On November 20, 2011, Distinguished Artist of Russia Svetlana Sheichenko will celebrate her Jubilee. Svetlana Sheichenko, one of the best students of Vasily Merkuriev and Irina Meyerhold, belongs to that Alexandrinsky’s galaxy whose biographies were entirely connected with the oldest Russian theater. She was invited to the company in 1973, right after her graduation from the institute. She debuted in the role of Victoria in A. Stein’s romantic drama “No Stars in the Night” (1974). The nimble, graceful and knowing biomechanics actress was immediately introduced to the performances of current repertoire, where she had played a whole series of bit-part roles; in 1979, Svetlana Sheichenko was introduced to A. Arbuzov’s performance “The Old Arbat’s Fairy Tales” in the role of Viktosha, which she had played more than 100 times. Her other job that could have made the actress famous was the role of Reneva in the socially acute and daringly theatrical Arseny Sagalchik’s performance “Shining but Not Warming,” but the performance was banned. Another Svetlana Sheichenko’s major dramatic role of the period was Delphina, Baroness de Nucingen, heroine of O. de Balzac’s novel “Father Goriot.” In the 1990s, the role of Liza in Alexander Praudin’s version of “The Woes of Wits” (1996) became her brightest role. In the early 2000s, Sheichenko played character comedian roles in Vladimir Golub’s performances: Glafira Glumova (“No Man Is Wise at All Times” by A. Ostrovsky, 2002), Pamela (“Room Number Thirteen” by R. Kuni, 2004). In the years of her work at the theater, Svetlana Sheichenko had played about one hundred roles. Today her repertoire includes roles in Valery Fokin’s performances: “The Inspector General” by N. Gogol (2002); “The Double” by F. Dostoyevsky (2005); “Ksenia. The History of Love” by V. Levanov (2009); “Hamlet” by W. Shakespeare (2010). In the performance after L. Tolstoy’s drama “The Living Corps” (2006), Svetlana Sheichenko played the role of Maria Kryukova, Liza Protasova’s friend, and recently she was appointed to the role of Anna Dmitrievna Karenina.