Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova (; born 2 December 2002) is a Canadian actress and model. She plays Svetlana Vetrova in the Crave original television series Heated Rivalry (2025âÂÂpresent).
Kharlamova was born in Toronto to a Russian-Ukrainian mother and a Trinidadian father. 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, through whom she is also of distant Basque descent.
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.
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. 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. It earned her another nomination for Best Supporting Performance in a Drama Program or Series at the 14th Canadian Screen Awards.
On 13 February 2026, Kharlamova made her runway debut, walking for Christian Cowan at New York Fashion Week.