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Anna Kuzina was supposed to become a professional athlete, but due to injuries she left the sport. Then she could not even think that she would become a famous actress that the whole country would talk about.
Family
Anya was born into a family of engineers who worked at the same factory in Kyiv. She has a 10-year younger brother, Yura, who graduated from the Kiev Theater Institute and became a producer (10 years younger).
The childhood and youth of Anna Kuzina
Since childhood, Anya grew up to be a well-rounded person and a good student. She loved to sing and dance, attended a music school where she took an accordion class, and from the first grade she enrolled in a theater club.
Her parents also sent her to the figure skating section, but later she chose another direction - alpine skiing. At the Ukrainian Junior Freestyle Skiing Championship, Anna Kuzina took 3rd place, but was injured. This unpleasant event made her think about the future and leave professional sports.
After graduating from school, the girl entered the Lviv Polytechnic Faculty of Journalism. She was not accepted into the theater schools in Moscow and Kyiv. Already during her student years, Anya studied improvisation at the Black Square studio, and later performed at the Suzir'ya theater studio.
Young talent: childhood and family of Anna Kuzina
Anna Kuzina was born in Kyiv on July 21, 1980 in a family of engineers.
It would seem that engineers are by no means creative individuals, techies, but this is not so. The actress’s mother was always interested in cinema, followed film news, and was interested in the work of famous artists. The father of the future actress played in the student theater of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Despite the fact that the theater was amateur, spectators bought tickets for performances, and the actors even received salaries. As expected, before the performance, posters with photographs of amateur actors were posted around the city, including Anya’s father, who looked like actor Leonid Filatov. When the girl watched films with the participation of a famous actor, it seemed to her that her father was playing in the films. We can say that the stage career of the future actress was born in this student theater, since Anya played the roles of little girls in it, and she really liked the atmosphere behind the scenes and on stage.
Actress Anna Kuzina works a lot in TV series today
As a child, Anya attended a theater group in which there were only girls, so she also had to play male roles. The girl studied accordion at a music school for some time, but music lessons did not excite her, so she left the music school. Later I began to get involved in sports, took up alpine skiing seriously, but received a fairly serious injury and had to say goodbye to the sport.
When Anya graduated from school, her childhood dream of becoming an actress did not fade into the background. The girl decided to enter a theater university. Together with dad, they went to Moscow. Here Anya was disappointed. Paid education at theater universities and the lack of a hostel required significant expenses. Where does that kind of money come from in a family of engineers? Anya and dad returned to Kyiv.
Here, too, failure awaited the girl: she failed her theater exams. After this, her parents began to insist that Anya first get a normal profession, and the girl entered the Kiev Polytechnic Institute at the printing department to master the profession of a literary editor.
However, the desire to become an actress did not leave her. As a student at the Polytechnic Institute, Anya entered the Black Square theater studio for adults.
Anna Kuzina's career
Her track record includes more than 20 film roles, but most of them are supporting roles. The actress also plays in Ukrainian theaters in the capital, does voice-over work, and participates in sketch committees. As a creative person, she constantly tries something new and experiments.
The way to the theater
As a child, Anna Kuzina played in the theater production “The Arrogant Bunny” and from that time dreamed of returning to the stage. After university, she served for 3 years at the Kiev Dakh Theater. She was lucky enough to replace a sick actress in “Shelmenko the Batman”. The following roles turned out to be no less successful - Natasha in the classic “Vassa Zheleznova”, Olympiada Samsonovna in “Our People, We Will Be Numbered”.
As part of the “Wild Theater”, the actress took part in the Ukrainian productions “We Are All Grown Up People”, “Kitsyunya” and “Scars”. Today, during a break between filming, Kuzina plays at the Constellation Theater, and for this she returns from Moscow to Kyiv.
The path to the cinema
Simultaneously with theatrical productions, the actress passed film auditions. Luck smiled at her in 2005, when Kuzina was approved for a cameo role in the melodramatic film “Far from Sunset Boulevard.” The next work awaited him that same year - the main role in the comedy “Happy Birthday, Queen!”
Anna Kuzina did not become an actress of one role. At different periods of her creative career, she starred in the crime film "Anti-Sniper", the thriller "Mysterious Island", the TV soap "Milkmaid from Khatsapetovka", the comedy "The Master", the detective story "Prosecutor's Check", etc. All her heroines are different in character and destinies.
Numerous works in film and theater
Her film debut took place in the comedy “Happy Birthday, Queen!”, which was filmed in the Czech Republic in a real castle. Having successfully completed her first role, Anna became quite in demand among directors, thanks to which her filmography was replenished with such films as “The Master”, “When you’re not expecting her at all”, “Other people’s secrets”, “Mysterious Island”, “The Milkmaid from Khatsapetovka-3” ", "Dandelion" and others. In addition to interesting filming, she played on the theater stage, first at the Kiev Dakh Theater, and then moved to Constellation.
In the photo is actress Anna Kuzina. Still from the film “The Conductor”.
In 2011, Kuzina learned about the casting of the series “Univer. New dorm”, which she was able to easily pass thanks to her appearance and hairstyle. The producers of a youth film were looking for a short actress with short hair, and the girl had just had a bad haircut on the eve of the audition, which is why she shortened her hair. The heroine Yana Semakina brought Anna an army of fans and interesting offers from directors. In parallel with her work in the project, she starred in such films as “If only”, “Foundlings”, “There are no chance meetings”, “Wives on the warpath”. In 2020, viewers can expect the release of the melodrama “The Amethyst Earring”, where the actress will play the main character Evgenia.
Interesting Facts
- Anna did not enter the theater university for budget places due to fierce competition and lack of money - for commercial ones.
- Most of Kuzina’s works are Ukrainian-Russian projects. It just so happens that the actress works for two countries.
- In the sitcom “Univer. New Dorm,” the actress starred after 30 years, although she played a young 20-year-old student.
- Anna is not yet ready to completely move to Russia and leave her parents and theater in Kyiv; she prefers to often go on business trips but return.
- The artist is constantly involved in sports. He believes that this is important not only for health, but also for a good mood.
The personal life of Anna Kuzina is “a secret shrouded in darkness”
In 2020, the actress turned 37 years old. The age is quite decent in order to decide on the choice of a man and give birth to children from him. However, Anna Kuzina is in no hurry to change anything in her personal life, to have a husband and child. In an interview with printed publications, Anna admitted that she has long dreamed of a family and children, but has not yet met the only one with whom she can make these desires come true.
Anna Kuzina in her youth
In 2014, Anna Kuzina’s fans were happy for her, because she told reporters that her heart was finally taken. She met the man she loved, but is in no hurry to make plans for their future together. Anna said nothing more. She did not have any photographs together with the young man. Therefore, fans can only guess whether their relationship continued or not. In addition, the name of Anna Kuzina’s chosen one remained secret. The actress chose to hide even this.
The roles of Anna Kuzina
The actress has been acting in films since 2005. Her film library already contains more than 50 roles, but most of them are supporting roles.
Movies
The most successful projects with her participation:
- “I won’t give you to anyone” - conservatory student;
- “Anti-sniper” (parts 3 and 4) - Natasha Vosnetsova;
- “Master” - Zaryana;
- “Rage” - Allochka;
- “If only” - Nadya;
- “Amethyst earring” - Evgenia;
- “Zomboyashchik” - Natasha Rostova;
- “Wives on the Warpath” - Sasha Pokrovskaya;
- "Giovanni" - Anna.
Series
In addition to full-length films, she starred in TV series, one of which made her a popular favorite:
- “The Milkmaid from Khatsapetovka – 2” - Marina Blank;
- "Univer. New dorm" - Yana Semakina;
- “Prosecutor's check” - Marina Samoilenko;
- “SASHATANYA” - Yana Semakina;
- “Family People” - Marina;
- “Angelina” - Anna Rybakova.
Movies
After three years of work at the Kiev Dakh Theater, Kuzina tried her hand at cinema. The cinematic biography started in 2005 with an episode in the melodrama “Far from Sunset Boulevard.”
The main role went to the actress the same year in the comedy “Happy Birthday, Queen!” Anna was lucky: on the set she met the stars of Russian cinema Sergei Makovetsky, Emmanuil Vitorgan, Mikhail Svetin and Sergei Nikonenko. The stage masters generously shared their experience with the representative of the younger generation. The cousin heard how to pronounce a line correctly, how to stay in the frame and “control her face.”
Since then, the artist has lived under time pressure: the concept of “free time” has been lost for her. Anna wanders from one project to another, and sometimes stars in 2-3 films at the same time. She doesn’t leave Kyiv for long - she plays at the Constellation Theater.
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In Kuzina’s filmography, two thirds of the films are projects of Russian-Ukrainian production. Fans celebrate her participation in the comedy “The Master”, where the main roles went to Pavel Maykov, Ivan Bortnik and Yuri Dubrovin, the soap opera “Native People”, the thriller “The Mysterious Island” and the series “The Milkmaid from Khatsapetovka”.
In the crime film Antisniper, her heroine delved into the brains of a professional killer, and in the film I Won’t Give You Up to Anyone, she plunged into her musical past. In "University" New Dorm” Anna got in thanks to her hairstyle: before the casting, she cut her hair short, which had been damaged by a perm.
As part of the project, Kuzina starred with Anna Khilkevich, Nastasya Samburskaya, Ararat Keshchyan and Konstantin Shelyagin, with whom she has a romantic relationship in the story. The series enjoyed overwhelming success with television viewers, which made it possible to film a spin-off called “SashaTanya.”
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In 2011, the Kiev resident starred in the film “Fury”, on the set of which she met Evgeny Dyatlov. In the company of Anastasia Zadorozhnaya she was seen in the comedy “If only Yes,” Lyudmila Chursina in the melodrama “Autumn Flowers,” Ivan Grishanov in the detective story “Prosecutor's Check.”
Anna's central characters are in the films “The Amethyst Earring” and “Wives on the Warpath.” In the latter, her heroine finds herself in an ambiguous situation when she has to fight off her friend’s ex-husband from her mistress.
The melodrama “Dandelion” gave the actress the image of the accidental home-wrecker of the main characters in the person of Ivan Stebunov and Anastasia Tsvetaeva, and the criticized comedy “Zomboyashchik” with KVN stars gave her the role of the romantic Natasha Rostova from the immortal work of Leo Tolstoy.
Childhood
Anna was born in Kyiv in 1980. She was incredibly lucky with her parents. Despite the fact that both of them worked in engineering positions, there was always a place for art and creativity in their lives. The girl’s mother is an ardent movie fan. Moreover, her interest was not limited to viewing everything and a collection of photographs of celebrities. She always liked serious genres, paintings that needed to be analyzed.
Anna's father is an avid theatergoer. But also unusual. He did not settle for a place in the auditorium and joined an amateur theater troupe. Their performances were a huge success with the public.
On the same stage with her father, little Anna took her first steps in the profession. She enjoyed spending hours at rehearsals and in the actors' dressing rooms. And then she started playing small children's roles.
Anna also went to a regular theater club at her school. However, she liked much less about him. One of the inconveniences was the complete absence of boys. However, thanks to this moment, the girl learned to transform into heroes of the opposite sex, which turned out to be a useful experience.
Anna also tried to study at a music school. But either she was unlucky in choosing the accordion as her main instrument, or music simply turned out to be not her thing. In any case, Anna abandoned her futile attempts to master it.
Another hobby of the girl was sports. She mastered alpine skiing for a long time, but after a serious injury she was forced to give it up. However, Anna has not given up sports at all; she continues to practice at the amateur level.
Personal life
Anna Kuzina tries not to talk about her personal life. She answers all questions that she prefers to discuss her creativity rather than relationships. However, journalists don’t really believe it and consider these to be simply excuses and attempts to disguise the complete absence of the latter.
Some time ago, rumors appeared in the press that the girl was having an affair with a colleague on the set. But they remained just rumors.
At the moment, Anna Kuzina’s family consists of her parents and younger brother Yuri. Mother and father support their daughter in every possible way. Her brother followed in her footsteps into the world of cinema.
Education
Cousin Anna Evgenievna, whose photo is in this article, was fond of figure skating in her childhood. But then I left skating and switched to freestyle. It was in this sport that the future actress took third place at the Ukrainian junior championship. But there was an injury that forced the girl to leave the sport.
Actress Kuzina studied accordion at a music school, but she did not complete this training either.
Immediately after finishing school, Anna Evgenievna goes to the Russian capital and makes attempts to apply to theater schools. But both GITIS and the Moscow Art Theater School had tuition fees, so the girl was forced to return back to her hometown. Here she also made attempts to enter drama school, but here too she failed. And then Anna Evgenievna decided to enter the Polytechnic Institute, choosing the printing department.
