Ayna

Ayna is an actress. She was born in the small Russian town of Astrakhan nearby the Caspian Sea. As a student, she lived in the USA (Hampton Beach, New Hampshire) and moved to the UK (London) in 2005. Ayna is best known for her roles as Irina in "Three Sisters" (London) and playing a deaf girl Yaya in "The Land of the Deaf" (London) directed by Ayna herself in collaboration with a star Russian filmmaker, actress, and theatre director Renata Litvinova (https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0514852)Ayna is the only child. Her father was born in Russia, of Tatar descent, and her mother was born in Kalmyckaya Republic (former USSR) and of Kazakh heritage. Her birth father left the family when Ayna was 1 year old and died when she was 17. She never had a chance to get to know him. At 5 years old Ayna was adopted by her stepfather- Andrey, also of Kazakh descent who became the best father Ayna could have ever wished for. Unfortunately, Andrey passed away in 2018.Her mother dedicated her work life to the Educational Government establishments in Astrakhan district in Russia. Mostly Ayna was nurtured by her grandmother, a very strong woman who survived the wartime.Ayna's dream of becoming an actress came when she was 6 and had a chance to play at the school's theatre. During school times Ayna was always winning the roles at the local theatres by simply using an accent of a foreigner what made the Russian casting directors laugh and they were easily giving her the roles. At the end of the day, she was just a kid:)Ayna's outstanding performance as a deaf girl Yaya in "The land of the Deaf" https://www.theatre12.co.uk/ and the positive reviews got made her pursue her acting potential in cinematography even strongly. "The land of the Deaf" is quite a cinematic story in the style of cinematic and life naturalism.Ayna also played outstanding leading roles in London theatres such as Irina in "Three Sisters" by Chekhov, Nastasya Philipovna in "Idiot" by Dostoevsky, a prosecutor in "Blue Bird" by Charles Perrault, Madame in "The Maids" by Jean Genet, which was gathered into the theatrical films collection and presented to further audiences.Ayna worked on feature and short films. Recently she worked on the ITV series "Finding Alice". Show less «