Anfisa Chekhova

Anfisa Chekhova
Born
Anfisa Alexandrovna Chekhova

(1977-12-21) 21 December 1977
CitizenshipRussian

Anfisa Alexandrovna Chekhova (Russian: Анфи́са Александровна Че́хова; born December 21, 1977, Moscow, USSR) is a Russian television and radio presenter, singer, and actress.[1]

Biography

Chekhova was born on December 21, 1977, in Moscow, to an athlete father and a teacher mother.[2][3]

She went to three different schools during childhood. The last was the School of Aesthetic Education with a theatrical slant in No. 123.[4]

She entered GITIS, but not immediately after graduation. In the first year, she failed the exams, and entered only the next.[5] She did not manage to finish the training. She subsequently began a musical career after that. She then received an offer from the Muz TV channel to become a TV host to one of their entertainment programs, and took advantage of them.

In 2005–2009, Chekhova was the host of the Sex with Anfisa Chekhova program on the Russian TV channel TNT. In September 1, 2009, Chekhova debuted on the theater stage.[6]

In 2011 she took part in the Ukrainian TV show Tantsi z zirkamy. Now the leading Ukrainian version of the Russian television program Let's Get Married and Weighted and Happy People (analogue of The Biggest Loser) on the STS.

She has starred in the films You I Love, S. S. D., Hitler Goes Kaput! and others.

Political position

In 2012, she defended Pussy Riot.[7]

In October 2017, the Good Deeds Party proposed Chekhova to run in the presidential election of 2018, to defend the interests of the people on the main channels of Russian television. Chekhova published the text of the appeal to Instagram, stating that she would accept the offer if her post gained 200 thousand likes.

On March 19, 2025, Anfisa Chekhova became a member of the New People Party.[8]

Personal life

In the summer of 2009, Anfisa Chekhova began to date actor Guram Bablishvili.[9] They had a son, Solomon, who was born on May 12, 2012.[10] In June 2015, Chekhova and Bablishvili officially married, but in the spring of 2017, they divorced.

References

  1. ↑ "Анатолий Лысенко: Весы Соловьёва". Sobesednik (in Russian). 2011-02-22.
  2. ↑ "Aнфиса Чехова показала паспорт со своей настоящей фамилией". Archived from the original on 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  3. ↑ Zarina Zhakupova (2014-09-15). "Анфиса Чехова простила отца спустя 24 года". Express Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  4. ↑ "Надо научить зрителя думать". Sobesednik (in Russian). 2009-12-29.
  5. ↑ Berenis Artemyeva (2009-08-19). "Анфиса Чехова: Если люблю – люблю на 200 процентов". i16.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2014-08-04. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  6. ↑ "Попутчики c Анфисой Чеховой". Echo of Moscow (in Russian). 2010-02-06.
  7. ↑ Анфиса Чехова решила уйти к кришнаитам (in Russian)
  8. ↑ "Телеведущая Анфиса Чехова стала амбассадором демографии в партии «Новые люди»". ntv.ru (in Russian). 2025-03-19.
  9. ↑ Эксклюзив: Анфиса Чехова сыграла свадьбу на островах (in Russian)
  10. ↑ Телеведущая Анфиса Чехова родила сына (in Russian)