Back in the nineties, everyone was happy to watch the heroes of Brazilian telenovelas, but today, Russian television companies have successfully released series that are not inferior to the famous soap operas in the number of intrigues, love and passion. “Stairway to Heaven” is a multi-part melodrama series, which was shot in 2013 by the Duet film company. A love story of modern Romeo and Juliet, who, unfortunately, are not destined to be together. Many viewers remembered and loved the main actress. “Stairway to Heaven” is a very moving and beautiful series.
What is the series about?
First of all, it is worth saying that the Russian project “Stairway to Heaven” is a remake of the Korean TV series Stairway to Heaven. Of course, our directors slightly changed the plot, added the love story of the mother of one of the heroes, and also spoke in detail about the childhood of the main characters.
The series “Stairway to Heaven” tells about the pure, sincere and at the same time tragic love of Ani and Artem. The guys were in love with each other since childhood. Even then, she knew that they would get married. But it was not so simple. Anya lives with her father, a talented architect. They have a big, beautiful house. Artem is the main heir and great hope of his mother. She is building a large business empire, which Artem must manage in the future. And all would be fine, but in their life Avdotya appears with his children Tristan and Isolde. Avdotya is trying hard to marry Artyom to his daughter, and she herself is successfully spinning an affair with Ani's father. They manage to survive Anna from life, the girl loses her memory. Will Artyom get his beloved back? Will the guys survive all the intrigues, separation and cruelty on the part of the enemies? You can find out by watching the series, but we will not reveal all the secrets of the project “Stairway to Heaven”. The actress who plays the role of Anna is the young and talented Vera Zhitnitskaya. But about her a little later. In the meantime, we’ll talk about which actress of the film “Stairway to Heaven” plays the role of Anna in childhood.
Olga Baranova - little Anya
Anya in her childhood is played by Olga Baranova, a very young Russian actress. "Stairway to Heaven" for Lelia has become a large-scale project. She perfectly managed to portray Anna Vyazemskaya as a child, who is a kind and sweet girl who is madly in love with her father. This role in a young actress is not the first. Despite her young age, and Olya is only 15 years old, she was already able to play a major role in the series “Stairway to Heaven”. Actress (Anya in childhood) Olga Baranova before that worked in other projects, in particular in episodic moments in “Univer. New hostel ”,“ Women on the Edge ”and“ Institute of Noble Maidens ”. In addition to acting, Olga is interested in modeling and learning English.
Vera Zhitnitskaya - adult Anya
Yet the main role is played by Vera Zhitnitskaya (actress). “Stairway to Heaven” is a project that has given her widespread fame. Prior to this, Vera starred in many TV shows, but, alas, not in the lead roles. The actress was born in a small town in the Novosibirsk region - Berdsk in 1987. Since childhood, the girl planned to become an actress, since she practically grew up behind the scenes. Her parents worked in the theater, and she often played in plays with her father. Vera’s dad is a theater director, and her mother is an Honored Artist of Russia.
The future actress graduated from the Shchukin Theater Institute at the Vakhtangov Academic Theater. As a student, she participated in performances, and received her first film role in the Belgian TV series “Missing.” Then Vera had many other small roles, and the most serious role was the work in the series “Stairway to Heaven”.
Personal life of Vera Zhitnitskaya
Vera Zhitnitskaya does not like to talk about her personal life, which gives rise to various rumors. For example, fans believed that between the actress and her colleague Michael Aramyan there is a love affair, but in reality this is not so. As the actress herself says: “Stairway to Heaven” is a project that made them friends with Mikael, and nothing more.
Vera was married. Prior to the theater institute, she studied as a psychologist in Arkhangelsk, where she met her future husband. But soon they parted. Now Vera is in a relationship with Konstantin Sokolov, who plays the role of an investigator in the series “Stairway to Heaven”.
Conclusion
Both actresses who played Anna in the series Stairway to Heaven completely completed their task. They were loved by the audience, and this is the most important thing. Both Vera and Olga are now working on new projects. And we wish them creative success!