Actress Anna Popova has already managed to "check in" in more than 50 films. The spiteful critics are sure that her parents are paving the way for her, and critics argue that the girl has great acting potential, which has not yet been fully revealed.
“Brigade. Heir "," Once there will be love "," Wasp "," Stolen wedding "- these are not all films and series, where the actress Anna Popova brilliantly played. She is filmed for Russian, Ukrainian, Polish directors, and today 4 projects with her participation are in production at once. Who is she and where is she from? Why are many people convinced that her professional advancement was only possible thanks to her parents?
Biography of actress Anna Popova
At the start of her career, journalists attributed to Anna Popova a relationship with the world-famous Russian cinema couple - screenwriter Sergei Popov and director Vera Storozheva. Representatives of the yellow press immediately "adopted" these speculations, vying with each other began to assure that the actress is absolutely untalented, and her parents are engaged in her promotion. Anna immediately denied this information, telling that she was born in the suburbs, in the family of a designer and a lawyer. She was born at the end of June 1986 and after a few years she became a "star" in the circle of relatives and family friends. Dancing, singing, improvised home performances and school performances - these were the girl's main hobbies.
The parents decided not to interfere with the girl, took her to a ballet school, but actively prepared her for real life. Dad insisted that Anna should get an education in law or economics, her mother helped to master the basics of home economics. Anya learned early to cook herself, to clean up the house while her parents were at work.
Anna made her choice of profession on her own - after graduating from high school, the girl entered the ballet department at GITIS. Very soon she found a lot of friends among the students of the "Sliver", which was nearby. Perhaps it was they who determined her further path. At the age of 17, she first starred in a small role in a movie. Her debut film was the 2003 film Special Purpose Resort.
Filmography of Anna Popova
Now the filmography of the actress includes nearly 60 works in cinema. Just 6 years after her debut, she got the main role in a movie - it was working on the image of Anna Ogareva in "Once there will be love." She left ballet already in her second year, having made a choice in favor of acting, - Anna moved to the Russian Academy of Theater Arts.
Anna herself considers Katya Bykhovets from the picture "From Flame and Light" to be her first real role in the cinema. Film critics distinguish the following works from her filmography:
- "Path along the river" - Dasha Somova,
- “Brigade. Heir "- Lera Vvedenskaya,
- "It will be a bright day" - Elena Potemkina,
- "Think like a woman" - Daria Svetlova,
- "Reluctant Father" - Catherine,
- "Beauties" - Tanya Shmeleva,
- "The Lost Fiance" - Lika,
- "The Stolen Wedding" - Inga and others.
Actress Anna Popova perfectly copes with melodramatic and detective roles, feels comfortable in the atmosphere of modernity and in films about "bygone times." Any of the roles that she is trusted, she plays easily, without coercion and effort, and this indicates the presence of a huge acting potential.
Theater and TV projects
Anna Popova is not fixated on cinema, she gladly accepts invitations to take part in various television projects, goes on the stage of the theater.
The theatrical piggy bank of roles for the actress is still small, but there are also significant works in it - these are the plays “No Years” (stage director Veniamin Smekhov) and “Enough simplicity for every wise man” (stage director Vladimir Mirzoev).
Another highlight, in addition to filming a movie, for Anna Popova was the 4th season of the project "Dancing with the Stars" in 2009. There she performed in tandem with a dancer, trainer, author of thematic books on dancing - Yan Halperin. A big "help" for Anna in this project was the fact that in her childhood and adolescence she devoted a lot of time to ballroom and sports dances, practicing them with professional teachers and trainers. However, Anna and Jan were not among the winners. Prize-winning places were taken by actresses Anna Kovalchuk and Natalya Bochkareva, singer Yulia Savicheva with her mentors.
Personal life of actress Anna Popova
Popularity in any field of art is always accompanied by an increased interest in personal life. The actress Anna Popova did not escape such a fate. As well as around her colleagues in the shop, rumors and conjectures often arose and arise around her name.
Until 2008, she managed to hide the intricacies of her private life behind a veil of secrecy. But after the birth of her son Daniel, publications about her again appeared in the press, the main topic of which was - who is the father of the child and why is he not next to Anna? The actress decided to put an end to the gossip, announcing that she had given birth to a son from the actor Lebedev Eldar, but their family life did not work out.
Now Anna is happy again. Her chosen one was a businessman far from the art world, named Arseny. She managed to maintain warm friendly relations with the father of her child; he spends a lot of time with his son. About whether and when she will have a wedding, the actress has not yet said. But on her personal pages on social networks there are many romantic photos with Arseny. Fans can only wait for the pictures from the magnificent wedding of lovers to appear.
