Aleksandra Nikiforova (born Alexandra Olegovna Nikiforova 16 February 1993) is a Russian actress, best known for her role in a Turkish TV series Kalbimin Sultanı as a Russian "spy on the Sultan's Harem", and (Detective Anna) () and Commander's Bride.
Personal life Alexandra Nikiforova was born on February 16, 1993, in Ukraine, in Sevastopol, Crimea. She was a student of St. Petersburg University. She started her career as an actress in 2016. According to Alexandra, it was that period that determined her future fate.
Education While studying in the 11th grade, she received an invitation from the St. Petersburg State University to participate in the contest "Mind + beauty = student", which guaranteed the winner admission to the university without test and tuition fee. But a year later she transferred to the Faculty of Linguistics. However, later she admitted to the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. But she did not graduate from this university, because in the third year, she gave birth to a daughter and took a sabbatical.
Marriage Alexandra married Evgeny Semenov, who was the director of the film "Detective Anna", which brought her an international attention and moved to Moscow. In 2015, she gave birth to their daughter Anna, but they separated from each other shortly after. Evgeny accused Alexandra of allegedly starring in pornographic films, which she herself told him.
Career Early work (2008–2015) Nikiforova committed to acting professionally at the age of 23, but initially found it easier to pass auditions. From childhood, she was familiar with the acting profession. Her own aunt was a member of the "Black Sea Fleet Theater troupe" and became a role model for her. Alexandra was often invited to performances, escorted backstage and shown all the secrets of acting. Her first appearance in cinema was the children's adventure film "Трое с площади Карронад" ()", in which Alexandra played the role of schoolgirl Lyuda Sviridova. In 2008-2010, at the age of 15, Alexandra worked in the Sevastopol Youth Theatre, played many significant roles including military roles, in "On an Island, Among the Raging Elements" and "War Has No Female Face". She was invited to perform as a regular actress of the Psycho Del Art Theater (Sevastopol), and worked in "Messalina - the Emperor's Wife" (Messalina) and "Donka" (Michelle) from 2009 to 2010.
Breakthrough (2016) Nikiforova's first breakthrough came when she played leading role Anna in "Detective Anna", after she moved to Moscow, transferring to the Shchepkin Theater School. Before that, she jus had experience working in theater, and mini-series such as "The Three at the Square of Carronades". Although she played as supporting character in the films "Russian Character", "Wound Leave", "City Spies", "Leningrad 46" and others. Alexandra worked together with Andrei Ilyin and Svetlana Nemolyaeva. In 2018, a drama "Idol" released, where she played a Soviet model. In the same year, the popular detective series "Ragged Melody" was released, in which she played with the Serbian Mir Marić.
International work (2019) Although widely praised for her acting and performances, Alexandra had rarely found films or series' that appealed to a wide audience, but another breakthrough came when she was invited to play the leading role of Anna Petrovna in 2019's Turkish-Russian historical TV series Kalbimin Sultanı, made her an international superstar.
Plot The series tells about Istanbul of the 19th century. The love story of the daughter of an official from the Russian Embassy "Anna Petrovna" and the great Ottoman Sultan "Mehmud Han" makes thousands of viewers cling to TV screens. In this, Nikiforova was a Russian teacher of language. One day, the powerful Sultan Mahmud II took to the streets in the guise of a boatman. Suddenly some Jenisseri started rampant in the locality. Seeing this, the Sultan fought with them in the guise of a boatman. When the Sultan came to the river bank, Anna met him. Anna asked him to ride the boat to cross the river. Sultan found Anna a language teacher. Next day he invited her to the imperial Harem to teach the heirs of the ruling dynasty French and Russian language. Anna became fool seeing the Sultan, and tried to refuse. But the envoy of the Russian Empire, Dmitry Shcherbina threatened Anna with the death of her father, he forces her to settle in the sultan's palace as a spy. But both of them fall in love.
She had to learn Turkish for this widely liked series. The second season of the project is expected in the spring of 2022.
TV show In 2018, the actress got a minor role in the series "Secrets of Mrs. Kirsanova". Later, Nikiforova became the host in the TV show "Signs of Fate". The program told about ambiguous and mysterious events that affected the lives of ordinary people and celebrities.
Filmography
Television Year Title English Role Notes 2008 Трое с площади Карронад The Three at the Square of Corronades Lyuda Sviridova Supporting role 2009 Одна семья One family 2013 Городские шпионы City Spies 2014-2015 Ленинград 46 Leningrad 46 Zhenya Pecherskaya Supporting role 2014 Русский характер Russian character Lena Supporting role 2014 Отпуск по ранению Wound leave Vika, daughter of Sveta Supporting role 2015 Высокие ставки High stakes Oksana Supporting role 2016 Анна-детективъ Detective-Anna Anna Viktorovna Mironova Leading role 2017 Кумир Idol Regina Leading role 2017 Другая кровь Other blood Zlata, daughter of Erofey Leading role 2017 Доктор Рихтер Doctor Richter Dasha Leading role 2018 Оборванная мелодия Ragged Melody Elena Leading role 2018 Убийства по пятницам Murders on Friday Elena (Ellen) 2018 Годунов Godunov Sofia Supporting role 2018 Тайны госпожи Кирсановой Secrets of Mrs. Kirsanova Victoria Blackwood Leading role 2018 Kalbimin Sultanı Sultan of my heart Anna Leading role 2019 Кассирши Cashiers Maria Leading role 2019 Прыжок Богомола Mantis Jump Raya 2019 Забывая обо всём Forgetting About Everything Ludmila Leading role 2019 Кумир Idol Regina, fashion model 2019 Тайна последней главы The Mystery of the Last Chapter Lana Bersenyeva 2019 Убийства по пятницам-2 Murders on Fridays-2 Elena Leading role 2020 Невеста комдива Commander's Bride Katya Petrova Leading role 2020 Давай найдём друг друга Let's find each other Anya Leading role 2020 Одно тёплое слово One warm word Tamara 2020 Анна-детективъ второй сезон Detective-Anna (second season) Anna Viktorovna Mironova Leading role 2021 Другая кровь Other blood Zlata, daughter of Erofey Leading role 2021 Чистые руки Clean hands Marina 2021 Стюардесса Stewardess Maria Selivanova 2022 Закон бумеранга The Law of the Boomerang Katia Leading role 2022 Тихие воды Still waters Kira 2022 Доктор Краснов Doctor Krasnov Dasha
Theatrical works Her theatrical works as below: Year Title Role Theater 2008 On an island, among the raging elements Tonya Sevastopol Youth Theatre 2008 War has no female face Underground girl Sevastopol Youth Theatre 2009-2010 Messalina - the Emperor's Wife Messalina Psycho Del Art 2009-2010 Donka Michelle Psycho Del Art 2013 Dandelion Wine Alice (dir. A.Y. Shapiro) Bryantsev Youth Theatre (St. Petersburg) 2020 Lady for a Day Louise O.Danilov Theater of the Russian Army
Prizes and awards 2017 Seoul International Drama Awards in the field of television production nominated her as the Best Dramatic Actress, Performer of the main role for the drama series "Detective Anna".
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