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Anfisa Wistinghausen's childhood and family

Anfisa was born at the very end of the 20th century in the family of Vladimir Medvedev and Lyudmila Wistinghausen.
From early childhood, her parents noticed the child’s artistic abilities and began taking her to various castings. The child's first role was participating in a sausage advertisement. The artistic and charming child, who was only four and a half years old at the time, was remembered by the directors and loved by the audience. Anfisa began to be invited to roles in various children's advertisements.

Since 2005, the girl has been constantly invited to film TV series and films.

Biography[ | ]

Born on September 27, 1999 in Moscow, in the family of Vladimir Medvedev and Lyudmila Wistinghausen.

There she graduated from school No. 648, and from early childhood she also attended two departments of a music school, piano and vocal classes. Takes part in vocal projects. She also studied at the Vortex school of modern dance.

In films 2005-2010 in the credits she is listed as Anfisa Medvedeva, since 2011 - Anfisa Wistinghausen (she used her mother’s surname as an artistic pseudonym).

Actors Egor Klinaev and Anfisa Wistinghausen at the presentation of “Private Pioneer-3”. Yeltsin Center (September 2020)

Anfisa Wistinghausen's film debut took place in 2010 in the drama “Compensation” with the participation of Gosha Kutsenko. In this film, Anfisa played the role of Nadya, the daughter of the main character, who is kidnapped by her stepsisters for ransom. The film was shown on Channel One. Before this, since 2005, Anfisa mainly acted in episodic roles and in “Jumble”. Fame came to her in 2012, when Anfisa starred in the film “Fairy Tale. Yes" in the company of Svetlana Ivanova and played the role of student Lilia Skvortsova in the mystical series "Closed School" on the STS TV channel. The heroine of Anfisa Wistinghausen is a thirteen-year-old girl prodigy at the Logos boarding school. From 2010 to 2013, Anfisa Wistinghausen played the role of young Louise in the musicals ZORRO and The Sound of Music. Since 2020, she has starred in the series “,” playing the role of Nadya, a sixteen-year-old participant in a reality show. Currently, the girl has more than 20 film roles.

Anfisa is the lead singer of the production.

Hobbies of Anfisa Wistinghausen

Anfisa enjoys horse riding and swimming.
He loves winter, when he has the opportunity to go ice skating and skiing. And in the warm season he likes to roller skate. A rat and a hamster live in the teenager’s house, and Anfisa has a special affection for a dog named Friedrich Light.

Anfisa Wistinghausen is a young and very popular Russian actress

The girl devotes her free time to communicating with her friends: Alina Ulshina, Danna Ishmakova, Marina Erofeeva and Anya Pashchenko. Walks with them, goes to shopping and entertainment centers and movies. She travels a lot: at the age of 14 she managed to visit Germany, France, Turkey, Finland, Egypt and Austria.

He likes to take part in various song competitions and regularly takes prizes.

Studies

Anfisa studies in a regular secondary school.
It is difficult for a girl to combine studies with constant filming, because... have to miss classes. During the filming of the film “Angel or Demon” I had to miss almost a whole month of school. Sometimes I had to do homework in between takes. At some point, Anfisa did not have time to study at all and her parents suggested that she leave school, but the girl decided to continue her studies. Naturally, with such a busy schedule, Anfisa does not have good or excellent grades in all subjects. She got C's in Russian language and literature, history, geography, algebra, geometry and physics.

Anfisa Wistinghausen “Angels are Crying” In addition to the general education school, she attends classes at the Vortex dance school, and at the music school she attends both a piano class and a vocal class. Anfisa's parents took her to music school at the age of five.

The girl also studied in the children's musical theater of a young actor, but lack of time forced Anfisa to leave the theater.

Filmography[ | ]

Filmography[ | ]

Roles in theaters[ | ]

Stage Entertainment Theater[ | ]

• 2010-2011 - Musical “ZORRO” - young Louise
• 2011-2012 - Musical “The Sound of Music” - young Louise

Filmography of Anfisa Wistinghausen

From 2005 to 2010, Anfisa played cameo roles in films.
So in the movie “Thumbelina” Anfisa played the role of the Beetle, and in the movie “Gypsies” she played the role of the little girl Raisa. To date, the fourteen-year-old artist has starred in eight films, in a variety of genres: thriller, drama, fantasy.

The first “serious” film work was the role of Nadya in the film “Compensation”, where Wistinghausen’s partner was Gosha Kutsenko.

After the film “Fairy Tale” was released in 2012. “Yes,” the girl gained real fame. In the same year, the television series “Closed School” was shown on the STS television channel, in which Anfisa Wistinghausen also took part.

Her heroine is a child prodigy from the Logos boarding school. Together with her friend Denis Zakharov (actor Sergei Pokhodaev), she is looking for a cure for the mysterious Nazi virus.

Anfisa Wistinghausen - Ecole. Qualifying round for the Children's New Wave 2013 After the success of the series, the channel management invited the girl to another project - the fantasy series “Angel or Demon”. Wistinghausen in this series plays the role of Agnes - outwardly a small and pretty creature, but in reality she is a real fiend of hell. The evil little girl’s favorite pastime is manipulating people and pushing them to act rashly.

While playing her roles, Anfisa had to face considerable difficulties. In the film "Angel or Demon" the girl performed all the stunts herself - it is difficult to find stuntmen of her build and height.

Anfisa recalls with a laugh that during the filming of the film “Metro,” the dog that was filming had a nervous breakdown and had to be replaced with another. The young artist herself had a bad cold, but she filmed until the end, because, according to her, art requires sacrifice. This film also starred Sergei Puskepalis, Anatoly Bely, Svetlana Khodchenkova and others.

2013 was quite busy with work. In addition to “Angel or Demon,” Anfisa starred as a little robber in the film “The Secret of the Snow Queen” and as Lena Karaseva in the film “Private Pioneer”.

Movies

A cinematic biography of Anfisa Wistinghausen began in 2005, when she was 6 years old. The girl played in an episode of the film “Adventurer”. This picture was followed by many others, where Anfisa appeared in episodes. But a significant debut role in a feature film was offered to the girl by the creators of the film “Compensation,” where Anfisa played the daughter of the main character, Nadya. The film was released on Channel One in 2010 and made the young artist famous. The girl’s partners on the stage were Russian film stars Gosha Kutsenko and Lyubov Tolkalina.

Svetlana Ivanova and Anfisa Wistinghausen on the set of the film “There is a Fairy Tale”

“Compensation” becomes Anfisa Wistinghausen’s springboard into her next project, which brought the little actress even greater success. This is the painting “There is a Fairy Tale.” The film consists of 3 short stories. Anfisa appeared in the first one, where she played the girl Dasha, who, having quarreled with her parents (played by Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Maxim Matveev), ends up in the world of toys. In this world, parents become dolls, and Dasha herself becomes their older sister. The novel also stars Mikhail Porechenkov, Konstantin Khabensky, Andrei Smolyakov and other stars of Russian cinema. After the film with such and such a cast, Anfisa Wistinghausen woke up famous. Another role immediately appeared.

Also in 2012, the series “Closed School” was released on the STS channel. Anfisa played a 13-year-old prodigy girl from a boarding school. Together with her classmate Denis Zakharov (Sergei Pokhodaev), she is looking for a cure for the mysterious “Nazi” virus that has infected people.

Anfisa Wistinghausen in the series “Angel or Demon”

Anfisa Wistinghausen’s vocal and musical abilities also found their use. From 2010 to 2013, she played the role of Louise in the musical “ZORRO”. It was followed by a musical production of The Sound of Music. At the ceremony of presenting the children's music award “Kinder MUZ Awards - 2013”, the actress performed the producer’s new hit “Angels are Crying”. The young performer’s repertoire also includes the songs “Hit the light”, “Song about Moscow”, “This is a simple song” and other musical compositions.

In 2013, Anfisa Wistinghausen appeared on the screen in a completely new role. A girl with an angelic appearance played a real demon. The film was called accordingly – “Angel or Demon”. According to the plot, a cute creature named Agnes is exactly what is called a fiend of hell. The evil little girl does not do anything bad herself, but she masterfully pushes those around her to do such things. In the film, Anfisa had to perform many difficult stunts, since a stuntman of her height (156 cm) and weight (43 kg) could not be found.

Anfisa Wistinghausen in the movie "Metro"

But even more challenges fell on the little artist in the next project in which she starred in the same year. This is the dramatic film “Metro” by Anton Megerdichev. Anfisa had to spend a lot of time in cold water in a wetsuit. She caught a bad cold, but did her job perfectly.

2013 turned out to be a very busy year for the girl. In addition to the above two projects, she starred as a robber in the fairy tale film “The Secret of the Snow Queen,” where the main roles were played by Anna Snatkina, Nina Usatova, Natalya Bondarchuk, Dmitry Kharatyan, Inna Makarova and Ivan Burlyaev. The actress also played schoolgirl Lena Karaseva in the film “Private Pioneer”, for which she received a diploma in the category “Best Actress” at the XVII Festival of Visual Arts at the All-Russian Children’s Center “Orlyonok”. In 2014, a continuation of the film was released, where viewers again saw Lena Karaseva performed by Anfisa.

Anfisa Wistinghausen in the series “Memory of the Heart”

In the same year, Anfisa’s filmography was replenished with new work in the TV series “Restless Area”, in which the girl played the heroine Sonya Nesterova. The crime drama, which focused on the fate of former investigator of the Prosecutor General's Office Tatyana Petrova (Svetlana Antonova), was broadcast on the TVC channel. In the melodramatic series “Memory of the Heart,” Anfisa got the role of the heroine Tatyana as a child.

Anfisa Wistinghausen today

After graduating from school, Anfisa plans to go to college. She doesn’t have an exact choice yet, but she still has plenty of time to make a final decision.

Anfisa Wistinghausen is now finishing school

The girl knows one thing for sure - her future profession will be related to cinema and theater. Once you start a business, Anfisa believes, and you succeed, then you need to bring it to the end.

Anfisa is thinking about becoming a director. But, as she herself believes, before becoming a director, you need to become a good actor.

During filming, Anfisa watches her adult colleagues with interest and learns from them.