Ana Layevska
{{Short description|Ukrainian-born Mexican actress and singer}}
{{family name hatnote|Sergeyevna|Layevska|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anna Layevska
| image =
| image_size =
| caption = Layevska in Sin rastro de ti
| other_names =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1984|01|10}}
| birth_place = Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
| citizenship = Mexican-Russian{{cn|date=January 2025}}
| occupation = Actress, singer
| years_active = 1997–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Rodrigo Moreira|2014}}
| partner = Rafael Amaya (2006-2010)
| children = 2
}}
Anna Serhiivna Layevska{{notetag|Also Anna Sergeyevna Layevskaya ({{langx|ru|Анна Сергеевна Лаевская}})}} ({{langx|uk|Анна Сергіївна Лаєвська}}; born January 10, 1984), known as Ana Layevska, is a Ukrainian-Mexican actress and singer.
Early life
Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ana is the only child of violinist Serhii Laievskyi and actress Inna Rastsvetaeva. In 1987, Ana and her family moved from Kyiv to Moscow, and in 1991 they moved to Mexico. She started playing the violin when she was five and started acting upon moving to Mexico.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493521/bio|title=Ana Layevska|website=IMDb }}
Career
In Mexico, she studied acting at the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa. Thanks to her skills she obtained some roles in videoclips like "Carolina" by singer David and telenovelas such as Alguna vez tendremos alas (1997), Preciosa (1998) and Amor Gitano (1999), acting with Mauricio Islas and Mariana Seoane. Those were relatively small roles but they were good experiences as well.
Eventually, producer Pedro Damián called her to participate in telenovelas Primer amor... a mil por hora (2000), in which she shared credits with Anahí, Kuno Becker, Mauricio Islas and Valentino Lanús. She won the TVyNovelas Award for best female revelation, as well as the Palmas de Oro prize in the same category.
In 2001, she starred in her first film, In the Time of the Butterflies, where she had the opportunity of acting with Salma Hayek and Edward James Olmos. In 2005, she participated in the reality TV show Bailando Por Un Sueño, where celebrities are paired with contestants in a dance-based competition. Despite being unpopular with the judges, she was saved from eviction three times by public telephone voting, eventually placing third overall.
Her most recent appearance is in the hit telenovela El Fantasma de Elena as Elena Calcaño from Telemundo Studios.
She played her second main villain role in Telemundo's Mi Corazón Insiste alongside Jencarlos Canela, Carmen Villalobos, and Angelica Maria.
In 2012, she played in Telemundo's Relaciones Peligrosas as Paty, a main role, alongside Sandra Echeverría, Maritza Bustamante and Gabriel Coronel.
In 2013, she starred in Telemundo's Dama y obrero, as Ignacia Santamaria, the lead protagonist, alongside José Luis Reséndez and Fabián Ríos.
In 2016 she returned to Televisa as Camila Borges the main antagonist of the series Sin rastro de ti, alongside Adriana Louvier and Danilo Carrera.
Personal life
Other than acting, Layevska also sings and plays two instruments: violin and piano. When she was younger, she took classes in classical music.
She is fluent in Russian, Spanish and English.{{cite web|title=Ana Layevska interview in CNN en Español|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsLf2FSjDvs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/tsLf2FSjDvs |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|publisher=AnaLayevskaFC|accessdate=5 January 2014|language=Spanish|date=7 August 2012}}{{cbignore}}
Since 2014, Layevska has been married to businessman Rodrigo Moreira, with whom she has a daughter, Masha, and a son, Santiago.
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film roles | |||
| Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004
| Génesis 3:19 | Lisa | |||
| 2006
| Cansada de besar sapos | Andrea / Andi | | |||
| 2008
| Casi divas | Ximena | | |||
| 2009
| Helen | | |||
| 2009
| Me importas tú, y tú | Unknown role | | |||
| 2011
| El firulete | Ana | |||
| 2014
| | |||
| 2017
| La leyenda del diamante | Helena | |
Television
Awards and nominations
- 2015: The magazine People en Español named as one of "50 Most Beautiful".
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| bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|Year |Award |Category |Title of Work |Result |
| rowspan=2|2001
|rowspan=4|TVyNovelas Awards |rowspan=2| {{center|Primer Amor - A Mil por Hora}} |{{won}} |
| Best Kiss
|{{won}} |
| 2006
|{{center|La Madrastra}} |{{nom}} |
| 2007
|{{center|Las Dos Caras de Ana}} |{{nom}} |
| 2009
|Best Actress |{{center|Querida Enemiga}} |{{nom}} |
| rowspan=4|2012
|rowspan=3|Premios Tu Mundo |The Best Bad Girl |{{center|Mi Corazón Insiste en Lola Volcán}} |{{nom}} |
| The Perfect Couple
|rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" |Relaciones Peligrosas |{{nom}} |
| The Best Kiss
|{{nom}} |
| Premios People en Español
|rowspan=2|Best Supporting Actress |{{nom}} |
| rowspan=2|2013
|Miami Life Awards |{{nom}} |
| Premios People en Español
|Best Actress |{{center|Dama y Obrero}} |{{nom}} |
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0493521}}
- [http://www.alma-latina.net/01actresses/a/ana_layevska.shtml Ana Layevska] at the Telenovela Database
- {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070118022450/http://www.esmas.com/espectaculos/artistas/319203.html Esmas]
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Category:Mexican telenovela actresses
Category:Mexican television actresses
Category:Mexican women violinists
Category:20th-century Mexican actresses
Category:21st-century Mexican actresses
Category:Mexican people of Russian descent
Category:Mexican people of Ukrainian descent
Category:Naturalized citizens of Mexico
Category:Russian emigrants to Mexico
Category:Actresses from Moscow
Category:21st-century violinists