Pysanka was born in Kyiv on 17 November 1965, At the beginning of the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she escaped to Germany alone, without her family. Her departure interrupted the filming of
Nataliia Vorozhbyt's
Demons, which had been scheduled for release in 2022. During the filming, she fell and broke her leg three times. She landed in
Kaiserslautern and was accommodated in a hostel by the
Red Cross. Her husband remained in Ukraine and took care of her mother who was ill and then died. In Germany, Pysanka was diagnosed with what was initially quoted as a "serious illness" and later revealed to be cancer. ==Illness and death==