Anastasia Stezhko: childhood of an excellent student
Anastasia is from Kaliningrad.
She was born in early September 1989. In an interview, the young actress recalls that as a child she was a real “nerd” - she carefully prepared for exams, passed all subjects with “excellence” and graduated from school with a silver medal. Nastya did not face the problem of choosing a profession, since since childhood she saw herself as an actress. Like many seventeen-year-old girls, after school she went to Moscow to enter the famous VGIK.
Actress Anastasia Stezhko is now actively filming
Now Anastasia recalls that the entrance exams to the university were a serious test for her. “Reading for someone means rediscovering yourself every time for others - it’s very difficult,” she recalls in conversations with journalists. But Nastya successfully overcame this barrier, not only entering VGIK in the Grammatikov department, but also starring in several major films of Russian cinema.
Childhood and youth
Anastasia was born in Kaliningrad, where she spent her childhood. The whole Stezhko family often traveled to the capital of Russia. Parents took their children to the Tretyakov Gallery, to opera and ballet at the Bolshoi Theater. Thanks to her mother’s efforts, Anastasia learned to dress tastefully and appreciate beauty. Since childhood, her screen idols have been Hollywood legends Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn, whom she still looks up to today.
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by Anastasiya Stezhko (@nastya_stezhko) on Sep 30, 2018 at 5:12am PDT
Actress Anastasia Stezhko
At school, the girl was an excellent student: she crammed all the assigned lessons, took a responsible approach to her studies and was able to receive a matriculation certificate with honors and a silver medal. Her favorite subject was literature; young Stezhko especially singled out the poets of the Silver Age - Igor Severyanin, Boris Pasternak, Marina Tsvetaeva. To this day, she periodically quotes lines from their works. In parallel with secondary school, Nastya also attended music school for piano.
As a schoolgirl, Anastasia did not think seriously about her future profession, but in her last year she decided to try to make a career as a film actress. Therefore, in 2007, she went to Moscow and submitted documents to the cinematographic university - VGIK. At the time of admission, Stezhko had no stage experience; the emphasis was on charisma and great desire. Based on the results of the entrance exams, the girl was enrolled in the workshop of Vladimir Grammatikov.
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by Anastasiya Stezhko (@nastya_stezhko) on Dec 5, 2018 at 4:33am PST
Anastasia Stezhko
In 2010, 3rd year student Anastasia Stezhko took part in the Miss Russia beauty contest. With the help of the organizer of the Miss Kaliningrad show, Laura Lukina, who devoted a lot of time to preparing the girl, she managed to get into the final round, beating about 50 thousand competitors along the way.
The first successes of Anastasia Stezhko in the world of cinema, filmography
Anastasia Stezhko began her film career while studying at VGIK.
In 2011, she appeared in one of the episodes of the series “Hour of Volkov 5” and the short film “Origami”. A year later, she appeared in a number of films: the melodramatic mini-series “Bonfire in the Snow,” Krasnov’s film “Exchange Rings” and the comedy melodrama “Save the Boss.” In the film “Exchange Rings” Stezhko quite convincingly coped with the role of the girl Arina, to whom life presents unpleasant surprises: her father left the family without any means, her mother is annoyed by her former boss, demanding a large sum of money - the situation seems insoluble, and life is hopeless.
Anastasia Stezhko about exams and graduation The main character at the beginning of the film appears before us in the form of a girl who is not so easily broken by everyday troubles. She tries not to give up and support her family. Working as a courier is not a solution to the situation, so the girl follows the advice of a friend who “never worked or counted money” and is trying to find an old rich man who would solve her financial problems. Things don't turn out quite the way she expected...
Opinions about this film are divided: some viewers consider this film more than successful, because it makes you believe in the best sides of people again. Critics say that the picture turned out to be implausible, it is banal and intended only for one-time viewing.
One way or another, it was this role that served as a launching pad for Stezhko to participate in more serious projects. For example, Anastasia played the main role in the puzzle series “Through My Eyes,” which is very atypical for Russian cinema. In addition, in 2013, we saw a familiar actress in a cameo role in the fantasy thriller “The Dark World. Balance”, as well as in the TV series “Veronica”, where she worked on the same set with Natalia Bardo, Sergei Zhigunov, Maria Mashkova and other movie stars.
Save the boss. Announcement of the series with Anastasia Stezhko
The most interesting
TOP 9 Hollywood actresses with non-standard appearance (10.01.2018)
Actresses who mutilated themselves for the sake of a role (06.12.2017)
After a while, roles followed in such films as “Save the Boss”, “Bonfire in the Snow”, “Angel and Demon”, etc. After graduating from a higher educational institution, the demand for the aspiring actress began to grow significantly. She appeared in the multi-part project “Veronica. Runaway." The series “First Love” was also a huge success, where the heroine of Anastasia Stezhko was a gentle and loving girl.
In the melodramatic project “Berezka” the actress received the role of Ekaterina Kazakova. This project tells about the behind-the-scenes life of the world-popular dance group. Also on television, such films as “Time to Gather,” “Fern Flower” and “Simple Girl” were shown with the participation of the young actress.
Anastasia Stezhko: angel or demon
After participating in several film projects, Nastya was still able to gain fairly strong popularity thanks to her leading role in the mystical series “Angel or Demon.”
A bright demoness named Kira plays on the side of evil, but she does it with charisma. She can handle any competition, there are no authorities or rules for her, she knows how and loves to kill. The main intrigue of the film is the confrontation between Kira and Masha, a girl who lives according to the principles of goodness and passive resistance. Of course, there is a love story, and the rivalry between two women with mystical abilities cannot leave the audience indifferent.
Perhaps this project will not be included in the golden fund of cinema, but it has attracted a considerable audience. Some young fans even write and film their own variations of episodes from the popular series.
Movies
Anastasia Stezhko made her screen debut in 2011. She starred in a cameo role in the comedy television series “Traffic Light”, as well as in the short film “Origami” by Georgy Danielyants. The following year, the aspiring actress was expected to play the first leading role in her filmography - the image of the heroine Arina in the melodrama Exchange Rings, as well as supporting characters in the series Save the Boss, the thriller Through My Eyes and the melodrama Bonfire in the Snow.
Anastasia Stezhko (still from the series “Angel or Demon”)
After graduating from VGIK in 2013, the actress starred in the melodramatic series “First Love”, the fantasy action film “Dark World: Balance”, the melodrama “Second Chance” and the mini-series “Dad in Law”. Separately, it is necessary to say about the mystical thriller “Angel or Demon”. In this film, Anastasia played the role of demoness Kira, who always walks with two Doberman dogs. The role in this series brought the young actress all-Russian fame.
In 2014, Stezhko had the role of Maria in the romantic comedy “House in the Heart,” as well as the central roles of Victoria in the crime drama “The Hunt” and Katerina in the television melodrama “Time to Collect.”
Anastasia Stezhko (still from the series “The Law of the Concrete Jungle”)
In 2020, the actress played the main character in the 16-episode television series Fern Flower, and also took part as a supporting actress in the comedy melodrama Without Borders, the crime series Law of the Concrete Jungle, the tragicomedy Winged, and the drama Londongrad : Know ours” and the comedy television series “How I Became Russian.”
Also in 2015, Stezhko played the main role in the detective drama “Black River,” based on Irina Melnikova’s novel “An Unfinished Romance.” The actress presented on the screen a fragile Muscovite who lives in a Siberian city. A woman does not fly home from the taiga because her husband is missing, whom she has been looking for for 2 years and is getting closer to finding out.
Anastasia Stezhko (still from the TV series “Molodezhka”)
In 2020, the actress joined the crew of the popular sports series Molodezhka. Anastasia played the minor role of Elena Smolskaya. The actress also starred in another popular series – the detective comedy “Policeman from Rublyovka”. Anastasia Stezhko played the role of administrator-cashier Lily Karaseva in several episodes of the 1st season.
At the end of 2020, Stezhko appeared on television as Bonnie in the detective mini-series “The Jackal.” The plot tells about the confrontation between a gang of brutal robbers and a team of policemen in the early 70s of the last century. The actress got a cameo character, and Anastasia’s name is not even in the credits.
Anastasia Stezhko and Alexander Petrov (still from the series “Policeman from Rublyovka”)
In 2020, the girl returned to the role of Lelik in the youth detective story “The Law of the Concrete Jungle - 2”. This year has been a fruitful year for the actress in leading roles. Stezhko presented Evgenia Pichugina, the head of the special bureau group of the Investigative Committee, in the detective series “Unknown”. The main character of the series, the mysterious genius Shagin, played by Evgeny Pronin, works under Pichugina.
The mysterious Shagin has an abnormally high intelligence and a unique memory, which helps him both to ward off suspicion of a crime that the man did not commit and to become part of the investigative team. The problem is that Shagin does not remember his own past, and in the archives of the Investigative Committee there is also no information about the genius. The heroes Stezhko and Pronin have to work together to search for both the criminal and the details of Shagin’s past life.
Anastasia Stezhko and Evgeny Pronin (still from the series “Unknown”)
In the same year, Anastasia Stezhko played the role of Lina in the adventure detective story “Five Minutes of Silence” about the work of the mountain rescue team of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Karelia. She was accompanied by Igor Lifanov, Roman Kurtsyn, Anna Peskova, and Arthur Vakha. The actress plays not only in major feature films. Stezhko played the main role in the short social drama “Thank you for the coffee.”
Also in 2020, the actress appeared in the 4-episode film “Josephine and Napoleon” in the role of Josephine. Despite the title with a biographical connotation, the film showed a modern plot about the confrontation between the chief designer of women's jewelry and the head of a jewelry company.
Anastasia Stezhko (still from the series “Five Minutes of Silence”)
In addition, the actress played the main female role in the sports drama “Defense Avenue” and returned to the image of Lina in the 2nd season of the adventure series “Five Minutes of Silence.” Anastasia played the main female role of Eli in the detective melodrama “The Path Through the Snow.” Anastasia's heroine travels to another city to celebrate the New Year with her groom. The chosen one asks her to take with her a case with documents, which they will persistently try to steal from the heroine.
With the participation of Stezhko in a cameo role, Andrei Zvyagintsev’s drama “Loveless” was released, which was presented at the Cannes Film Festival and later received the Golden Eagle and Cesar awards. The film told the story of a married couple going through a divorce, for whom a child together suddenly turned out to be unnecessary. The main characters in the film were presented by Maryana Spivak and Alexey Rozin.
Personal life of Anastasia Stezhko
Anastasia does not like to give interviews and practically does not appear at social events. Fragmentary information about her life behind the scenes can be gleaned from social networks, where she actively posts her photographs. Nastya loves poetry, often quotes Brodsky, Pasternak, Severyanin and Tsvetaeva. She is passionate about a healthy lifestyle, beach volleyball and other sports. It’s no wonder that Anastasia’s figure can be the envy of any beauty contest winner. By the way, the actress herself participated in similar competitions. In 2010, she became a finalist in the Miss Russia competition. Nastya beat out more than 50,000 applicants from different parts of the country in the selection. The girl is also an incredibly photogenic model, as evidenced by her stunning portraits taken by young Moscow photographers. Anastasia Stezhko herself also often picks up a camera, taking pictures of her friends and city landscapes. She constantly travels not only on set, but also in her free time. For example, a photo report of her colorful holiday in Goa recently appeared. Stezhko does not talk about her personal life, and rumors circulated by fans about an affair with her partner in the series “Angel or Demon” Kirill Zaporozhsky have not been confirmed by her.
Interesting Facts
- In 2010, Anastasia reached the finals of the Miss Russia beauty contest. In total, there were more than 50 thousand participants in the selection.
- I played volleyball at school for a long time. The actress also leads a healthy lifestyle, loves to play beach basketball, runs, windsurfs, and snowboards. She states: “Sport helps you become more resilient, teaches you to work, set goals and achieve them. For my part, I can say that thanks to volleyball, I got used to teamwork.”
- In his free time, he prefers to travel around the world.
Based on materials from the sites: kino-teatr.ru, kinopoisk.ru, 24smi.org, uznayvse.ru, mega-stars.ru.
Career
The actress made her film debut with a small role in the TV series “ Traffic Light ”. She also played episodic characters in one of the episodes of “ Volkov Hour 5 ” and the short film “ Origami ”.
Still from the movie "Exchange Rings"
A year later, she was already given the main role in the film Exchange Rings . This melodrama was about a girl who, by the will of fate, faced unpleasant life trials: first, her father abandoned the family, and then her mother found herself owing her boss a lot of money. Her resilient character tried to cope with all troubles and support her family.
Critics left not the best reviews about the film as a whole, calling it implausible. And most of the audience felt that she perfectly showed the best in people, inviting her to be more cheerful and continue to hope.
But whatever the ratings, this role was the start for the actress’s star journey.
She also appeared in the series “Saving Bos,” the films “Through My Eyes” and “Bonfire in the Snow.”
She can also be seen in the fantasy film “ The Dark World. Balance " and the series " Veronica " with S. Zhigunov.
Still from the film “The Dark World. Equilibrium"
In 2013, Anastasia again received the main role in the series “ First Love ” and one of the characters in the series “ Angel or Demon ”. The latest work attracted even more attention to her among the audience. Anastasia successfully played the demon Kira, who goes everywhere with Dobermans. This is a very bright and charismatic character who fights on the side of evil. She considers the main character, who is very kind and does not want to fight aggressively, to be a serious competitor. Kira was interested in seducing the girl into aggression and cruelty.
The demoness fell in love with many young viewers, who actively began to create amateur works around her with her participation.
