Anna Germ: where did the actress who played in the TV series “Black Raven” go?

Childhood

Anna was born in mid-March 1972 in St. Petersburg (in Soviet years - in Leningrad). The actress did not take a pseudonym, as many might think. Germ is the surname of my mother, who is Estonian by origin.

From childhood she was actively involved in sports - she attended various sections, and most of all she liked alpine skiing. For six years, Anna actively and enthusiastically attended training, preparing to become a champion, but her plans were not destined to come true - a fatal coincidence. One day while skating, the girl injured her spine, doctors made disappointing diagnoses, and she had to forget about sports. A long rehabilitation process began.

At the age of 12, Anna became interested in art and began attending classes at an art school. The teachers used the girl as an example and predicted the future of Pablo Picasso himself. But in high school, Germ became seriously and permanently interested in another form of art - theater.

Youth

The girl enrolled in a theater studio. True, I didn’t tell my parents about this. They harbored a grudge and started a quarrel; the conflict dragged on for a long time. I even had to quit my studies and leave home. For some time I had to support myself on my own. She got a job at a chocolate factory. In the evenings I went to the studio, and from the early morning I hurried to the assembly line.

At one point, a seditious idea came to mind - to graduate from a theater university at all costs. I entered the RATI and ended up in the workshop of Mark Zakharov. In her first year, Anna Germ fell in love with a fellow student, but soon, due to a tragic breakup with the young man, she decided to quit her studies and return to her hometown. I wrote a letter of expulsion, brought it to the dean’s office, and there they persuaded me to stay and even promised to transfer me straight to the third year in the workshop of Andrei Aleksandrovich Goncharov. In 1994, she successfully defended her diploma.

Films by Anna Germ

For some time after graduating from GITIS, she served in the theater named after Mayakovsky, Gogol, and Chekhov. His debut film role was in the film “Full Moon Day,” directed by Karen Shakhnazarov in 1998.

In 2001, the serial film “Black Raven” was released, in which elements of mysticism were subtly intertwined with reality. Anna played the role of Tatyana Larina, a modest girl from the provinces who was unlucky in love for a long time, but in the end she managed to find her happiness next to Pavel Chernov, played by Yaroslav Ivanov. Literally the next day after the release of the series, Anna woke up famous throughout the country.

Actress Anna Germ: personal life

The actress's first marriage ended in divorce. Actress Anna Germ lived there for 8 years. Her personal life continued with her second marriage. She got married in 1998. Anna's chosen one was Vlad, her producer. Initially, a purely working and creative relationship developed between them, but at some point it turned personal. Finally, together with Vlad, they realized that they wanted to link their destinies for a long time. Almost a year later they had a daughter, who was named Angelica.

The appearance of the baby was a turning point in the actress’s career. After the birth of Angelica, home and family became the meaning of life for Anna. She left cinema in the past, as well as her creative plans. In order for their old life not to interfere with family happiness, she and her husband changed their place of residence (they moved to one of the suburbs of St. Petersburg) and changed their phone numbers. Until recently, everyone wrote and said about the actress: “Anna Germ, the one who brilliantly played Pribludova-Larina in the series Black Raven, instantly became a star.” Critics unanimously predicted a great future for her, and the public sincerely loved her. But Anya disappeared from view: she stopped filming and giving interviews. She was not heard from for several years. Later it turned out that the actress chose quiet family happiness over her career.

Personal life of Anna Germ

For the first time, the actress married a guy named Roman, who was related to cinema, albeit indirectly, the marriage lasted about eight years. After which the couple broke up. In an interview, Anna admitted that long periods of separation, endless business trips, and filming forced the spouses to look at their life differently, in which there was almost no room for joy. At some point, both came to the conclusion: there is little that connects them, both have become too different, and now they are no longer on the same path. After the separation, both managed to maintain normal friendly relations; the former spouses continue to communicate to this day.

Anna's second husband was Vladislav Astafiev, a musician who helped the actress organize her own film studio. She met a man in 2004, when Herm began filming her first short film, “By the Sea.” Vladislav at that moment had his own musical group, “Faculty Star,” with which he volunteered to help the actress with the musical design of the film. Working together led to an affair, and subsequently to a legal relationship.

Four years after they met, the lovers became the parents of a girl named Angelica. After another eight years, the couple separated. However, Anna also maintains a warm relationship with her second now ex-husband; Vladislav often sees his daughter and spends leisure time with her.

Anna Germ. The Black Crow star doesn't trust sorcerers

— ANYA, in “Black Crow” the plot is mixed with mysticism. Your heroine's grandmother is a witch, and her stepsister has the ability to foresee the future. Tell me, have you ever encountered such people in real life? Maybe contact them for help?

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— As a child, while skiing, I received a serious injury - a compression fracture of the spine.
These were endless visits to professors, folders of x-rays. The doctors did everything in their power. But after recovery, I was plagued by severe pain for many years. Then I turned to healers for help. It helped. Therefore, I admit that there are people who see what the majority does not see. Advertising:
- Have you tried to find out your future?

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“There was a moment when I stood at a crossroads and did not understand at all what was the right thing to do. I was planning to go to a palmist. But the fear of the possibility of ending up with a charlatan stopped me. Because if he tells you something wrong, you will still, due to the mental characteristics of a person, program your consciousness to do the predicted actions. Just as an animal runs towards a hunter, so a person can begin to perform actions that will lead to a prediction. So this is far from a harmless matter. Moreover, actors are emotional and suspicious people.

— There is an opinion that a person comes into this world with a destiny already destined for him. And, in essence, he is not able to change it. Do you agree?

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— I really like the expression that I read from one of the greats. A person's character is his destiny. Of course, we are already born with a certain character, but we still have the power to try to change it for the better.

— I’ve heard from many actors that the roles they play in the future are necessarily reflected in real life in some way.

- This is true. I have had cases in my life when entire “pieces” from my performances were repeated. I also sat opposite another person and said the same words as in the play I performed. This doesn't mean I'm overplayed. I just didn’t have any other words at that moment. That's exactly what I should have said. I experienced the same emotions as my heroine in the play. It's a strange feeling, I'll tell you.

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“In that case, you won’t be envied.” In Black Crow, your heroine's sister is a rare villain. God forbid you meet such a person in your life.

“I’ve met worse people.”

— And you immediately understood what was happening?

- For me this is a very big problem. I tend to trust people and obviously love them. Because of this, I got burned many times. But now I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s no need to be disappointed. The world should be accepted as it is. Remember how Chekhov said that every person has both good and bad? Man is weak.

- But doesn’t it become a shame when you realize that you were cynically used?

- What should I do? You have to be able to lose with dignity. If you allowed yourself to be used, then who is to blame? This is a great reason to accept yourself for who you are. Without inflated self-esteem. Therefore, disappointments can sometimes be very useful.

You can also dampen your pride. After all, we all tend to swell like soap bubbles: “Oh, I did it, and it worked, I know everything, I can do everything.” And suddenly, bang, such a misfire. I am sure that only that person is capable of becoming someone in life who quickly recovers from defeat. I believe that it is possible to get out of the deepest depression.

- Maybe it depends on how a person imagines happiness?

— Happiness is within us. It does not depend on anyone or anything. By and large, you choose whether to be happy or not. Even if we take the situation that there was a bombing all around and the whole family died. A person still has a choice - to hang himself or look at other people who also found themselves in tragic situations, but pulled out and found an opportunity to survive.

True, sometimes a person does not have the courage to hang himself, and he decides to kill himself slowly - by drinking alcohol or using drugs. This is the worst. And in our country, many people follow this path. This is a certain weakness when hanging yourself is scary, but it’s difficult to become happy, because it’s a lot of mental work. Can you imagine what kind of work needs to be done to get out of a real tragedy? How many books should I read, or how many prayers should I say on my knees in church, or how many times should I go to a psychologist? There are different ways.

— When have you recently had a feeling of happiness?

— I am by nature a person who knows how to enjoy life. Happiness comes to me completely unpredictably. I can be an hour late somewhere, stand in a terrible traffic jam, and suddenly, by chance, turning on the radio and hearing my favorite song, I receive a huge dose of happiness. What about the beauty that surrounds us? For example, I really appreciate female beauty. I love beautiful women. I have a normal sexual orientation, but if I see a beautiful woman on the street, I can follow her an extra hundred meters. I get the same aesthetic pleasure from this as if I were admiring a sculpture or painting. I can also be happy from some of my own thoughts, ideas, from communicating with interesting people.

“It’s extremely rare to come across truly interesting people.”

— I recently met the amazing artist Aron Bukh, who is 78 years old. In my youth, I was very interested in painting and graduated from art school. Therefore, when they told me about the master, who is called the Russian Van Gogh abroad, I specially went to the exhibition where his works were presented. They made such an impression on me that I wanted to meet him in person.

Bukh has a very interesting technique - he paints with his hands, always up to his elbows in paint. When he works, he is in a state of ecstasy. He can take a slab of paint and throw it onto the canvas with a shout of “Ahhh”. And as a result, he produces masterpieces. It’s not me who thinks so, but the experts who have visited all the galleries. I came to his studio and he painted my portrait. Pretty fast. The picture turned out to be unusual. I really wanted to buy it, but I couldn’t afford it.

“An artist could show generosity towards such a beautiful lady.”

“He just knows his worth.” Then I saw this picture in the gallery. There it cost even more. Now I am very concerned about the question: who will get me as a result? When Bukh finished painting, we sat down to drink tea, he looked first at me, then at the picture, then at himself. Then he said: “Well, now we have one more person. But do you know how she differs from the rest of us? She is eternal, and we are mortal."

After this meeting I wanted to draw again. Now I’m thinking about buying canvases and paints.

— Anya, you’re originally from St. Petersburg, but lately you’ve been permanently living in Moscow. This is not typical for St. Petersburg residents. They always say that their hometown doesn’t let you go.

— The fact is that I studied here at the theater school, and then a job appeared here, and I decided to stay. During the first years I was very worried, I missed my relatives - my mother, sister, nephews. Now I’m somehow used to it.

— It is believed that St. Petersburg and Moscow have nothing in common at all, these cities are so different.

— In Moscow, everything is really different. After northern St. Petersburg, it seems like the absolute south. It's a long, dry autumn here. Raincoats and umbrellas are practically not useful. Somehow winter comes immediately. And in St. Petersburg, the umbrella is not taken out of the bag all year round.

I also noticed an absolutely amazing thing: in St. Petersburg, traffic lights stay on almost twice as long. In Moscow, if you are standing and want to cross the road, then as soon as the light turns green, you have to run. And in St. Petersburg you can see 100 meters away: “Oh, the light has turned green.” Take your time, walk to the traffic light and waddle along the road. This is the whole point of the difference - the rhythm of life. In Moscow, if you ask how to get somewhere, a person will not stop, he will explain everything while running. And in St. Petersburg, a passerby will stop and, even if he doesn’t know the way, will talk to you nicely for about five minutes. For example, about the weather.

- So you are not going to return to your hometown?

— For now I have work in Moscow. And what will happen next - life will show.

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