Ana Kiri

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Ana Kiri
Birth name	Анастасия Кирилюк
Also known as	Ana Kiri
Website	www.kirilik.com

Ana Kiri, born (Russian: Кирилюк Анастасия Дмитриевна romanized: Anastasiia Dmitrievna Kyryliuk) in Kyiv, Ukraine) also known as Anastasiia Kirilik, is a Ukrainian multilingual singer, actress, model, dancer, musician, author, artist, creative advertisement maker and social media influencer who currently lives in Miami, Florida, USA.

Early life

Like many young girls of Eastern European origin she enrolled in a dancing school at the age of 4 and dance in numerous styles has remained a constant passion in her life up to the present day.

Musically, she began studying piano at the age of 6 and continued with those studies for seven years until she finished music school. She is also a self taught ukulele player and numerous videos. of her singing and playing famous cover songs by many of the world's leading artists plus some of her own author works are also available on her YouTube channel.

At the age of 8 she was already a child model and had her first photoshoot in a profession which she has kept up to the present date.

Education

At age 13 she began acting lessons at high school (Gymnasium no 143 in the Obolon district of Kyiv) where she specialized in languages and studied English, Russian and French as well as her native Ukrainian and won a scholarship to one of Ukraine's most renowned arts universities, Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University, where she studied from the age of 16 until 20 when she graduated. Simultaneously, at the age of 18 she spent two years shuttling back and forth between her studies in Kyiv and her studies in Toulouse, France, where she also studied for a diploma in Dance and Circus Arts at the University of Mirail after winning a grant for exceptionally talented students as part of the United Earth program. Whilst in France she also worked on the Oscar winning production The Artist, and shot numerous commercials, including for Guillaume Brandois , and during her time in Kyiv she also starred in numerous roles in theatrical productions.

Professional biography

After finishing all of her acting programs she began work for Delphie Filmverleich in Berlin, Germany, as a script evaluator and project manager. During her 2 years living in Berlin she also starred in numerous German film productions including 2012's acclaimed Die Vermessung der Welt (Measuring the World) by the renowned director Detlev Buck, as well as starring in commercials and securing roles in Russian productions too. During her stay she also obtained her 1st record contract, for her self penned 5 track EP Dreaming, and studied modern art at the world renowned studio of the German/Czech artist Jiri Georg Dokoupil.

In 2015 she starred in and was an Associate Producer of Мина (Mine) an acclaimed Ukrainian film which won the Best International Short category at the Bali Film Festival the same year. In 2015 she also relocated to Los Angeles, California where she took part in ABC's 2015 'Digital Talent' competition whilst studying at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Regarding awards she says that her ambition is to win an Oscar.

In 2016 she again relocated, this time to Miami, Florida, where she created, produced and starred in numerous commercials as a social media influencer for VPX Sports, most notably for their Bang product.

As well as her roles in films, shows and commercials she has also had roles in pilot TV series in Ukraine, Germany and the US, where she starred alongside the legendary Burt Reynolds. Unfortunately none of those pilots were subsequently picked up for broadcasting.

In March 2021 she had her first bilingual (English and Ukrainian) self penned and drawn children's book Freddie the Cloud published, and later the same year took up her professional singing career once again with the singles I Still Remember, Feel My Love and Word of Mouth with further releases forthcoming.

As an accomplished linguist she is fluent in English, German, French and Russian as well as her native Ukrainian, and can sing and act in all of them. Plus as a self taught videographer and editor, most of the videos on her channel are in fact filmed and video and sound edited by Ana herself as well as coming up with all of her own ideas for the more story based productions including her 'Stop Motion' series where she also did all of the illustrations and inks.

Dancing

As a dancer Ana is most renowned for her shuffle dancing and for teaching that genre to all ages and abilities via her YouTube channel and also for her high heels dancing on her TikTok Channel . Her critically acclaimed 30 day workout series was published on her YouTube channel in March 2020 and in March 2022 she auditioned for and won a place in both the prestigious Ultra Angels 2022 and the Ultra Angels Shuffle Team based in Miami, Florida. On 28th March 2022 she was one of the stage dancers who performed a 20-minute set during Armin Van Buuren's gig at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami and also participated in the video of Armin Van Buuren & Billen Ted ft JC Stewart single 'Come Around Again' which was partly based on one of Ana's own creative ideas.

Modelling

As a professional model who is in high demand due to her classical looks, slim figure and height (5'10") her modeling portfolio is extensive and includes billboards in her native Kyiv plus shoots in numerous countries and covers for numerous world renowned international magazines including L'Officiel, Playboy , AV Magazine and Unbreakable The Magazine amongst others, as well as spreads and extensive interviews in magazines including L'Officiel, Playboy, AV Magazine, Unbreakable The Magazine, FHM and others. Recently, she is most noted for her work with the acclaimed photographer Sergey Yusin.

Singing

Ana returned to the music scene again in 2021 with the release of her EP 'Dreaming' as well as 4 new singles in the 'tropical house' genre beginning with 'Feel My Love' which featured an all-girl video that was followed up by 'I Still Remember' featuring a lavish video production by Black Flamingo Films for which she was also interviewed by Contemporary Approaches , and Savoir Faire . Next up was 'Word of Mouth' and her latest single is 'Play'.

On 25th November 2022 Ana released the self penned track (with assistance by Jack R Hardman) 'Beat of Freedom' about the war in Ukraine. Already racking up 50k Youtube views in just 2 weeks the song is 3 minutes and 33 seconds long, “333” is an angel number and stands for the Holy Trinity, symbolizing hope, which is the track's main theme. Due to the nature and theme of the song and the worldwide interest in events in Ukraine the release was picked up by numerous outlets who either conducted an interview with Ana such as Amplifymusicmag , Nalunda magazine and Shoutout LA or picked the news story up in their newsfeeds such as Broadwayworld and Musictimes plus many others . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Discography

• Dreaming (album) (re-release 2021)
• I Still Remember (single) (2021)
• Feel My Love (single) (2021)
• Word Of Mouth (single) (2022)
• Play (single) (2022)
• Beat of Freedom (single) (2022)

Filmography

• Gogol Blizhayshiy (2011)
• Measuring the World (2012)
• Flushers (2013)
• Мина (2015)

External links

• Official website

References

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