Ana Layevska

Birthday: Jan 10, 1982
Birthplace: Kiev, Ukraine

Bio: Born Anna Laevskaya Rastsvetaeva on January 10, 1982 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, (now Ukraine), is a Russian-Mexican actress of telenovelas. Ana's family moved to Mexico when she was only nine years old. She has been tied to drama since then. She is fluent in Russian, Spanish and English. In Mexico Ana studied acting in the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa.… More Bio: Born Anna Laevskaya Rastsvetaeva on January 10, 1982 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, (now Ukraine), is a Russian-Mexican actress of telenovelas. Ana's family moved to Mexico when she was only nine years old. She has been tied to drama since then. She is fluent in Russian, Spanish and English. In Mexico Ana studied acting in the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa. Thanks to her skills she obtained some roles in novelas such as Preciosa (1998) and Amor gitano (1999).

Eventually, producer Pedro Damián called her to participate in telenovelas Primer amor: a 1000 x 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 to act with Salma Hayek and Edward James Olmos. In 2005, she participated in the reality TV show Bailando por un sueno, 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.

Other than acting, Layevska also sings and plays two instruments: violin and piano. When she was younger, she took classes in classical music.