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Anna Sedokova

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Volodymyrivna and the family name is Sedokova.

Anna Volodymyrivna Sedokova[a] (born 16 December 1982) is a Ukrainian singer, actress, and television presenter.[1] She rose to prominence in 2002 as a member of the Ukrainian pop girl group Nu Virgos—known as "VIA Gra" in both Ukraine and the Commonwealth of Independent States—in which she was nicknamed Anya (Аня). Following two years in the "golden line-up"[2][3] of the group, she began pursuing a solo music career in 2006. Sedokova released a string of singles until her debut album Lichnoe (2016) was met with widespread commercial success, peaking at number two in Russia.

Anna Sedokova
А́нна Сєдоко́ва
Sedokova in 2016
Born (1982-12-16) 16 December 1982 (age 41)
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine)
NationalityUkrainian
Alma materKyiv National University of Culture and Arts
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
  • television presenter
Years active2001–present
Height1.70 m (5.6 ft)
Spouses
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(m. 2004; div. 2006)​
Maxim Chernyavsky
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(m. 2011; div. 2013)​
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(m. 2020; sep. 2024)​
PartnerArtyom Komarov (2016–2017)
Children3
Musical career
GenresPop
Labels
  • Monolit
  • Media Land
Websiteannasedokova.com Edit this at Wikidata

Alongside her musical career, she achieved popular recognition as an actress and television presenter in various Ukrainian and Russian productions. Having relocated to the United States, Sedokova currently resides in Los Angeles with her three children.[4][5]

Early life and education

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Sedokova was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine) in 1982. Her parents, who had moved from Tomsk, divorced when she was young. As a child, she developed an interest in music and dance, and eventually enrolled in the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts when she was 17. She continued her studies while also hosting television shows.

Career

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Sedokova in 2008

Her first TV project was work as a news anchor for the music TV channel, OTV. By the age of 18 she had worked in three TV programs: NEWS BLOK, Fashionable Life, and The Big Sunday News Digest. In 2001 she passed an audition for the morning show Podjem (“Waking up”), which had the highest ratings in the country, on Novyi Kanal (New Channel). Between 2002 and 2004 she was a member of the Nu Virgos pop group.

She appeared in a movie titled Cinderella and another based on a Gogol's book, which was called The Evenings on the Homestead. Her 2006 role in The Tunguska Meteorite was a turning-point and in 2008 she acted in The Power of Attraction.

Sedokova also started a solo-singer career. Her first video for the song "My Heart" reached the top of the charts and gained her an Audience Appreciation Award at the 5 STARS Sotchi Music Festival. Afterwards, she did a video for her song "The Very Best Girl" and "I Am Getting Used". Both videos were huge hits in Russia and Ukraine. But TV wouldn't let Sedokova go. TVStar Superstar, the most expensive show in the country's history, aired on Ukraine in 2008. Every Sunday Sedokova was in the live broadcast of a 3-hour show with 400 participants.

In 2009, Sedokova was named the best TV Host of the country by Elle. Sedokova's TV career developed - she became one of the faces of Channel One, the biggest Russian-speaking channel in the world. She also became a host of the show King of the Ring. Sedokova hosted The New Songs About the Most Essential Thing - a big live concert in which the best 50 performers of the country participated. She also took part in Two Stars and Ice Age shows and entertained the public with a well received creative performance. These projects attracted tens of millions of viewers and became the highest rated shows on Russian TV.

In 2011, Sedokova was the host of Project Runway Russia. Also in 2011, The Pregnant, with Sedokova as lead actress, was a great success. Sedokova's first book The Art of Seduction is still a best-seller in Russia. The theme of this book should be of no surprise to her audience – for several years in a row Sedokova remains the recipient of "Sexiest Female Award" as well as "Most beloved star" award (given to a star popular with all generations and both genders). She was also named "The Most Desirable Female Performer" in Russia.

Personal life

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Sedokova married Belarusian footballer Valyantsin Byalkevich in 2004. A few months after their marriage, their daughter Alina was born on 8 December.[6] The couple divorced in 2006,[7] because of his cheating.[5] Sedokova was married to businessman Maxim Chernyavsky from February 2011 to February 2013; the two had one daughter, Monika.[8] In May 2017, reports emerged that Sedokova would marry Artyom Komarov (Russian: Артём Комаров), a Russian businessman and the father of her third child, a son Hector.[9] In August 2017, Sedokova announced that she had ended her relationship with Komarov.[10][11] In September 2020, she married for the third time, to Latvian professional basketball player Jānis Timma.[12]

In December 2010, Sedokova came out as bisexual during an online conference with the readers of the Ukrainian portal tochka.net.[13] She later confirmed it in an interview with Novyi Kanal, describing her sexual experiences with her female lovers as "wonderful".[14]

In 2013, she criticized the so-called "gay propaganda" law adopted by the State Duma of the Russian Federation. In an interview with the radio station Echo of Moscow, the singer expressed bewilderment at the vague wording of the law, asking the question "what is propaganda?" Sedokova stated that the authors and supporters of the law "have no right to tell someone else whom to love and what to do".[15]

In 2020, Sedokova backed Kazakh singer Dequine, who spoke out against sexual harassment, in which she shared her own teenage experience and called for women to unite against such behavior.[16] She also criticized misogyny in Russian music and sexism on television.[17]

Controversy

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In 2014, Sedokova's acceptance of awards in Russia was met with criticism in Ukraine, owing to the recent outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War at that time.[18]

In October 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sedokova was subjected to Ukrainian sanctions by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, along with other Ukrainian singers Taisia Povaliy and Ani Lorak, in addition to TV presenter Regina Todorenko.[19] Sedokova never publicly spoke out against the invasion.[20]

Discography

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Anna Sedokova discography
Studio albums1
Singles21
See also: Nu Virgos discography

Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak charts positions
RUS
Lichnoe
(Личное)
  • Released: 1 March 2016[21]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: digital download
Track listing
  • 1. "Den' pervyy bez tebya" ("День первый без тебя")
  • 2. "O tebe" ("О тебе")
  • 3. "Den' vtoroy bez tebya" ("День второй без тебя")
  • 4. "Ya cnova tebe poveryu" ("Я снова тебе поверю")
  • 5. "Den' tretyy bez tebya" ("День третий без тебя")
  • 6. "Serdtse v bintakh" ("Сердце в бинтах"; unplugged version)
  • 7. "Den' chetvyortyy bez tebya" ("День четвёртый без тебя")
  • 8. "Ne skromnichay" ("Не скромничай")
  • 9. "Den' pyatyy bez tebya" ("День пятый без тебя")
  • 10. "O tebe" ("О тебе"; instrumental version)
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Singles

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As lead artist

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List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
CIS
countries
[22] 		UKR
[b] 		RUS
[b]
"Moyo serdtse"[34] ("Моё сердце") 2006 — — — Non-album singles
"Samaya luchshaya devochka"[34] ("Самая лучшая девочка") 2007 — — —
"Privykayu" ("Привыкаю") 2008 13 61 1371
"Mesyats may"[35] ("Месяц май") 2009 — — —
"Tango"[36] ("Танго") — — —
"Drama"[37] ("Драма") 123 512 1122
"Love U" 2011 174 84 443
"Taxi" ("Такси") 2012 225 732 766
"Chto ya nadelala" ("Что я наделала") 167 37 420
"Nebezolasno"[38][39] ("Небезопасно")
(with Misha Krupin) 		2013 — — —
"Udali"[40] ("Удали") — — —
"Samyy luchshiy" ("Самый лучший") 158 47 1266
"Mezhdu nami" ("Между нами")
(featuring Sender) 		158 95 538
"Serdtse v bintakh"[41] ("Сердце в бинтах") — — — Lichnoe
"Dotron'sya" ("Дотронься") 2014 168 70 808 Non-album singles
"Piranyi"[42] ("Пираньи") — — —
"Tishe"[43] ("Тише")
(with Monatik) 		2015 — — — Zvuchit[44]
(Monatik album)
"Poka, milyy"[45][46] ("Пока, милый") — — — Non-album single
"O tebe" ("О тебе") 2016 195 446 1529 Lichnoe
"Ya budu"[47] ("Я буду") 155 645 318 Non-album single
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
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List of singles as a featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
CIS
countries
[22] 		UKR
[b] 		RUS
[b]
"Kholodnoe serdtse"[48] ("Холодное сердце")
(GeeGun featuring Anna Sedokova) 		2009 181 34 87 Kholodnoe serdtse[49]
(GeeGun album)

Music videos

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List of music videos, showing year released and directors
Title Year Other artist(s) Director(s)
As lead artist
"O tebe" ("О тебе") 2016 None Stanislav Morozov[50]

Filmography

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  • Cinderella, 2003
  • The Evenings On the Homestead, 2004
  • Tunguska Meteorite, 2007
  • The Power of Attraction, 2008
  • The Pregnant, 2011 (Box Office Record in Russia in 2011)

Published works

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  • Iskusstvo soblazneniya[51] (Russian: Искусство соблазнения), AST (2010) ISBN 978-5-17-064992-1

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Ukrainian: А́нна Володи́мирівна Сєдоко́ва, romanized: Anna Volodymyrivna Siedokova;
    Russian: А́нна Влади́мировна Седоко́ва, romanized: Anna Vladimirovna Sedokova
  2. ^ a b c d Peak positions for the Tophit weekly national charts in Ukraine and Russia refer to the following songs: "Privykayu",[23] "Kholodnoe serdtse",[24] "Drama",[25] "Love U",[26] "Taxi",[27] "Chto ya nadelala",[28] "Samyy luchshiy",[29] "Mezhdu nami",[30] "Dotron'sya",[31] "O tebe"[32] and "Ya budu".[33]

References

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  1. ^ Седокова в Америке варит борщи и не собирается менять гражданство (in Russian). Главред. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. ^ "'VIA Gra' to reunion all former soloists at same stage by jubilee concert tour". Tophit. 21 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. ^ В Новый год без «ВИА Гра» (in Russian). Gazeta.ru. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. ^ Ксения Яснова (17 April 2017). "Через неделю после родов Анна Седокова поразила подписчиков откровенным селфи" (in Russian). Teleweek.ru [ru]. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b Ремизова, Мария (18 January 2010). "Седокова поселилась в Лос-Анджелесе". Komsomolskaya Pravda. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  6. ^ У капитана киевского "Динамо" и экс-солистки "ВИА Гры" родилась дочь. Segodnya (in Russian). 280 (1924). 9 December 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Memorial tablet of Belarusian footballer Valentin Belkevich opens in Minsk". Belteleradiocompany. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  8. ^ Kozhukhar, Inna (4 July 2014). Топ-5 самых громких светских разводов в Украине. Argumenty i Fakty (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  9. ^ Юлия Тодорович (25 May 2017). "Анна Седокова: "Не бухай, не горюй, не пости голые фотки"" (in Russian). Telenedela [ru]. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  10. ^ Анна Седокова окончательно рассталась с отцом своего сына Гектора (in Russian). z-aya.ru. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Анна Седокова призналась, что она мать-одиночка" (in Russian). 7 Days [ru]. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Анна Седокова вышла замуж за Яниса Тимму. Первые фото со свадьбы!". Журнал OK! (in Russian). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Анна Седокова раскрыла все секреты ВИА Гры!". 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Аня Седокова не против женской любви" (in Russian). Новий канал. 22 October 2012 – via YouTube.
  15. ^ "Попутчики: Анна Седокова" (in Russian). echo.msk.ru. 27 April 2013. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013.
  16. ^ ""Девочки, хватит быть овцами": Седокова поддержала казахстанскую певицу Dequine" (in Russian). nur.kz. 3 March 2020.
  17. ^ "«Уважайте себя»: Анна Седокова осудила шоу «Холостяк» и домогательства" (in Russian). lisa.ru. 2 March 2020.
  18. ^ "Pop lackeys..." Den. 5 June 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  19. ^ "Три тысячи коллаборационистов, олигархов и компаний: чьи имена попали под санкции СНБО" (in Ukrainian). epravda.com. 5 October 2022.
  20. ^ "Экс-"виагра" Седокова теперь ходит на костылях: что случилось". UNIAN (in Ukrainian). 29 July 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  21. ^ «Личное» (Анна Седокова) (in Russian). iTunes Store. Apple, Inc. March 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  22. ^ a b Исполнитель - Анна Седокова (in Russian). Tophit. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  23. ^ Анна Седокова - Привыкаю (in Russian). Tophit. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  24. ^ Анна Седокова - Холодное сердце (in Russian). Tophit. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  25. ^ Анна Седокова - Драма (in Russian). Tophit. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  26. ^ Анна Седокова - Love U. Tophit. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  27. ^ Анна Седокова - Такси (in Russian). Tophit. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  28. ^ Анна Седокова - Что я наделала (in Russian). Tophit. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  29. ^ Анна Седокова - Самый лучший (in Russian). Tophit. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  30. ^ Анна Седокова - Между нами (in Russian). Tophit. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  31. ^ Анна Седокова - Дотронься (in Russian). Tophit. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  32. ^ Анна Седокова - О тебе (in Russian). Tophit. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  33. ^ Анна Седокова - Я буду (in Russian). Tophit. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  34. ^ a b Официальный сайт Анны Седаковой :: Музыка (in Russian). annasedokova.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
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  36. ^ «Танго - Single» (Анна Седокова) (in Russian). iTunes Store. Apple, Inc. January 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  37. ^ «Драма - Single» (Анна Седокова) (in Russian). iTunes Store. Apple, Inc. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  38. ^ Небезопасно — Анна Седокова, Миша Крупин (in Russian). Yandex Music. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  39. ^ "Misha Kuprin / Anna Sedokova, Unsafe [Nebezolasno] (Digital Download - Symbolic Intermedia #)". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  40. ^ Удали - Single (Анна Седокова) (in Russian). iTunes Store. Apple, Inc. Archived from the original on 20 March 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  41. ^ Сердце в бинтах - Single by Anna Sedokova. iTunes Store. Apple, Inc. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  42. ^ Пираньи - Single by Anna Sedokova. iTunes Store. Apple, Inc. Archived from the original on 16 January 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  43. ^ «Тише - Single» (Анна Седокова & MONATIK) (in Russian). iTunes Store. Apple, Inc. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  44. ^ «Звучит» (MONATIK) (in Russian). iTunes Store. Apple, Inc. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  45. ^ Анна Седокова в iTunes (in Russian). iTunes Store. Apple, Inc. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  46. ^ Пока, милый by Анна Седокова on Spotify. Spotify. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  47. ^ «Я буду - Single» (Анна Седокова) (in Russian). iTunes Store. Apple, Inc. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  48. ^ «Холодное Сердце - Single» (Джиган) (in Russian). iTunes Store. Apple, Inc. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  49. ^ «Холодное сердце» (Джиган) (in Russian). iTunes Store. Apple, Inc. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  50. ^ Анна Седокова рассказала о своих чувствах в новом клипе. Argumenty i Fakty. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  51. ^ Книга "Искусство соблазнения" Анна Седокова (in Russian). Ozon.ru. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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