Ksenia Solo Canadian Actress Born 1987 in Riga

Early life

Ksenia Solo was born on 8 October 1987 in Riga, Latvia, and is of Russian heritage. At the age of five she moved with her family to Toronto, where she grew up. Her mother is a former ballerina who became an actress, and Solo studied ballet herself until a back injury ended her training when she was fourteen.

Career

Solo's screen credits begin in 2003 with an appearance in the television series Cold Case and the film The Republic of Love. Her first regular role was Zoey Jones in the APTN series renegadepress.com (2004). She won the Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series in both 2005 and 2006 for that work. She went on to appear in other Canadian productions, including the films Love Thy Neighbor and Mayday, and as a guest on the series Kojak. In 2007 she took part in the series Moonlight.

In 2010 she played a small role in Darren Aronofsky's film Black Swan, which stars Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis and has a recorded worldwide box office of 329 million US dollars. That year she also began a part as Natasha Siviac in the CW series Life Unexpected, which ran into 2011. From 2010 to 2015 she was a lead in the Showcase series Lost Girl, as Mackenzie "Kenzi" Malikov; the character's Russian background and her fluency in the language were written into the role. Solo was cast as Dodge in the pilot for Locke & Key, though the Fox network did not take the series further. In 2013 she started shooting the independent film Another You in Charleston, West Virginia. Her film credits also include The Factory (2012). She later played Peggy Shippen in the historical drama Turn: Washington's Spies, as a main cast member, and appeared in a recurring part as Shay in the third season of Orphan Black. In 2016 she appeared in the film Pet, and in 2017 in Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle. Her last recorded credit is the science-fiction series Project Blue Book, in which she was part of the main cast for its two seasons, starting in 2019.

Thirteen titles are listed under her name, six films and seven television series, covering the years 2003 to 2019.

Recognition

Solo's two Gemini Awards for renegadepress.com, in 2005 and 2006, are her recorded wins. Black Swan, in which she appeared, is among the most widely documented films of her career, with entries in 74 language editions of Wikipedia. Her Instagram account had about 129,000 followers in October 2026.

Public roles

Solo is involved with Stand for the Silent, an anti-bullying foundation, and she was named one of its directors.

Personal life

Solo has no marriage or children on record.