Anastasia Yuryevna Zavorotnyuk (russian: Анастасия Юрьевна Заворотнюк; born April 3, 1971) is a Russian actress and television presenter. She is best known for her lead role on '' My Fair Nanny'' (2004–2009).

Early life and education

Anastasia Zavorotnyuk was born on April 3, 1971, in

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. Her mother, People's Artist of Russia's Valentina Borisovna Zavorotnyuk, worked in the Astrakhan Youth Theatre. Her father, Yuri 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. In 1991, she took part in her first film playing Masha.

Career

After graduating from the

Moscow Art Theatre School Moscow Art Theatre School is the studio school of the Moscow Art Theatre. It is a state educational institution that has existed since 1943. The initiator of the studio school was Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko.Oleg Tabakov Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov (russian: Олег Павлович Табаков; 17 August 1935 – 12 March 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actor and the Artistic Director of the Moscow Art Theatre. People's Artist of the USSR (1988). Biography Tabakov ...

. Over 10 years in the theatre, she had been in 29 productions. She is famous for her role in '' My Fair Nanny'', which is a remake of the U.S. series ''

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''. 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

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on the program "Good Song" on the TRK Ukraine. She also participated in the first season of "Two Stars" with

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and came in 2nd place.

Personal life

Zavorotnyuk has been married three times. Her first marriage was to a German businessman but lasted only one year. Her second marriage was to Dmitry Striukove, with whom she opened a real estate agency. They had two children, Anna and Michael. From 2006 to 2008 she dated actor and co-star on '' My Fair Nanny''

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. On September 22, 2008, she married figure skater

Peter Tchernyshev Peter Tchernyshev (russian: Пётр Андреевич Чернышёв; also romanized as ''Pyotr Andreyevich Chernyshev''; born February 6, 1971) is a Russian- American ice dancer. With skating partner Naomi Lang, he is a two-time Four Cont ...

at the

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. In September 2019, Zavorotnyuk was reported to have been diagnosed with brain cancer stage IV around the time of giving birth to her daughter, Mila, in October 2018, with rumours of her diagnosis dating back as early as August 2019 when fans had noticed a scar on her neck which, as was theorised, might suggest a

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to test for

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.У Анастасии Заворотнюк заподозрили рак
/ref> To date, all information concerning her health remains unclear, since Zavorotnyuk's family has neither denied nor confirmed her diagnosis and current condition all the while information of different degrees of reliability has appeared in the press. Zavorotnyuk herself has not made any statement since, and has not been seen in public for some time.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

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