Anna Banshchikova: biography, filmography, personal life

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This actress is well known 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 of the leading parts of the repertoire. At school, Anya did not like the 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. Entered the course of D. Astrakhan. While still a student, Banshchikova played in some performances of this theater - The Wizard of the Emerald City, The Alchemists, Night in Venice.

After graduation, the young actress entered the theater. Komissarzhevskaya. At the same time, Anna is busy at the Liteiny Theater in the play "Duel".

Film roles 2000 – 2003

Many viewers know Anna Banshchikova from film works. Her face became recognizable after the release of the popular series "National Security Agent" and "Deadly Force". In the series "Deadly Force" she got used to the image of a Chechen girl so much that many Chechens dressed in a national costumeconsidered "their" - they often approached her and addressed her in their own language.

In 2002, the actress was lucky enough 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 Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin and The Best City on Earth. The work in these pictures was very successful.

Anna Banshchikova: personal life

In 1999, the twenty-year-old actress married a popular musician, singer, lead singer of the Secret group Maxim Leonidov. Young people met on the set of a television show. Anna and Maxim met for two years, and then they 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. Anna Banshchikova's husband 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 Eh, Roads program. Banshchikova left the theater, refused the roles offered to her. As a result, she simply turned into the wife of Maxim Leonidov. Probably, the difference in age - 13 years also played a significant role. According to the actress herself, by that time she had not yet become an adult and wise. In other words,she was not yet ready for a serious family life. The couple had no children.

The divorce became scandalous - Maxim categorically refused to communicate with his ex-wife, and she stubbornly tried to meet with him and talk.

The second husband of the actress was the lawyer Vsevolod Shakhanov. Their meeting took place at the birthday party of a mutual friend. They got married six months after they met. Anna moved to Moscow. Sons were born in the family - Alexander and Mikhail.

Family

The biography of Anna Banshchikova, in spite of everything, develops happily both creatively and personally. The now popular and sought-after actress is trying, if possible, 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 out 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 takes care of the guys.

2003-2005

A really big project, in which Anna Banshchikova played the main role, was the series "Mongoose". In it, the actress played the role of an employee of the detective agency Zosya Tsitsepina. Her heroine is an athlete and a desperate racer, a lightweight champion in MMA (for which her colleagues nicknamed her Fly).

In 2004, Anna Banshchikova played in the serial 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 hobbies is her love of travel. She has already visited many countries and dreams of traveling the whole world over time.

Anna Banshchikova: filmography

Today, the actress has quite a long track record. For many viewers, Anna Banshchikova, films with her participation are always a long-awaited event. Today we will present you the latest work of the actress.

God Has His Plans (2012) drama

A surrogate mother, a thirty-five-year-old woman, suffers a serious injury during her 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 the children born to her partly belong to her too. She starts searching for children…

Thirst (2013) psychological drama

Konstantin's life was divided into two parts by the war - before and after Chechnya. The severe burn of his face and resentment for life turned him into a recluse. He fenced himself off from the outside world, he is afraid of it. Unexpectedly, as happens in life, Olga appears next to him with a five-year-old son, who is the only one who does not seem to notice the ugliness of a man. For some reason, the child is afraid to stay in the apartment alone, but for Konstantin this is a great opportunity to pour out his suffering soul…

"Police Major" (2013) melodrama

Andrey Kamyshin, police major too principled and honest, someone is serious"set up". He was "concocted" a non-existent case, imprisoned for three years, and then also hid in a psychiatric hospital. After some time, the sentence was reviewed and canceled, 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 the age of forty-five. He returns to the police and continues to fight crime…

"Not a Women's Business" (2013) detective

Every 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 starts drinking alcohol to relieve stress. These secrets can ruin the career of police officers and become a serious bargaining chip in the hands of enemies…

"Family Circumstances" (2013) melodrama

Every 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 - Alexander and Katya - are single parents. In addition to their beloved children, they have many close and distant relatives who care about their fate…

Don't 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, they often turn to her for help - she is the secretary of the village council. Habitu althe way of life changes when her old admirer Viktor returns to the village. He is sent to work as a district police officer. 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. He was the only one she loved and still loves. When Nikolai accidentally manages to meet Lyuba's son, events begin to develop rapidly. A boy and a grown man communicate without knowing who they are to each other…

Wolfheart (2014) adventure, drama

The protagonist of the film - Chekist Mikhail Ostanin - receives top-secret information: in two months the USSR will be attacked by white emigration troops, organized by British intelligence. The main blow is supposed to be delivered from Poland. The OGPU and the NKVD set an impossible task for Ostanin - to prevent an attack by becoming a confidant of General Romovsky. After passing numerous checks, Ostanin completes the task…

The Martian (2014) 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 the lives of all earthlings. Why did the ship crash? Why would the captain have to stay alone on an unfamiliar planet? The whole world will be looking for answers to these questions. And not only ours…