Ana Layevska

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Sergeyevna and the family name is Layevska.

Ana Layevska
Born	Anna Laevski Rastsvetaeva (1982-01-10) January 10, 1982 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR
Residence	Mexico
Occupation	actress, singer
Years active	1998–present
Spouse(s)	Rodrigo Moreira
Partner(s)	Rafael Amaya (2006-2010)
Website	esmas.com/ana-layevska

Anna Sergeyevna Layevska (Russian: Анна Сергеевна Лаевская) (born January 10, 1982), known as Ana Layevska, is a Ukrainian-Mexican actress and singer.

Early life

Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Ana is the only child of Russian parents, violinist Serguéi Laievski and actress Inna Rastsvetaeva. In 1987, Ana and her family moved from Kiev 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.

Career

In Mexico she 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), acting with Mauricio Islas and Mariana Seoane. Those were relatively small roles but they were good experience 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 of 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.

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. She stands at .

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Genesis 3:19	Lisa	Short film
2006	Cansada de besar sapos	Andrea "Andi"
2008	Casi divas	Ximena
2009	The Fighter	Helen
2009	Me importas tú, y tú
2011	El firulete	Ana	Short film
2014	Isa	Dedal	Television film
2014	Cantinflas	Miroslava Sternova

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Alguna vez tendremos alas	Violinist	Uncredited
1998	Preciosa	Bit Part
1999	Amor gitano	María
1999	Cuento de Navidad	Herself
2000	Primer amor, a mil por hora	Marina Iturriaga Camargo
2001	In the Time of the Butterflies	Lina Lovaton	Television film
2001	Primer amor, tres años después	Marina Iturriaga Camargo	Television film
2001-2002	El juego de la vida	Paulina "Pau" De La Mora / Paulina De La Mora	Lead role
2002-2003	Mujer, casos de la vida real	Adela	3 episodes
2003	Clase 406	Herself	1 episode; uncredited
2003	Clap, el lugar de tus sueños	Valentina Quintero	Lead role
2005	La madrastra	Estrella San Román
2006	Vecinos	Sara	"Rento mi departamento" (Season 1, Episode 29)
2006	Las dos caras de Ana	Ana Escudero / Marcia Lazcano	Lead role
2008	Querida enemiga	Lorena de la Cruz	Lead role
2009	Mujeres asesinas	Marcela Rodríguez	"Clara, fantasiosa" (Season 2, Episode 1)
2009	El que habita las alturas	Teresa	Television film
2009	Verano de amor	Valeria
2010	El fantasma de Elena	Elena Calcaño / Daniela Calcaño	Main antagonist
2011	Mi corazón insiste en Lola Volcán	Débora Noriega	Main antagonist
2011	Burn Notice	Irina	"Depth Perception" (Season 5, Episode 16)
2012	Relaciones peligrosas	Patricia "Patty" Milano	Co-Lead Role
2013	Dama y obrero	Ignacia Santamaria	Main Protagonist

Awards and nominations

• 2015: The magazine People en Español named as one of "50 Most Beautiful".

Year	Award	Category	Title of Work	Result
2001	TVyNovelas Awards	Best Female Revelation	Primer Amor - A Mil por Hora	Won
		Best Kiss		Won
2006		Best Young Lead Actress	La Madrastra	Nominated
2007		Best Lead Actress	Las Dos Caras de Ana	Nominated
2009	Premios ACE	Best Actress	Querida Enemiga	Nominated
2012	Premios Tu Mundo	The Best Bad Girl	Mi Corazón Insiste en Lola Volcán	Nominated
		The Perfect Couple	Relaciones Peligrosas	Nominated
		The Best Kiss		Nominated
	Premios People en Español	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated
2013	Miami Life Awards			Nominated
	Premios People en Español	Best Actress	Dama y Obrero	Nominated

External links

• Ana Layevska at the Internet Movie Database
• Ana Layevska at the Telenovela Database
• (Spanish) Esmas