Oksana Mikhailovna Marchenko
was born April 28, 1973 in Kyiv.
Childhood and youth
The screen star was born on April 28, 1973 in one of the poor districts of Kyiv in an average family.
For a long time, Oksana dreamed of being a doctor, so after eighth grade she entered medical school. However, the girl did not manage to finish medical school due to the need to help her mother with her newborn brother.
And yet, after graduating from school, she managed to get a full education, enrolling in the history department of the NPU named after Mikhail Drahomanov (then the Kiev Pedagogical Institute named after O.M. Gorky), which Oksana graduated with honors in 1995.
Career and first husband Marchenko
Even before this, in 1992, Oksana Marchenko appeared on television. Having won the presenter competition, her television biography. A nineteen-year-old girl became recognizable on the UTAR channel. Later, Oksana hosted the morning program “Good morning, Ukraine!” on UT-1, where she met Yuri Korzh. Marriage, public attention, troubles in her personal life, combined with the desire for professional fulfillment, replaced the success of the TV presenter and made this period one of the most difficult and turning points in Oksana’s life, forcing her to quit her favorite business.
The condition improved only when Oksana Marchenko found out that she was pregnant. In 1997, the girl had a son, Bogdan. In her interviews, the presenter says that for several years after the wedding they were unable to have children, but after a trip to Jerusalem, where Oksana wrote a note asking God, a stork dropped into Marchenko’s house with a gift. But despite this, family life The journalist's relationship with her first husband did not work out. Oksana lived with the child, and Yuri lived with her parents, after which a divorce followed.
Oksana decided to continue her acquired career growth when her son was nine months old. The first debut after maternity leave was the Tavria Games. Oksana hosted festival program, and behind the scenes she was babysitting a child.
Things went up and in 2000 Oksana founded the Omega-TV television company. She makes her debut on UT-1 airwaves, first from the social and entertainment show “My Profession”, and later from the political talk show “Chas”. Then, in 2003, producing a documentary series of programs “Imena”, it was possible to broadcast them on the Inter channel. These stories about famous people are still broadcast on the UTR satellite channel.
Oksana Marchenko and Viktor Medvedchuk
Having settled things with her profession, Oksana, as according to the script, began to improve her personal life. While working as a presenter at the “Person of the Year” ceremony, she met her second and constant husband, the famous Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk. Three months after they met, they began to live together, despite Family status policy. In addition, rumors about the leader’s prudence added a lot of inconvenience to their relationship. But still, in 2003, Oksana Marchenko’s second marriage took place.
In May 2004, Oksana and Victor had a daughter, Darina. The second marriage gave impetus to a larger career and participation in leading projects. Thus, the presenter became the author of “The Oksani Marchenko Show” in November 2007.
Since 2009, Oksana Marchenko has been hosting the country's largest talent shows - "Ukraine's Got Talent" and "X-Factor" on the STB channel. The format of the programs completely changed the image of the presenter, making her more modern. The second husband is simply delighted with the image of his star wife.
Interests
Oksana Marchenko is interested in landscape design, interior design, and loves cooking. The presenter respects punctual people and is not embarrassed to admit that she is a romantic person.
Spirituality occupies a special place in Marchenko’s life; she constantly fasts, goes to confession and does charity work for monasteries.
Daughter Daria Medvedchuk (born May 20, 2004), her godparents: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva, she was baptized in the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg)