Anna Kasatkina-Baraz is an extraordinary Russian actress. The ex-husband, Leonid Barats, calls her a surprisingly bright and decent man. Even putting an end to family relationships, they remained business partners and continue to play on the same stage.
The beginning of the way
Anna Borisovna Kasatkina was born in 1968 in the city of Vladimir. She grew up in a simple family, but from an early age the child showed creative abilities. After leaving school, the girl firmly decided to get an acting education. In 1988, Anna entered GITIS at the Faculty of Variety, on the course of Vladimir Korovin. She studied with her future husband Leonid Baraz and other members of the Quartet I.
Theater
A young graduate of the university began her acting career at Lenkom. The girl entered the theater stage as a student. The audience remembered her work in the play by Mark Zakharov "Crazy Day or the Marriage of Figaro", as well as the role of the Princess in the "Bremen Town Musicians" directed by Stein.
In the same period, the actress began to take part in the productions of the comic "Quartet I": "These are only cliches", "La Comedy
", Radio Day, and Election Day."
Movie
2002 was a significant year in the creative biography of the artist, she opened the way to the world of big cinema. She got the role of a ballerina in the film "Life Continues." The film told about the life of students of the ballet school. For the sake of a career, they are ready to sacrifice their health and happiness, beauty and talent live close to intrigue and betrayal. Anna’s film debut was preceded by a tiny episode in which she appeared in the movie “Your fingers smell like incense” 10 years earlier.
Most of the subsequent images created by the actress on the screen were associated with the film adaptation of the productions of the same Quartet And. In the film "Radio Day" (2008), she played the secretary Anya, in the film "What Men Talk About" appeared in the role of the wife of a business traveler, and in the second part of this tape as the wife of Pasha. The audience is familiar with the actress through the crime drama “Volkova Hour” (2009), the serial film about the work of the investigative department of the prosecutor’s office, “Freud’s Method” (2012) and the series “Margarita Nazarova” (2016) about the life of the famous trainer and actress. To date, the filmography of Kakatkina-Baraz is 13 works.
