Actress Sofia Kashtanova: biography, film career and personal life

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Actress Sofia Kashtanova is best known to the Russian audience for her roles in the films Holiday Romance, Random Relationship, Policeman from Rublyovka and Psychologists. She is the daughter of the writer and screenwriter Andrei Antonov, and her mother is the former actress of the Moscow Art Theater Alla Kashtanova.

Biography

Sofia was born in Moscow on August 6, 1987. From an early age, she loved reading, especially poetry. When the girl was 8 years old, her parents broke up, after which Sofia moved to Mexico with her mother and stepfather.

There, the future artist received a secondary education, mastered Spanish and English. The main hobbies of young Sofia were equestrian sports and Latin American dances. At the age of 17, Kashtanova returned to her homeland in order to receive a theatrical education. In 2004, she became a student at the Moscow Art Theater (workshop of D. Brusnikin and R. Kozak).

Movies

Sofia Kashtanova first appeared on the screens in 2006, playing Mika in the action comedy "Insatiable". In parallel, the aspiring actress starred in the series "Students" and"Detectives". For some time, the girl played in the crime films Chasing the Shadow, Law and Order, Invented Murder, Cruel Business, The Lawyer and others, but soon she vowed to participate in such projects, not wanting to encourage violence and robbery in art.

In the melodrama "Kilometer Zero" Kashtanova got the performance of an episodic character. Sofia played her first key role in the art-house film "Random Connection". Her heroine was named Marianna. Then the actress appeared in the detective series "Beagle" (role - Kryukova Veronika), the drama "Thaw" (Sophie Loren), the melodrama "Eldest Daughter" (Vika), the comedies "Construction" (Ruzanna), "On the Run" (Albina) and "Merry Fellows" (Faith).

In 2015, Sophia Kashtanova played the key character Yulia Usoltseva in the mini-series Holiday Romance. Later, the actress starred in the comedy "Policeman from Rublyovka", the melodramas "Fidelity", "Circulation" and "Psychologists". She is currently working on the mystical thriller Curse of the Sleepers.

Private life

Currently, the girl lives for about seven months in Moscow, and at the end of filming she goes to Mexico. It is also known that Sofia Kashtanova is not married and has not yet had time to become a mother.

While in Mexico, the artist dated a Chilean for three years. Their relationship was interrupted due to the jealousy of the young man. While working on the film "Moon-Moon" between Kashtanova and Semakin Artem began a romantic relationship that did not last long.

Sofia has been practicing yoga since the age of 13. The actress says thatsports and swimming are the most effective way for her to deal with stress and bad mood. In addition, in 2013, an exhibition was held, which presented paintings painted by Sofia Kashtanova.