Anna Baryshnikov

{{Infobox person

| name = Anna Baryshnikov

| image = Anna Baryshnikov at SXSW 2025.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Baryshnikov in 2025

| birth_name = Anna Katerina Baryshnikova{{cite news|title=Mikhail Baryshnikov|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/11051%7C0/mikhail-baryshnikov#family-companions|publisher=Turner Classic Movies}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|05|22}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality =

| alma_mater = Northwestern University

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2014–present

| known_for =

| spouse = {{marriage|Teddy Bergman|2023}}

| father = Mikhail Baryshnikov

| mother = Lisa Rinehart

| relatives = Shura Baryshnikov (half-sister)

}}

Anna Katerina Baryshnikova ({{langx|ru|Анна Катерина Барышникова}} born May 22, 1992) is an American actress. Following her film debut in Wiener-Dog (2016), Baryshnikov had supporting roles in films such as Manchester by the Sea (2016), The Kindergarten Teacher (2018), and Love Lies Bleeding (2024). She is best known for her lead roles as Maya on the first season of the CBS sitcom series Superior Donuts (2017){{cite news|last1=Swartz|first1=Tracy|title=How Anna Baryshnikov's Northwestern education helped shape her 'Superior Donuts' role|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chicagoinc/ct-superior-donuts-anna-baryshnikov-northwestern-20170504-story.html|accessdate=May 13, 2017|work=Chicago Tribune|date=May 4, 2017}} and Lavinia Norcross Dickinson on the Apple TV+ comedy drama series Dickinson (2019–21).

Early life

Baryshnikov is the daughter of Latvian-American ballet dancer and actor Mikhail Baryshnikov and former ballet dancer Lisa Rinehart.{{cite news|last1=Roso|first1=Katherine Cusumano|title=Anna Baryshnikov Is Ready to Be a Leading Lady|url=http://www.wmagazine.com/story/anna-baryshnikov-manchester-by-the-sea-interview|accessdate=January 22, 2017|work=W Magazine|date=November 16, 2016|language=en}} As a young girl, she took beginner's ballet classes but decided she was unsuited to it, as she was too hyperactive and talkative when she was supposed to be focused at the barre.{{cite news|title=Anna Baryshnikov Had To Be Talked Out Of Attending Prom At 22|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6WkldYwbM4|accessdate=May 13, 2017|work=The Late Show with Stephen Colbert|publisher=CBS|date=April 29, 2017}} Her elder half-sister, from her father's relationship with actress Jessica Lange, is dancer Shura Baryshnikov. Anna grew up in Palisades, New York, and attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City.

Career

Baryshnikov began acting at age 6 in a children's theater production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, portraying Peaseblossom, a handmaiden to fairy queen Titania. After graduating from Northwestern University in 2014, she began acting professionally on various television series, including Doll & Em on HBO.{{cite news|last1=Shia|first1=Jonathan|title=Anna Baryshnikov|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/anna-baryshnikov/|accessdate=January 22, 2017|work=Interview Magazine|date=July 26, 2016}}

Baryshnikov's most prominent role to date was in the 2016 critically acclaimed drama Manchester by the Sea, alongside Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams. Her character, Sandy, is a girlfriend of Patrick Chandler, portrayed by Lucas Hedges. She practiced her character's Boston accent by working with a dialect coach and going to Boston-area malls to hear how local teenage girls spoke.

Baryshnikov starred as grad student Maya in the CBS series Superior Donuts, based on the play of the same name by Tracy Letts.{{cite news|last1=Scharf|first1=Lindzi|title=Sundance 2016: Five Minutes With Anna Baryshnikov|url=http://wwd.com/eye/people/sundance-film-festival-2016-anna-baryshnikov-10328633-10328633/|accessdate=January 22, 2017|work=Women's Wear Daily|date=January 25, 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Balasundar|first1=Gautam|title=Anna Baryshnikov Breaks Out in Manchester by the Sea|url=https://thelast-magazine.com/anna-baryshnikov-actress-manchester-by-the-sea/|accessdate=January 22, 2017|work=The Last Magazine|date=November 21, 2016}} The series, which debuted in February 2017, was renewed for a second season by CBS,{{cite news|last1=Aslanian|first1=Emily|title='Superior Donuts' Star Jermaine Fowler Takes Our Blind Donut Taste Test (VIDEO)|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/188046/superior-donuts-jermaine-fowler-blind-donut-taste-test-video/|accessdate=May 13, 2017|work=TV Insider|date=May 8, 2017}} but Baryshnikov's character does not appear in the second season. In 2017, she appeared in the Broadway production of the play Time and the Conways.{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Ashley|title=Anna Camp to Join Elizabeth McGovern in Broadway's 'Time and the Conways'|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anna-camp-join-elizabeth-mcgovern-broadways-time-conways-1027315/|accessdate=September 21, 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 8, 2017}} In 2018, she appeared in the film The Kindergarten Teacher.

On September 26, 2018, Baryshnikov was cast in the role of Lavinia Norcross Dickinson in the Apple TV+ series Dickinson, alongside Hailee Steinfeld.{{cite web |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |title='Dickinson': Toby Huss, Anna Baryshnikov, Ella Hunt & Adrian Enscoe Cast In Apple Comedy Series |url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/dickinson-toby-huss-anna-baryshnikov-ella-hunt-adrian-enscoe-cast-in-apple-comedy-series-1202471263/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |accessdate=September 26, 2018 |date=September 26, 2018}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Film

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="2"| 2016

| Wiener-Dog

| Tara

Manchester by the Sea

| Sandy

2018

| The Kindergarten Teacher

| Meghan

2019

| Josie & Jack

| Becka

2021

| Payback

| Judi Markovich

2024

| Love Lies Bleeding

| Daisy

2025

|Idiotka

|Margarita Levlansky

|Also executive producer{{Cite web |title=Idiotka |url=https://schedule.sxsw.com/2025/films/2208387 |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=SXSW 2025 Schedule |language=en}}

= Television =

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Film

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan=3|2015

| The Mysteries of Laura

| Tracy Dunn

| Episode: "The Mystery of the Deemed Dealer"

Doll & Em

| Journalist

| Episode: "#2.5"

Blue Bloods

| Jenny Strong

| Episode: "With Friends Like These"

rowspan=3|2016

|Model Woman

| Jill Weitz

| Unaired pilot

Good Girls Revolt

| Kathy

| 3 episodes

I Shudder

| Hallie

| TV movie

2017

|Superior Donuts

| Maya

| Main role (Season 1)

2019–2021

|Dickinson

| Lavinia Dickinson

| Main role

2021

|Prodigal Son

|Rachel

|Episode: "Bad Manners"

= Theater =

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Film

! Role

! Venue

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2017

|Time and the Conways

|Carol Conway

|American Airlines Theatre

|Broadway

2023

|A Bright New Boise

|Anna

|Signature Theatre

|Off-Broadway

Awards and nominations

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Year ! Award ! Category ! Project ! Result ! Ref.
rowspan=4\|2016 \| Critics' Choice Awards \| Best Acting Ensemble \| rowspan="6"\| Manchester by the Sea \| {{nominated}} \|
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards \| Best Ensemble \|{{nominated}} \|
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards \|Best Ensemble \| {{nominated}} \|
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards \|Best Ensemble \|{{nominated}} \|
rowspan=2\|2017 \|Georgia Film Critics Association Awards \|Best Ensemble \|{{nominated}} \|
Screen Actors Guild Awards \|Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture \|{{nominated}} \|

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Year

! Award

! Category

! Project

! Result

! Ref.

rowspan=4|2016

| Critics' Choice Awards

| Best Acting Ensemble

| rowspan="6"| Manchester by the Sea

| {{nominated}}