Anna Grigorievna Semenovich (; born 1 March 1980) is a Russian singer, actress, model, and former competitive ice dancer.
Skating career Early in her career, Semenovich skated with Denis Samokhin. They competed at two World Junior Championships, placing 8th in 1993 and 7th in 1994. After a brief partnership with Maxim Kachanov, placing fifth at the 1994 Goodwill Games, she teamed up with Vladimir Fedorov in 1995. They won the Finlandia Trophy twice and competed on the Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The highlight of their partnership was competing at the 1998 World Championships, where they placed 15th. Their partnership ended in 1999 and Semenovich teamed up with Roman Kostomarov for one season. With Kostomarov, she is the Russian bronze medalist and competed at both the 2000 European Championships and the 2000 World Championships.
Following the end of that partnership, she reunited with Denis Samokhin and placed 4th at the 2001 Russian Championships. She eventually retired due to injury.
Results GP: Part of Champions Series from 1995; renamed Grand Prix in 1998
With Samokhin International Event 1992–93 1993–94 2000–01 World Junior Champ. 8th 7th Autumn Trophy 5th J. National Russian Champ. 4th
With Kostomarov International Event 1999–2000 World Championships 13th European Championships 10th Cup of Russia 4th National Russian Championships 2nd
With Fedorov International Event 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 World Champ. 15th Cup of Russia 4th NHK Trophy 3rd 7th Skate America 3rd 4th Skate Canada 6th Trophée Lalique 4th Finlandia Trophy 1st 1st Centennial On Ice 6th Lysiane Lauret 2nd Autumn Trophy 3rd National Russian Champ. 3rd 4th
With Kachanov Event 1994–1995 Goodwill Games 5th
Entertainment career Following her retirement from skating, Semenovich began working as an actress, model, and singer. She was part of the girl group Blestyashchiye from 2003 to 2007. In March 2007, she left the group to pursue a solo career. In 2008, she released her album, Слухи. There was a single, "На Моря", featuring Arash. She appeared in the first season of ice show contest Ice Age. She had a lead role in the 2008 Russian spy comedy Hitler goes Kaput!. She also played in the 2012 sequel Rzhevsky versus Napoleon.
Views and sanctions Semenovich supports the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. She participated in a series of concerts in support of the invasion in April and May 2022. On 1 June 2022, Latvia banned her from entering the country. On 7 January 2023, she was added to Ukraine's sanctions list.
In June 2023, Russian musician launched a cash prize for the Russian military if they destroy Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 tanks belonging to the Ukrainian military. Semenovich was one of multiple other Russian public figures to join the initiative.
References
External links
Anna Semenovich at the Forbes