Anna Vladlenovna Samokhina (russian: Анна Владленовна Самохина; 14 January 1963 – 8 February 2010) was a Russian actress. Samokhina started her film career in the 1980s and quickly became popular due to her talent, beauty and charm. She is best known as the leading actress in

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's ''Barons of Crime'' (

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. ''Воры в законе''), a most outlandish, brutal and controversial Soviet film, about

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in the late

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. At the end of the 1990s, Samokhina stopped working in cinema, focusing primarily on her private life and restaurant business. In 2008, she returned to cinema and participated in several pictures. The actress was married twice. From her first marriage, she had a daughter, Alexandra, who later became an actress too. In November 2009, Anna Samokhina was diagnosed with

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at a late stage. Until 1 February 2010, Russian press and many actors in country did not know that her illness was very serious. She died on 8 February 2010 in a hospital in Saint Petersburg.

Selected filmography

* 1988: ''

The Prisoner of Château d'If ''The Prisoner of Château d'If'' or (russian: Узник замка Иф, Uznik zamka If) is a 1988 Soviet drama film directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich based on the novel '' The Count of Monte Cristo'' by Alexandre Dumas. Plot The film is s ...

'' (russian: Узник замка Иф) as ''Mercedes'' * 1988: '' Barons of Crime'' (russian: Воры в законе) as ''Rita'' * 1989: ''

Don César de Bazan ''Don César de Bazan'' is an opéra comique in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery, Philippe-François Pinel "Dumanoir" and Jules Chantepie, based on the play by d'Ennery and Dumanoir, which was first perform ...

'' (russian: Дон Сезар де Базан) as ''Maritana'' * 1990: ''

Frenzied Bus Frenzied Bus (russian: Взбесившийся автобус, Vzbesivshiysya avtobus) is a 1990 Soviet crime film. The story is based on real events that occurred on 1 December 1988, when there was a 1988 Ordzhonikidze bus hijacking, hijacking o ...

'' (russian: Взбесившийся автобус) as ''Tamara Fotaki'' * 1992: ''

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'' (russian: Детонатор) as ''She'' * 1993: '' Angelica's Passion'' (russian: Страсти по Анжелике) as ''Angelica Kudrina'' * 1994: '' The Wheel of Love'' (russian: Колесо любви) as ''Ekaterina L'vovna'' * 1996: ''

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'' (russian: Поезд до Бруклина) as ''Vera'' * 1999: '' Chinese Tea-Set'' (russian: Китайский сервиз) as ''Zinaida Voloshina'' * 1999: ''

Streets of Broken Lights ''Streets of Broken Lights'' (russian: Улицы разбитых фонарей, Ulitsy razbitykh fonarey) is a Russian criminal drama-detective TV series anthology about police work in Saint-Petersburg. The pilot episode, known as ''Menty'' ( ...

'' (russian: Улицы разбитых фонарей) as ''Larisa'' * 2010: ''

In the Style of Jazz ''In the Style of Jazz'' (russian: …в сти́ле JAZZ, …v stile JAZZ) is a 2010 romantic comedy directed by Stanislav Govorukhin. Plot The protagonist is a successful young man with charm and the ability to please all women regardless of t ...

'' (russian: …в стиле JAZZ) as wife of Viktor Ivanovich

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