Anastasiya Vertinskaya, is Soviet and Russian actress, who came to prominence in 1960’s she was designated a people artist of Russia. Anastasia Vertinskaya was born in 1944 in Moscow. Her father was a famous Russian actor, singer and song writer. She was brought up in multi-lingual family where she enjoyed unintellectually stimulating Environment and highly cultural atmosphere of her parents. Her father invested much of his talent and energy in his daughter’s education. She spent their early in the Moscow Metropol hotel. Her Childhood was happy: growing up in bi-lingual family, she enjoyed intellectually stimulating environment and the rich cultural atmosphere of her parents circle. She attended an ordinary school; studying music And foreign languages were regarded as educational priorities by their parents. Young Anastasiya was thinking of a career in linguistics, but things changed overnight in 1961 when the then Sixteen-year –old was approached personally by the film director for the role of Assol. The romantic teenage drama based on novel became an instant success, making her a national celebrity. Many of the future stars of Soviet cinema It was her passionate performance. 23 million people viewed the film during its first year. In 1962 she starred adaptation of science fiction novel of the same title. She had to go through difficult late autumn underwater shooting sessions which she performed all by her self Without any stuntwomen involved. The film became the Soviet it 1962 box-office blockbuster. “Vertinskay was now a brand. People were going to the cinema to watch her, specifically” In 1962 she joined the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre troupe. This meant that from then popular So-called “theater brigades”. In 1963 she enrolled into the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. The role of Ophelia in 1964 made her know internationally and proved to be a turning point in her career. For the young actress working next to masters proved to be invaluable in terms of learning . Introducing the young actress to many of what she called” this magic kitchen’s secrets. In 1967 she joined the Vakhtangov Theatre troupe and spent there one season, before moving to Sovremennik in 1968,where she stayed until 1980. Theatrical experience was, admittedly, of the Utmost importance to an actress who never felt confident enough while acting in movies. In 1980 she left Sovremennik for the Moscow Art Theater. “ It was only here that I acquired the level of professionalism I was craving for,” she said I in an interview years later. She excelled in her Shakespearean roles. In 1989 the invitation came from Oxford University for her to give master classes on theatrical craftsmanship . She spent the next 12 years teaching in England, France, Switzerland. After Oxford she taught drama at the Chekhov Theatre school. And EFAS (European Film Actor School). In 2000 Cetinkaya retuned home Her two major concerns in the 21 century were the Russian Actors Foundation charity she founded in 1991, as well as restoring and producing her father’s records: three Of them came out in France. In 2010 she published a book of poetry she’d been working on for five Years. In1981, She was designated the People’s Artist of the RSFSR. She received the Order of Honor In 2005 and the Order of Friendship in 2010.

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