Anastasia Zavorotnyuk
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Anastasia Yuryevna Zavorotnyuk (Russian
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: Анастасия Юрьевна Заворотнюк; born April 3, 1973) is a Russian actress, TV presenter, and jury member on the TRK Ukraine, Meritorious Artist
Meritorious Artist
Meritorious Artist , also translated as Merited Artist, Deserved Artist or Distinguished Artist or Honorary Artist or Honorable Actor) is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Russian Federation, Union republics, and Autonomous republics, also in some other Eastern bloc states, as well as in a...

 of Russian Federation.

Biography

Anastasia Zavorotnyuk was born on April 3, 1971 in Astrakhan
Astrakhan
Astrakhan is a major city in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the left bank of the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea at an altitude of below the sea level. Population:...

. Her mother, People's Artist of Russia's
People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of Russia, also sometimes translated as National Artist of Russia, is an honorary title granted to citizens of Russia.It succeeded both the all-Soviet union award People's Artist of the USSR , and more directly the local republic award, People's Artist of the RSFSR , after the...

 Valentina Borisovna Zavorotnyuk, worked in the Astrakhan Youth Theatre. Her father, Yuri Andreevich Zavorotnyuk, worked on television, and was a member of the Academy of Russian Television. Even from early childhood, Anastasia decided to play in the theater and insist on her dream: in her spare time making music and dancing, took part in the dance ensemble "Lotus".
She received lessons at the Moscow Art Theatre
Moscow Art Theatre
The Moscow Art Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow that the seminal Russian theatre practitioner Constantin Stanislavski, together with the playwright and director Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, founded in 1898. It was conceived as a venue for naturalistic theatre, in contrast to the melodramas...

. In 1991 she took part in her first film playing Masha. Then, in 1993 Anastasia graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School
Moscow Art Theatre
The Moscow Art Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow that the seminal Russian theatre practitioner Constantin Stanislavski, together with the playwright and director Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, founded in 1898. It was conceived as a venue for naturalistic theatre, in contrast to the melodramas...

 and became and actress under the direction of Oleg Tabakov
Oleg Tabakov
Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov is a Soviet and Russian actor and the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theatre.-Theatre career:...

. Over 10 years in the theatre, she had been in 29 productions. Her favorite role is the one of Varya in the play "The Passion of Bumbarash". She is famous for her role in My Fair Nanny
My Fair Nanny (Russian TV series)
My Fair Nanny is a Russian comedy television series based on the American television sitcom, The Nanny.- Plot :The plot develops around Viktoria Prutkovskaya, an energetic and extravagant Ukrainian, who is dismissed by her boyfriend Anton. Now working as a cosmetics saleswoman, Viktoria finds...

. She called and was offered the series, which she had no idea. Her Ukrainian accent is borrowed from Olga Block Mirimskoy, a colleague at the theater.

In addition to acting, Anastasia acts as a presenter. In 2005, she replaced Tina Kandelaki
Tina Kandelaki
Tina Kandeláki is a Russian journalist, young politician, TV presenter and producer. A co-owner of the Apostol Media Group company.- Bio :Tina’s father Givi Kandelaki was an economist and the director of a vegetable depot in Tbilisi. Lived in Moscow after his retirement. Givi Kandelaki is...

 on the program "Good Song" on the TRK Ukraine. She also participated in the first season of "Two Stars" with Mikhail Boyarsky
Mikhail Boyarsky
Mikhail Sergeevich Boyarsky is a Soviet/Russian actor and singer, currently living in the city of Saint Petersburg. He is best known and loved for the role of d'Artagnan in the film d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers and its sequels . He was also a popular singer of the 1980s and completed several...

 and came in 2nd place.

Personal life

Anastasia Zavorotnyuk was married three times. Her first marriage was with a German businessman, but lasted only one year. Her second marriage was with Dmitry Striukove where they opened a real estate agency together. They had two children, Anna and Michael. On September 22, 2008 she married figure skater Peter Tchernyshev
Peter Tchernyshev
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 at the Foros Church
Foros Church
The Church of Christ's Resurrection is a popular tourist attraction on the outskirts of Yalta in the Crimea, known primarily for its scenic location, overlooking the Black Sea littoral from a 400-metre cliff near Baidarsky Pass....

 in Crimea
Crimea
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.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1991 Masha Masha
1993 Dashing Couple Lizka
2002 Heir Anastasia
2007 The Apocalypse Code Daria/Marie
2007 Shakespeare Never Dreamed Of Lison
2008 Ideal Woman Lyuba
2008 Artifact It
2009 Gogol. Nearest Smirnova-Rosset

Television

Year Television Series Role Notes
2004–2008 My Fair Nanny
My Fair Nanny (Russian TV series)
My Fair Nanny is a Russian comedy television series based on the American television sitcom, The Nanny.- Plot :The plot develops around Viktoria Prutkovskaya, an energetic and extravagant Ukrainian, who is dismissed by her boyfriend Anton. Now working as a cosmetics saleswoman, Viktoria finds...

Nanny Victoria

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