In 2000 she graduated from Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy (SPbGATI), where she studied in the class VM Filshtinsky and was immediately invited to join the trainee group in St. Petersburg Maly Drama Theater, where she is an actress at the moment. Xenia played Nina Zarechnaya in "The Seagull" set Lev Dodin in 2001, She also played a girl in "Claustrophobia" (MDT), Elena Andreyevna in "Uncle Vanya" (Prize "Gold spotlights" in 2003 for Best Actress) and Sofia in "Play without Name" directed by Lev Dodin in MDT, Jocasta in "Oedipus Rex", Beatrice in "The Servant of Two Masters" and Ismenio in "Antigone" (State Theatre on Foundry).