Anfisa Chekhova
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21 December 1977
Anfisa Chekhova | |
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| Born | Alexandra Alexandrovna Korchunova 21 December 1977 |
| Citizenship | Russian |
Anfisa Alexandrovna Chekhova (Russian: Анфи́са Александровна Че́хова; born December 21, 1977, Moscow, USSR) is a Russian tele- and radio-presenter, singer, actress.[1]
Anfisa was born on December 21, 1977, in Moscow into a family of an athlete and a teacher.[2][3]
She went to three different schools during childhood. The last was the School of Aesthetic Education with a theatrical slant 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. She then received an offer from the Muz TV channel to become a TV host of one of the entertainment programs, and took advantage of them.
In 2005–2009, she was the host of the Sex with Anfisa Chekhova [ru] program on Russian TV channel TNT. September 1, 2009, the actress 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 [ru] (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]
