Oksana Grigorieva

Oksana Grigorieva is a Russian-American pianist and composer known for her high profile relationships with celebrities, such as Timothy Dalton and Mel Gibson, among others. She was born Oksana Petrovna Chernukha in the Soviet Union. Her grandparents were WWII veterans, decorated for their courage in the war against the Nazis. Her father, Petr Chernukha, and mother, Ludmila Grigorieva-Chernukha, were music professors, both are now retired and are living in a suburb of Moscow, Russia. Her sister, Natalie, twelve years younger, is living in Russia with her parents. Young Oksana was fond of music and movies. She began piano lessons at the age of three under the tutelage of her mother. At the age of six, Oksana composed her first piano piece while watching movies on TV. As a teenager, she was obsessed with movies by Andrei Tarkovsky, and fashioned herself as a film composer. She was also fascinated by Western culture. Watching Timothy Dalton on Russian TV, both Oksana and her mother were