Svetlana Tormakhova was born on December 21, 1947 in Lutsk (Ukraine), in the family of a military pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union Dmitry Dmitrievich Tormakhov. She studied at the Theater School. Shchepkina. Graduated from the Theater School. Shchukin (1973, course of T.K. Kopteva). In 1973-1983. - actress of the theater. Eug. Vakhtangov. She was married to the famous Iranian artist Parviz Javid (Teymurov). After the divorce, from the mid-90s, she lived in Turkey. She studied at Istanbul University, taught English at school. In 2005 she returned to Russia, starring in new film projects.