Oksana Petrovna Grigorieva (Russian: ?????? ??????????; born 1970) is a Russian pianist and singer-songwriter. She was born in Saransk, Mordovia, USSR, and raised in Ukraine and Russia. She studied music in Moscow and completed conservatoire studies in Kazan, before moving to London. After studying music at the Royal Academy of Music, she moved to the United States, with periods spent living in New York and Los Angeles, California. She taught music in the U.S., and patented a technique of teaching musical notation to children.

Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva

She is a musician, signed to Mel Gibson’s record label, Icon Records.
Has a son, Alexander, with Timothy Dalton. Alexander was born in London on August 7, 1997.
Her mother, Lyudmila Grigorieva-Chenukha, is a retired music teacher from Russia.
She and Mel Gibson became the parents of a girl, Lucia, on October 30, 2009 in Los Angeles.
Her father is Petr Chernukha. Her mother is Lyudmila Grigorieva-Chenukha. Both are Russian citizens living in Russia.
She worked as ad hoc interpreter for director Nikita Mikhalkov.
She and Timothy Dalton visited president Clinton in the White House and were photographed with the Clintons on the White House lawn.
Was married and divorced in Russia before emigrating to UK.
Split from Mel Gibson [April 14, 2010].
Has a younger sister, Natalie.