018), Evidence (2013), Heatstroke (2013), Mini's First Time (2006), Slingshot (2005)See all 8 shared titles with Gary Michael Walters
- Michel LitvakShared titles: Oslo (2021), The Guilty (2021), Colette (2018), Vox Lux (2018), Evidence (2013), Heatstroke (2013), Mini's First Time (2006), Slingshot (2005)See all 8 shared titles with Michel Litvak
- David LitvakShared titles: Oslo (2021), The Guilty (2021), Vox Lux (2018)See all 3 shared titles with David Litvak
- Jonathan OakesShared titles: Oslo (2021), The Guilty (2021), Vox Lux (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Jonathan Oakes