Anna Samokhina

Russian actress (1963–2010)

Anna Samokhina

Born	Anna Vladlenovna Podgornaya (1963-01-14)14 January 1963 Guryevsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union
Died	8 February 2010(2010-02-08) (aged 47) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Resting place	Smolensky Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1982–2010

Anna Vladlenovna Samokhina (Russian: Анна Владленовна Самохина; 14 January 1963 – 8 February 2010^[1]) was a Russian actress. Samokhina started her film career in the 1980s and quickly became popular due to her talent, beauty and charm. She is best known as the leading actress in Yuri Kara's Barons of Crime (rus. Воры в законе^[2]), a most outlandish, brutal and controversial Soviet film, about mafia and corruption in the late USSR.

At the end of the 1990s, Samokhina stopped working in cinema, focusing primarily on her private life and restaurant business. In 2008, she returned to cinema and participated in several pictures.

The actress was married twice. From her first marriage, she had a daughter, Alexandra, who later became an actress too.^[3]

In November 2009, Anna Samokhina was diagnosed with stomach cancer at a late stage. Until 1 February 2010, Russian press and many actors in country did not know that her illness was very serious. She died on 8 February 2010 in a hospital in Saint Petersburg.^[4]

Selected filmography

1988: The Prisoner of Château d'If (Russian: Узник замка Иф) as Mercedes
1988: Barons of Crime (Russian: Воры в законе) as Rita
1989: Don César de Bazan (Russian: Дон Сезар де Базан) as Maritana
1990: Frenzied Bus (Russian: Взбесившийся автобус) as Tamara Fotaki
1992: Detonator (Russian: Детонатор) as She
1993: Angelica's Passion (Russian: Страсти по Анжелике) as Angelica Kudrina
1994: The Wheel of Love (Russian: Колесо любви) as Ekaterina L'vovna
1996: Train to Brooklyn (Russian: Поезд до Бруклина) as Vera
1999: Chinese Tea-Set (Russian: Китайский сервиз) as Zinaida Voloshina
1999: Streets of Broken Lights (Russian: Улицы разбитых фонарей) as Larisa
2010: In the Style of Jazz (Russian: …в стиле JAZZ) as wife of Viktor Ivanovich

References

^ Ливси Е. Сегодня в 2 часа ночи умерла Анна Самохина
^ Путин выразил соболезнования дочери актрисы Самохиной
^ "Браки и увлечения Анны Самохиной: Почему красавица-актриса так и не смогла устроить свою личную жизнь" (in Russian). kulturologia.ru. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ Актриса Анна Самохина умерла от рака (in Russian). dni.ru. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2010.