Anna Kovalchuk | |
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Anna Kovalchuk in November 2015
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Born |
Anna Leonidovna Kovalchuk 15 June 1977 Neustrelitz, East Germany |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1998–present |
Spouse(s) | Anatoly Ilichenko (1999 - 2005 divorced, 1 child) Oleg Kapustin (m. 2007, 1 child) |
Awards | Honored Artist of the Russian Federation |
Anna Leonidovna Kovalchuk (Russian: А́нна Леони́довна Ковальчу́к; born 15 June 1977) is a Russian actress. The winner of the prize for the presentation of the image of "good character" in the international legal Festival "Law and Society" for the title role in the television series Tainy Sledstviya.
Anna Kovalchuk was born on 15 June 1977, in Neustrelitz (GDR), into a family of hereditary teachers. Anna's mother managed a kindergarten, her father was the teacher, and her grandfather was the principal. Anna has an older brother named Pavel.
During her school days, Kovalchuk lived in Leningrad. The future actress also spent parts of her childhood in Yerevan and Moscow. At school the exact sciences, in particular mathematics, were her favorite subjects. Upon termination of secondary school, Kovalchuk intended to enroll in the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute toward a career in cybernetics. But after a time, she instead chose an acting career and enrolled in the Leningrad Theatrical Institute of Music and Cinematography (the Ampere-second course. Shvedersky) During her theatrical studies, Anna got acquainted with her future first husband, Anatoly Ilchenko. While still a student, she became involved in a theatre troupe called Lensoveta where director Gennady Trostjanetsky was searching for an actress to play the young heroine for his production of «Imaginary Patient» based on Molière's comedy Le Malade imaginaire. The premiere of her performance took place almost at once after Kovulchuk received her diploma, and almost simultaneously with her wedding.
Graduated from St. Petersburg Academy of Theatre, Music and Cinema in 1998.
Member of Lensoveta Theatre since 1998. Plays leading roles in stage productions of Lensoveta Theatre.
Anna's general popularity came after the role of inspector Maria Shvetsova in a teleserial of Tainy Sledstviya (Secrecy of the Investigation) (2001) for which the actress won a prize for embodiment of an image of "hero" on the international legal film festival «the Law and a society».