This actress is familiar to many and popular in Russia. Anna Banshchikova equally successfully works in theater and cinema.
Childhood and youth
Anna Banshchikova was born on January 25, 1975. Polina Banshchikova (grandmother of the actress) was the prima of the Musical Comedy Theater. She performed many leading parts of the repertoire. At school, Anna did not like exact sciences - she memorized everything by heart, while not understanding anything. But from an early age, thanks to her grandmother, she was in love with the theater.
After graduating from school, Anna entered LGITMiK. She applied to three teachers. I entered the course of D. Astrakhan. While still studying, Banshchikova played in some performances of this theater - “The Wizard of the Emerald City”, “Alchemists”, “Night in Venice”.
At the end of the institute, the young actress entered the theater. Komissarzhevskaya. At the same time, Anna is busy at the Liteiny Theater in the play “Duel”.
Kinoroli 2000 - 2003
Anna Banshchikova is familiar to many viewers from film works. Her face became recognizable after the release of the popular TV series "National Security Agent" and "Deadly Force." In the series “Slaughter Force”, she became so accustomed to the image of a Chechen girl that she, dressed in a national costume, was considered by many Chechens “their own” - they often approached her and spoke in their own language.
In 2002, the actress was lucky to play in another famous series - "Kamenskaya -3". She got the role of Zhenya - a little strange girl. Then Anna Banshchikova, whose filmography began to quickly replenish with interesting works, starred in the TV series "Niro Wolff and Archie Goodwin" and "The Best City of the Earth." The work in these paintings was very successful.
Anna Banshchikova: personal life
In nineteen ninety-nine, a twenty-year-old actress married a popular musician, singer, and lead singer of the Secret group, Maxim Leonidov. Young people met on the set of a television show. For two years, Anna and Maxim met, and then played a luxurious wedding in the house of composers in St. Petersburg.
It seemed to all the friends of this couple that this union would be eternal - their feelings were so bright and strong. The husband of Anna Banshchikova even wrote several songs that he dedicated to his wife. However, unfortunately, this marriage broke up in 2003, unable to stand the test of time.
After the wedding, Anna practically abandoned her career - she tried to spend more time with her beloved, went on tour with him and filmed the program "Oh, the roads." Banshchikova left the theater, refused the roles offered to her. As a result, she simply turned into the wife of Maxim Leonidov. Probably a significant role was played by the age difference - 13 years. According to the actress herself, by that time she had not yet become adult and wise. In other words, she was not yet ready for a serious family life. The couple did not have children.
The divorce became scandalous - Maxim categorically refused to communicate with his ex-wife, and she persistently tried to meet with him and talk.
The second spouse of the actress was the lawyer Vsevolod Shakhanov. Their meeting took place at the birthday of a mutual friend. They got married six months after the meeting. Anna moved to Moscow. Sons were born in the family - Alexander and Mikhail.
A family
The biography of Anna Banshchikova, in spite of everything, is developing happily both creatively and personally. The popular and sought-after actress, as far as possible, tries to spend more time with her family in a country house, which she and her husband have been renting for more than a year and which they plan to buy back in the near future. Sometimes the actress, leaving for the shooting, takes her sons with her. When she is busy on the set, the nanny is engaged with the guys.
2003 - 2005 years
A truly major project in which Anna Banshchikova played a major role was the series “Mongoose”. In it, the actress played the role of an employee of the detective agency Zosi Tsitsepina. Her heroine is an athlete and a desperate racer, winner of the lightweight fighting competitions (for this, her colleagues nicknamed her the Fly).
In 2004, Anna Banshchikova played in the multi-part film Swan Paradise directed by Alexander Mitta. The actress recalls with particular warmth her collaboration on the set with Nina Ruslanova and Amalia Mordvinova.
Dream
One of Anna's main passions is her love of travel. She has already visited many countries and dreams to travel around the world over time.
Anna Banshchikova: filmography
To date, the actress has a rather large track record. For many viewers, Anna Banshchikova, films with her participation is always a long-awaited event. Today we will present to you the latest work of the actress.
“God Has His Plans” (2012) drama
A surrogate mother, a thirty-five-year-old woman, is seriously injured during the fifth birth - she can no longer have children. This happens exactly when she decided to give birth to her own child. A woman loses the meaning of life and wants to commit suicide, but at the last moment she realizes that her children are partly hers. She begins to search for children ...
"Thirst" (2013) psychological drama
War divided the life of Konstantin into two parts - before and after Chechnya. A severe burn of the face and resentment for life turned him into a recluse. He fenced off from the outside world, he is afraid of him. Suddenly, as it happens in life, Olga appears next to him with her five-year-old son, who seems to be the only one who does not notice the ugliness of the man. For some reason, the child is afraid to remain in the apartment alone, but for Konstantin this is a great opportunity to pour out his tormented soul ...
"Police Major" (2013) melodrama
Andrei Kamyshin, a police major who was too principled and honest, someone seriously "framed". He was "concocted" a nonexistent case, sentenced to three years, and then also put in a psychiatric hospital. After a while, the sentence was reviewed and quashed, and the major was rehabilitated. But over the years of isolation, the man lost touch with his family. He will have to start life from scratch at forty-five. He returns to the police and continues to fight crime ...
“Not a Female Affair” (2013) detective
Each person, including a policeman, has his own secret. Two heroines of this picture work in the police. Elena Bazhenova, while studying at the institute, earned money in escort services in order to be able to pay for the expensive treatment of her sick mother. Olga Kirsanova had a nervous breakdown after she was charged with the murder of her husband. She begins to drink alcohol to relieve stress. These secrets can destroy the career of police officers and become a serious trump card in the hands of enemies ...
“Family Circumstances” (2013) melodrama
Each middle-aged person has his own established habits, clear plans for the future, his own beliefs and “family circumstances”. The main characters of the film are Alexander and Katya, single parents. In addition to their beloved children, they have many close and distant relatives who care about their fate ...
“Do not leave me, Love” (2014) melodrama
Lyuba was thirty-five years old, fifteen of them she lived alone. In the village she is respected and appreciated, often turn to her for help - she is the secretary of the village council. The usual way of life changes when her longtime admirer Victor returns to the village. He is sent to work as a precinct. He immediately begins to show Luba signs of attention. The village begins to vigorously discuss the life of a single mother. And then Nikolai returns to his homeland - the man from whom Lyuba gave birth to a child. Only she loved and still loves. When Nicholas accidentally manages to meet Lyuba’s son, events begin to develop rapidly. The boy and the adult man communicate, not suspecting who they are to each other ...
“Wolf Heart” (2014) adventure, drama
The protagonist of the film, Chekist Mikhail Ostanin, receives top-secret information: in two months, an attack by white emigration troops organized by British intelligence will be carried out on the USSR. The main blow is supposed to strike from Poland. The OGPU and the NKVD set Ostanin an impossible task - to prevent an attack, becoming the confidant of General Romovsky. After passing numerous checks, Ostanin performs the task ...
“Martian” (2014) science fiction, in production
The whole world has been preparing this expedition for several decades. It seemed to them that they would be the first on Mars. The inexplicable events that will happen to the crew during the flight will change not only their lives, but also the lives of all earthlings. Why did the ship crash? Why will the captain have to stay on an unfamiliar planet alone? The whole world will seek answers to these questions. And not only ours ...