Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova


Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova is a Canadian actress and model. She is known for playing the role of Svetlana Vetrova in the Crave original television series Heated Rivalry.

Early life

Kharlamova was born in Toronto to a Russian mother and a Trinidadian father, and through her mother is also of Ukrainian descent. She spent the first few years of her life in Toronto before moving to Saint Petersburg, Russia, after which she describes being “ping-ponged” between the two places. She has cited Russian as her first language. Her great-uncle was the Soviet ice hockey player Valeri Kharlamov.
She received training in dance, singing and theatre, as well as in Russian circus traditions, and began her career appearing as an extra in television series and films.

Career

Kharlamova was signed to an agency at the age of 16 and began her career as an actress and model. Her first credited role was in the 2017 science fiction film Downsizing.
She made her television debut in 2020 in the Amazon Prime series The Boys. In 2022, she appeared as Yazmin in the CBC series Strays.
In 2023, Kharlamova portrayed Jasmyn in the Roku series Slip. That same year, she became a series regular as Much in the Global TV series Robyn Hood, earning a nomination for the Best Supporting Performance in a Drama Program or Series at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards. The following year, she appeared as Annabelle Volkov in The Boarding School Murders.
In 2025, Kharlamova appeared as Nicole in the FX series Adults and as Ashley in the Canadian medical drama SkyMed. She also played a singer in the film A Very Jonas Christmas Movie. Later that year, she was cast as Svetlana Sergeevna Vetrova in the Crave romantic drama Heated Rivalry, after performing a scene in both English and Russian. The series is based on the Game Changers novel series by Rachel Reid, although Kharlamova's role was expanded from the character as depicted in the novel Heated Rivalry.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017DownsizingColony Member
2024The Boarding School MurdersAnnabelle Volkov
2025A Very Jonas Christmas MovieSinger
scope="row" Zara Dawson

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020The BoysGirl in ClassroomEpisode: "What I Know"
2022StraysYazmin3 episodes
2023SlipJasmyn3 episodes
2023Robyn HoodMuch8 episodes
2025SkyMedAshleyEpisode: "The Fire"
2025AdultsNicoleEpisode: "Pilot"
2025–presentHeated RivalrySvetlana Vetrova4 episodes

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