Those viewers who watched Oksana Bayrak’s films could not help but notice the talented girl who played in many of her films. She gave them some new, very kind and homely breath. And in addition to the magnificent script and other eminent actors, all the director’s stories were watched in one breath. So, get acquainted: Anastasia Zyurkalova - a small actress of a big movie.
Children's years to the set
On October 23, 1991, a daughter, Anastasia Zyurkalova, was born in the family of the world champion in gymnastics and the current businessman, and in the past, a military retired. The parents of the girl were very sympathetic to the sport, so they gladly introduced their children to it. Brother Nastya, whose name is Ivan, began to do gymnastics, and Nastya herself began swimming.
Everything was in order with the studies. The girl was trained in a Kiev gymnasium (there was an in-depth study of foreign languages, a linguistic bias). Items were given to her quite easily. And the school life itself was a joy. In parallel, she attended classes in the Kiev model studio “Karin”, was fond of drawing and swimming.
"Motor! Shooting! "
Into the world of big cinema Anastasia Zyurkalova, so that ill-wishers and envious people would not say there, she got by accident, without applying patronage. When the girl was 9 years old, she was casting for the role in the melodrama of the famous Ukrainian director Oksana Bayrak. She was preparing for the filming of the two-part film “Snowy Love, or A Winter Night's Dream”. The script for the film came out of the pen of a no less eminent author, creating on paper masterpieces, Valentin Azernikov. It was a good family story about miracles that are possible only on New Year's Eve. The expressively sad eyes of the future actress played a decisive role - and the director's opinion leaned in her direction.
The first steps on the big screen
So, in 2003, a new interesting streak began in the girl’s life: she starred in her debut film. The filming process itself gave her great pleasure. In addition, she worked with eminent and beloved people on the set: Lyubov Polishchuk, Valentin Gaft, Lidia Velezheva and others.
The debut was a success! After filming, Oksana Bayrak in all seriousness called little Nastya her favorite actress. And the director, thinking up new works, now invited the girl only to the main roles. In turn, Anastasia Zyurkalova, films which it is quite possible to recommend for family viewing, after the end of filming, she decided to become an actress.
"I'm an actress!"
The next film, in which the small star of the big screen was shot, was called "Female Intuition." It was a kind of manual, a recipe for lonely girls how to find their prince. In an attempt to find work, the main character is in the house of a wealthy businessman who single-handedly raises a daughter with a difficult character. For some time, the new governess has been looking for a way to the girl’s heart, and after some moments of misunderstanding between them, everything worked out. In addition, on the birthday of his pupil Masha (just played her Anastasia Zyurkalova, actress new generation) the governess, obeying her heart, invited the mother of the girl with whom the birthday girl had not seen for several years after the divorce of her parents. And this story ends with the birth of love between Papa Masha and the governess.
The next film, in which Oksana Bayrak invited the young actress, was "You are Real." A wonderful acting duet by Dmitry Kharatyan and Olga Kabo. One of the roles was played by one of the best actresses in Soviet cinema, Ada Rogovtseva. To this work Anastasia Zyurkalova, films which, after a decade, I want to review again and again, approached with all seriousness and responsibility. This time the task was more difficult for her: it was necessary to embody on the screen simultaneously two girls - twin sisters Lisa and Varia, who were separated immediately after they were born. In these roles, the girl was distinguished by special organics and an absolute hit in the image of her heroines. She, having behind her not so much stage experience, managed not to get lost against the background of celebrities employed in this picture.
But the film in which Anastasia Zyurkalova was shot in 2006 was special for her, because the role of the girl from Chernobyl was written specifically for her. The creators of the picture are sure that if this character was revived on the screen by another young actress, then nothing would have happened, and the shooting would not even have to start. To match her cinema heroine, Nastya agreed to cut her hair to “zero”. At first she was sorry, but she understood that this was part of her work. And the new haircut helped her to get used to the image pretty well. And the shooting experience was noticeable, because this time she was on the set not only with Russian and Ukrainian star actors, but even with a world-famous star Eric Roberts.
The biography of Anastasia Zyurkalova contains so many life stories that most girls of her age do not even plan. Colleagues speak about her only with admiration and sincere sympathy. And they note that outside the filming process, the girl is a very interesting interlocutor who knows how to support any topic.
Anastasia's achievements in her work did not pass without a trace to others. 2004 - nomination as the best actress for the Ukrainian Teletriumph award (the role of the girl Masha in the film "Female Intuition"). 2005 - receiving the title of "Best Actress" (the role of twin sisters in the melodrama "You are Real").
To date, Anastasia Zyurkalova is a student of the Kiev Theater Institute. Karpenko-Kary.