Oksana Marchenko: how a historian-teacher became the star of Ukrainian TV shows and the wife of a famous politician. Biography of Oksana Marchenko: the path from a simple journalist to the darling of millions Oksana Marchenko’s husband Medvedchuk

Oksana Mikhailovna Marchenko. Born on April 28, 1973 in Kyiv. Ukrainian TV presenter.

Father - Mikhail Andreevich Marchenko, medical technician.

Mother - Tatyana Grigorievna.

Her parents were married for the second time. Oksana has a maternal sister, Diana, and a paternal sister, Anna.

Has a younger brother, Andrei.

According to Oksana, as a child she wanted to become a surgeon. She said: “I collected medical supplies because my dad was a technician in this field and could bring me something. I treated dolls.” According to her, the dream of medicine appeared after reading the book “Heart Surgeon” by Fedor Uglov.

She studied excellently at school, but, as she admitted, there were problems with behavior.

After the eighth grade, Oksana entered medical school, but studied there for only a short time - her mother took her daughter’s documents so that she could help her with her little brother. Later, Oksana herself realized that medicine was not her thing.

Oksana Marchenko's parents with her sisters Diana and Anna

Then, at school, a history teacher became her role model, and she chose another profession for herself - a teacher.

After graduating from school, Oksana entered the history department of the Nikolai Drahomanov Pedagogical University, which she graduated with honors in 1995.

She took part in the student movement of the 1990s. “I am one of those who were in the square, who did not just stand or dance, but who went hungry, defending their beliefs,” she recalled.

From an early age I got used to earning money myself: “I have been earning money since my early youth, and I know the value of it. The question: “To work or not” has never been a question for me. A certain comfortable existence, moving my body somewhere around the world or walking around I’m not interested in salons or other similar pastimes,” she noted.

While still studying at the university, she got her first job on television - in 1992, young Oksana won a competition for non-professional TV presenters. And at the age of 19, she became the face of the TV channels “UTAR” and “UT-1”, hosted the programs “Streaming Weekends”, “Good morning, Ukraine!”.

“I came to television as a girl with glasses - I had poor eyesight. I had no idea how to look, dress and behave in the frame - all these wisdom had to be learned gradually. And at the same time, I had to practice stage speech and movement,” Oksana recalled about the beginning of your creative journey.

However, then, due to intrigue, she had to leave television. She said: “At the beginning of my television career, I had to overcome a lot of difficulties, but thanks to them, I strengthened my character. There was a difficult period when I was fired from the project “Good Morning, Ukraine.” The reason is banal: they simply settled scores with me, someone "It seemed that I was more popular. Then I promised myself that I would never cling to anything. Everything should be treated equally, accepting both joys and adversity with equal readiness."

Later she returned to UT-1 and hosted UTN-Panorama.

In 2000, Marchenko founded the television company Omega-TV.

In 2003, she made a documentary series “Names” - a series of programs about famous personalities whose destinies intersected with the history of Ukraine. These programs were aired on UT-1, and since 2005 on Inter.

In 2009-2014, Marchenko was the host of the show “Ukraine Has Talent.”

Since 2010, Oksana Marchenko has been the host of the television show “X Factor”.

In April 2017, Oksana announced her departure from the X Factor show. “It is with great gratitude that I say goodbye to my beloved X-Factor and endlessly thank my colleagues, the TV professionals with whom I was lucky enough to work. I will remember with great love our amazing participants who will forever remain in my heart. And with great joy I announce, that I am starting to work on a new television project, which I consider a great creative stage in my life,” the TV presenter wrote on social networks.

When Oksana Marchenko is called a professional presenter, she does not agree: “I would refrain from using the phrase “professional presenter”. It’s like a professional boxer. He can be knocked out once, excuse me, in the ring - and he will never be able to play again. Just a TV presenter - this will be enough to characterize what I do."

“My main principle is that I am not looking for fame among people. I absolutely don’t care what they think or say about me. But as long as I am useful to at least one person, I will work on TV.”, - said Oksana.

She performed in tandem with Dmitry Chaplin. On October 11, 2018, she left the project due to the fracture of two ribs. Oksana spoke about this on social networks: “Dear friends, I am leaving the show “Dancing with the Stars” - it was a new interesting experience. I am grateful to God for every day I live. There is only one circumstance that forces me to take this step. During preparation for live broadcasts, during a rehearsal, I broke 2 ribs. It was a very acute pain, but I thought that I had severely pulled a ligament or muscle, took painkillers and, gritting my teeth, continued to rehearse. At times the pain was unbearable, I went to the locker room, cried, so that no one would see, she gave herself even stronger painkiller injections and rehearsed again.”

Oksana Marchenko's height: 166 centimeters.

Personal life of Oksana Marchenko:

First husband - Yuri Vitalievich Korzh (born 1970), founder and general director of the Internet provider company Global Ukraine, son of Vitaly Terentyevich Korzh - president of the company Global Ukraine and people's deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc .

The marriage gave birth to a son, Bogdan Marchenko, in 1997; he studies abroad at a Swiss school.

Yuri Korzh - Oksana Marchenko's first husband

The second husband is Viktor Vladimirovich Medvedchuk, a former lawyer, Ukrainian politician, founder of the SDPU(U) party, former head of the presidential administration under Leonid Kuchma. We met in the spring of 1999 at the ceremony “Lyudina Roku” (Russian: “Person of the Year”), where Oksana was the presenter, and Victor was one of the laureates. Soon a relationship began between them.

On May 20, 2004, the couple had a daughter, Daria Medvedchuk, whose godparents were Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva (wife of Dmitry Medvedev). Daria was baptized in the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg.

“My husband is my strictest critic, and I am grateful to him for that,” Oksana said.

"Love is an extraordinary, enormous work. It has nothing to do with passion and sexual attraction. Love is the work of the soul, the goal of which is to overcome one's own ego", says Oksana.

Oksana Marchenko is the godmother of Seraphima, the daughter of Slava Frolova (Ukrainian TV presenter and director).

Oksana loves to cook, is interested in collecting paintings and books, and her home library contains rare lifetime editions of Pushkin and Gogol. In his free time he plays sports - swimming, roller skating. They often travel with their family.

Since 2000, Oksana Marchenko regularly visits the Svyatogorsk Holy Dormition Zimnensky Convent near the city of Vladimir-Volynsky.

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And this despite the fact that Oksana gave birth to two children.

Biography of Oksana Marchenko

Oksana Marchenko is a TV presenter who has become one of the cult figures of Ukrainian television thanks to her entertainment programs and talent shows, especially “The X Factor” and “Ukraine’s Got Talent.”

She was born and raised in Kyiv, in the simple family of Mikhail Andreevich and Tatyana Grigorievna Marchenko. Oksana was the middle child: she has an older sister, Diana, and a much younger brother, Andrei. The boy was born when Marchenko entered medical school after the 8th grade. By the way, it was because of the birth of her brother that she had to quit school and return to high school, since her mother needed help caring for Andrei.

Oksana decided not to get involved with medicine anymore; after receiving her matriculation certificate, she became a student at the Kyiv Pedagogical University named after M.P. Drahomanov. The girl graduated from the Faculty of History with honors, but while still a student she found a job as a TV presenter and showed her strong character by demonstrating her civic position at rallies of the student movement in the 90s

Working for television

In 1992, a competition was held in Kyiv for the best non-professional TV presenter. Oksana Marchenko was only 19 years old when she decided to take part in this event and unexpectedly won, receiving the first job in her life on television.

The girl hosted such programs as “Good Morning, Ukraine”, “UTN-Panorama”, “Discreet Tuesdays”, “Person of the Year”. Later, the level of her broadcasts increased noticeably. Oksana became the face of the social and entertainment show “My Profession” and the political talk show “Time”. The presenter also has the author's program “The Oksana Marchenko Show”, in which the young woman provided real help to studio guests who found themselves in difficult life situations with advice and deeds.

In 2000, Oksana Marchenko founded the Omega-TV television company, and three years later she initiated the creation of a series of documentary television films “Names”, each episode of which was dedicated to a specific famous person whose life had something to do with the history of Ukraine. This project was called the most educational by the audience.

In 2009-2017, as the host of the most popular shows on the STB channel “X-Factor” and “Ukraine’s Got Talent,” Oksana Marchenko delighted viewers year after year with her amazing beauty, incredibly stylish outfits, and most importantly, her smile and sincerity. Oksana Marchenko’s career as a TV presenter began with the programs “Streaming Weekly” and “Good Morning, Ukraine!” on the UT-1 TV channel; The next steps on the path to journalistic fame were the filming of the television programs “My Profession” and “The Hour”. Oksana’s career developed rapidly, and soon she founded the Omega-TV television company.

Some of the most popular television programs, the initiator and creator of which was Marchenko, were the “Names” series of programs about famous personalities whose destinies intersected with the history of Ukraine, as well as the “Oksana Marchenko Show,” the goal of which was to help ordinary Ukrainian women, who found themselves in hopeless situations, lost faith in themselves and in the future, become happy again.

Oksana Marchenko is the wife of politician Viktor Medvedchuk, with whom she is raising two children: a son from his first marriage, Bogdan, and a daughter, Daria. Dasha's godparents are Vladimir Putin and Svetlana Medvedeva.

Oksana Marchenko is the godmother of Slava Frolova’s daughter.

Despite her fame and active creative activity, the favorite of Ukrainian TV viewers prefers relaxing with her family to all the celebrity parties. In everyday life, she does not spend a lot of money on clothes and honestly admits that heels and chic dresses are just for show.

Oksana Marchenko collects paintings and is the owner of the best private library in Ukraine, which contains rare editions of Pushkin, Gogol, and Shevchenko.

In the summer of 2017, Oksana Marchenko and Vladimir Klitschko became godfathers: they baptized Nestor Shufrich’s daughter Masha.

In 2017, Oksana Marchenko moved from STB to the Inter TV channel in the “Time to Build” program. In one of the interviews, the presenter admitted that the decision to leave the X Factor project was difficult for her, but she was ready for new discoveries and impressions. “I won’t lie - the decision was not easy. For many years I was the host of “The X Factor”, before that I hosted the show “Ukraine’s Got Talent”. There is a theory according to which you cannot do the same thing for a long time, you need to reach new levels. “I was never afraid to say: “Goodbye,” so that soon I could hear a new one: “Hello,” said Marchenko. Oksana also said that her husband supported her in her decision to leave the show, but her daughter Dasha was upset. “My husband supported me, as I said. For him, the main thing in this decision was that I feel good. And the daughter was upset, she didn’t want to part with the X Factor. She was always there with me, on all broadcasts, until late at night. She knows everyone there, and everyone knows her.”

Journalist Oksana Marchenko gained universal recognition thanks to talent shows that were broadcast on the STB channel. Luxurious, stylish and feminine, she has many fans both in Ukraine and far beyond its borders. To this day, scandals arise around the TV presenter based on her family ties with foreign politicians, business, civic position and the activities of her husband, politician Viktor Medvedchuk. However, the celebrity overcomes any difficulties and continues to build a successful career.

Childhood and youth

The TV presenter was born on April 28, 1973 in the family of Mikhail Andreevich and Tatyana Grigorievna Marchenko. She is the middle child in the family, has an older sister Diana and a younger brother Andrei.

In early childhood I wanted to become a surgeon and after 8th grade I even entered medical school. After some time, Oksana had to quit her studies and return to school, because her mother needed help caring for her newborn Andrei. The girl never returned to medicine. After graduating from school, she became a student at the Faculty of History at the Pedagogical University named after M.P. Dragomanova. She graduated with honors in 1995.

TV presenter career

As a student, Marchenko got her first job on television. In 1992, she won a competition for non-professional TV presenters and got a job on the UTAR and UT-1 TV channels, where she hosted the programs Streamina Vtorki and Good Morning, Ukraine!

“I came to television as a girl with glasses - I had poor eyesight. I had no idea how to look, dress and behave in a camera - all these wisdom had to be learned gradually. And at the same time, practice stage speech and movement,” Oksana said about the beginning of her career.

After 8 years, Oksana became the founder of the Omega-TV television company and continued to work on the UT-1 channel. There she was the host of the show My Profession, then the political talk show Chas. In the early 2000s, the documentary series Names, created by Marchenko herself, was also popular. In it she talked about famous personalities who were associated with the history of Ukraine.

In 2007, the TV presenter hosted the Oksana Marchenko Show, in which she helped women who found themselves in a hopeless situation. At the same time, she created a charitable foundation. With its help, everyone who cared could help heroines who found themselves in difficult situations.

Oksana gained her greatest popularity as the host of the show X Factor and Ukraine's Got Talent! Then the audience heatedly discussed not only the contestants, but also Marchenko’s luxurious outfits. Now she has moved to Inter TV channel and is the face of the Time to Build project. In 2018, she took part in the show Dancing with the Stars on channel 1+1.

The TV presenter says about her career: “My main principle is that I do not seek fame among people. I absolutely don’t care what they think or say about me. But for now I will be useful to at least one person – I will work on TV.”

Personal life

At the beginning of her career, Oksana met the founder of the Internet provider company Global Ukraine, Yuri Korzh. Some time later, the couple got married, their son Bogdan was born, and the woman left her career as a TV presenter, focusing her attention on the child. Marchenko returned to her profession after a divorce. At the beginning of 1999, she met Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who is 18 years older than her.

After 4 years, the couple legalized their relationship, and soon she had a common daughter, Daria. The girl’s godparents were Vladimir Putin and Svetlana Medvedeva. Oksana always speaks very warmly about her husband: “My husband just loves me. And he is very respectful of my rest: he knows that I need time to be simple, at home, and sometimes weak.”

Now 13-year-old Dasha is studying at one of the capital’s schools. Oksana says about her daughter’s education: “She, like all girls her age, has grandiose dreams. We'll see who he becomes. But actually it's not that important. The main thing is that she becomes an educated and well-mannered person.” Oksana's eldest son studies in Switzerland.

Hobby

To maintain physical fitness, Oksana plays sports every day: she loves swimming and roller skating. In addition, the TV presenter collects works of art and rare books, is interested in landscape and interior design, and even has her own architectural bureau. Her hobbies include cooking and traveling. Since the 2000s, Marchenko periodically visits the Zimny ​​Svyatogorsk Assumption Convent.

Awards

The TV presenter is the winner of many awards and prizes. In 2010, she received the title of best presenter of entertainment projects from Teletriumph. A year later, she received the same award in the category Host of an entertainment program. From 2010 to 2012, at the TV Star awards, Oksana was recognized as the country's Favorite Entertainment Show Host. In 2011 she became the most beautiful woman in Ukraine according to VIVA magazine!

Oksana speaks quite modestly about her professional activities: “I would refrain from using the phrase “professional presenter.” It's like a professional boxer. He can be knocked out once, excuse me, in the ring - and he will never be able to play again. Just a TV presenter - that will be enough to characterize what I do.”

Interesting Facts

• Oksana Marchenko's height is 166 centimeters.
• She was an excellent student at school, but admits that she sometimes had behavior problems.
• During her student life, Oksana actively showed a civic position and attended various rallies and demonstrations: “I am one of those who was in the square, who did not just stand or dance, but who went hungry, defending their beliefs.”
• Among Marchenko's hobbies is horse riding.
• She and her husband collect refrigerator magnets.
• In everyday life, Oksana prefers simple clothes and modest makeup. Shirts, trousers and sneakers are the TV presenter’s favorite clothes.
• Oksana has a dream - to star in a comedy series.
• Oksana has excellent driving skills. “If I weren’t a TV presenter, I would be a driver. I get enormous satisfaction from driving,” she shares.

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For a long time they pretended that nothing was happening between them, although their relationship was already being gossiped about. Both he and she were family people and, it seemed, had no intention of changing their lives. Their romance developed against all odds. But when he proposed getting married, she couldn’t find an answer!

White wine splashed in the glasses. The candles were burning. A soft, pleasant melody sounded. The waiter approached the table carrying an order - pancakes with caviar. Seeing this “culinary masterpiece,” Oksana was taken aback: instead of fragrant golden pancakes, there were brown, fairly burnt flatbreads on the platter. “It seemed to me that Victor would now cause a scandal,” Oksana recalls. But he began to eat this dish with gusto. Later she learned that deep-fried pancakes are his favorite food, which he will not refuse under any circumstances. This was their first romantic date.

By that time they had known each other for three months. And every evening during this time, a serious man - deputy and politician - Viktor Medvedchuk drove up to the television center building. A beautiful slender girl, TV presenter Oksana Marchenko, came out from there, and Medvedchuk gave her a huge bouquet of roses. He met her after work to take her home. It was like a ritual. Only later did he invite her to dinner. “I can’t,” Oksana answered. - I have a little son. And the broadcasts end very late.” “Then lunch!” - Victor was found. She agreed.

On the first date, it always becomes clear whether the second will happen. At this meeting you understand: is it good to be with this person, or is he not interesting to you. The first thing happened to Oksana and Victor... It was love. But their feelings did not fit into the circumstances at all! Both he and she were family people. And public.

Love that no one expected

Do people meet by chance or is their meeting predetermined? That day they could well have missed each other if she had not changed her mind at the last moment... Oksana hosted the “Person of the Year” ceremony. I was tired, wanted to go home and had no intention of going to the buffet. But then I decided to come in for half an hour for a business conversation with a colleague. It was there, at the buffet table, that they were introduced.

“When I met Oksana, the lines from the song immediately came to mind: “...So that the day begins and ends with you...” recalls Viktor Medvedchuk. He extended his hand and introduced himself. “This gesture was all Victor - a strong, self-confident person, an accomplished man,” Oksana recalls. “Very powerful positive energy emanated from him. I felt it immediately." Oksana went away with a colleague to discuss work issues. She dictated her phone number to him. Then Marchenko did not know that Victor had an exceptional memory. He called three days later. “At first he asked if I remembered how we met and if I minded his calls,” Oksana smiles. - I didn't mind. I immediately noticed his manner of speaking - with dignity and respect.”

At that time, Marchenko was married and raising little Bogdanchik. She probably didn’t have the happiest marriage, but... “I hold conservative views. I take my family seriously and do not condone cheating. Yes, Victor made an impression on me, but I definitely didn’t think about the novel then.” For a long time they pretended that nothing was happening. That they are just communicating. We tried to convince ourselves that no one would change anything... But after that romantic dinner, it became pointless to deceive ourselves.

“Only love can keep people”

31th of December. There was little time left until midnight. They walked through the forest. Suddenly
A fir tree decorated with multi-colored lanterns appeared from the darkness. Nearby there was a small table on which stood glasses, a bottle of champagne and a small portable TV...

“I have never seen this holiday in the forest! - says Oksana. - That picture simply struck my imagination. This was our first New Year. Thanks to Victor, I again believed in the miracle of that night.”... Then she had a difficult period. She was divorcing her husband. “I understood that this situation could not last any longer,” Marchenko confesses. “That’s why I offered my husband a divorce.” Oksana’s husband turned out to have his own vision of the situation - in any case, he was not going to disagree.
The painful divorce process began. “Victor did not interfere. And I am very grateful to him for giving me the opportunity to make my own decisions.” The court sided with Oksana and she received a divorce.

Many important events in the life of this couple took place on New Year's Eve. On the eve of the next December 31st, Victor said that he had a special gift. And he handed Oksana the divorce certificate. “I didn’t start talking about how it would be nice for you, dear, to put things in order in your personal life. There was none of this. I felt good with Victor - and that turned out to be quite enough. But when I saw the divorce paper, I won’t hide it - I was happy. Although I am convinced that the press will never deter anyone,
shaft,” says Marchenko. “Only love can keep people together.”

“Together in sorrow and in joy”

They had been together for several years already. They developed a tradition: every spring they went to Crimea to celebrate Oksana’s birthday... The party ended. “Thank you for coming to congratulate me on my birthday,” Oksana addressed the guests. - Today another important event happened in my life - Victor proposed to me. And I agree.” Everyone applauded.

He proposed to her about five hours earlier. In the car when they were driving to the restaurant. We talked about abstract topics. And suddenly Victor asked: “Oksana, will you marry me?” “I was so shocked that I didn’t know what to say,” she laughs. - Everything was great with us! Why change anything? I understood that being Victor’s wife is a great responsibility. I was afraid not to live up to his expectations. But at that moment I couldn’t say anything.” It would seem, what fears could there be? And what could be surprising in the fact that a man proposes to a woman with whom he has been together for several years? But it wasn't that simple. Medvedchuk was surrounded by people who considered Oksana a “shark”. There were also those who cautiously hinted at a large age difference (Victor is 20 years older than his wife - Ed.). A month and a half later, on a quiet June day, they got married. And they got married.

“I will never forget this day,” Oksana recalls. “It was warm, but not hot - clouds were floating across the sky, the sea was completely calm, the water was like glycerin.”

In 2004, several important events occurred in their lives. Marchenko and Medvedchuk had a daughter, Dasha. Then Oksana was going to launch her new program. But it didn't happen. “There has been an active war against us in the press. In newspapers and on the Internet, outright nasty things were written about Victor and me. There was a strong feeling that they hated us.” She couldn't find a place for herself. Fear appeared. And the desire to leave. “Then Victor saved me from hatred,” Oksana confesses. “I couldn’t watch TV or read newspapers. And my husband said: “Forgive them. Understand that not everyone hates you.”

I saw that it was hard for him too. And I didn’t know how to help. But he endured this period stoically. And I never discussed it with anyone at home. His tolerance and humility in such a situation won me over again. My husband just saved me from despair. Gradually everything
fell into place. I calmed down..."

They do not like noisy parties and fashionable get-togethers. “For me, family is an island of happiness, prosperity and the purpose of life,” says Viktor Vladimirovich. “We feel comfortable watching TV, reading, and even being silent together,” says Oksana. - We have a tradition: on weekend mornings we get together. We drink tea or coffee, children - cocoa. We communicate, enjoy the sun or snow.”

Speaking of children... The elder Bogdan’s parents are going to send him to study abroad so that his son can try an independent life. Dasha’s daughter - at home they call her “a pill for bad moods and bad weather” - is now four and a half. In character she is the spitting image of her father, and in appearance she looks like her mother.

“I love my children very much,” says Oksana, “but I need to realize myself. I want children to admire me, I want to be for them a person whose opinion they value. I don’t tell them: “Study and you will achieve everything!” I want to show by example how it should be done.”

“Love is a lot of work, and marriage is not strewn with roses,” Oksana is convinced. - But I consider my alliance with Victor to be the only one and I no longer intend to experiment. And I will be with him in sorrow and in joy, in wealth and in poverty... In fact, it is not known what is simpler.”