Ana Layevska

Anna Serhiivna Layevska (; born January 10, 1982), known as Ana Layevska, is a Ukrainian-Mexican actress and singer.

Early life Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Ana is the only child of violinist Serhii Laievskyi and actress Inna Rastsvetaeva. In 1987, Ana and her family moved from Kiev to Moscow, and in 1991 they moved to Mexico.

Career In Mexico, she studied acting at the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa. Thanks to her skills she obtained some roles in videoclips like "Carolina" by singer David and telenovelas such as Alguna vez tendremos alas (1997), Preciosa (1998) and Amor Gitano (1999), acting with Mauricio Islas and Mariana Seoane. Those were relatively small roles but they were good experiences as well.

Eventually, producer Pedro Damián called her to participate in telenovelas Primer amor... a mil por hora (2000), in which she shared credits with Anahí, Kuno Becker, Mauricio Islas and Valentino Lanús. She won the TVyNovelas Award for best female revelation, as well as the Palmas de Oro prize in the same category.

In 2001, she starred in her first film, In the Time of the Butterflies, where she had the opportunity of acting with Salma Hayek and Edward James Olmos. In 2005, she participated in the reality TV show Bailando Por Un Sueño, where celebrities are paired with contestants in a dance-based competition. Despite being unpopular with the judges, she was saved from eviction three times by public telephone voting, eventually placing third overall.

Her most recent appearance is in the hit telenovela El Fantasma de Elena as Elena Calcaño from Telemundo Studios. She played her second main villain role in Telemundo's Mi Corazón Insiste alongside Jencarlos Canela, Carmen Villalobos, and Angelica Maria.

In 2012, she played in Telemundo's Relaciones Peligrosas as Paty, a main role, alongside Sandra Echeverría, Maritza Bustamante and Gabriel Coronel.

In 2013, she starred in Telemundo's Dama y obrero, as Ignacia Santamaria, the lead protagonist, alongside José Luis Reséndez and Fabián Ríos.

In 2016 she returned to Televisa as Camila Borges the main antagonist of the series Sin rastro de ti, alongside Adriana Louvier and Danilo Carrera.

Personal life Other than acting, Layevska also sings and plays two instruments: violin and piano. When she was younger, she took classes in classical music.

Since 2014, Layevska has been married to businessman Rodrigo Moreira, with whom she has a daughter, Masha, and a son, Santiago.

Filmography + Film roles Year Title Roles Notes 2004 Génesis 3:19 Lisa Short film 2006 Cansada de besar sapos Andrea / Andi 2008 Casi divas Ximena 2009 The Fighter Helen Me importas tú, y tú Unknown role 2011 El firulete Ana Short film 2014 Cantinflas Miroslava Stern 2017 La leyenda del diamante Helena 2024The Perfect Club

Television + Television roles Year Title Roles Notes 1997 Alguna vez tendremos alas Violinist Uncredited 1998 Preciosa Bit Part 1999 Cuento de Navidad Unknown role 1999 Amor gitano María 2000 Primer amor, a mil por hora Marina Iturriaga Camargo 2001 Primer amor, tres años después Marina Iturriaga Camargo Television film 2001 In the Time of the Butterflies Lina Lovaton Television film 2001–2002 El juego de la vida Paulina De La Mora 2002–2003 Mujer, casos de la vida real Adela 3 episodes 2003 Clap, el lugar de tus sueños Valentina 2005 La Madrastra Estrella San Román Fernández 2006 Vecinos Sara Episode: "Rento mi departamento" 2006 Decisiones Ana María Matute Main cast 2006 Las dos caras de Ana Ana Escudero / Marcia Lazcano 2008 Querida enemiga Lorena De la Cruz/Lorena Armendàriz Ruiz Main role; 110 episodes 2009 Mujeres asesinas Marcela Rodríguez Episode: "Clara, fantasiosa" 2009 Verano de amor Valeria 7 episodes 2009 Tiempo final Pilar Episode: "Cumpleaños" 2009 El que habita las alturas Teresa Television film 2010–2011 El fantasma de Elena Elena Calcaño / Daniela Calcaño 2011 Mi corazón insiste en Lola Volcán Débora Noriega Main role; 112 episodes 2011 Burn Notice Irina Episode: "Depth perception" 2012 Relaciones peligrosas Patricia "Patty" Milano Main role; 83 episodes 2013 Dama y obrero Ignacia Santamaría Main role; 80 episodes 2014 Isa Dedal Television film 2016 Sin rastro de ti Camila Borges Main Antagonist; 16 episodes 2016–2017 Blue Demon Silvia 14 episodes 2017 Maldita tentación Estefanía Braun Main role 2017 Érase una vez Cinthia Episode: "El patito feo" 2017 Dopamine Jessica 2018 Y mañana será otro día Margarita Gonzalez 2019 Yankee Laura Wolf Main Role 2021 The War Next-door Silvia Espinoza Main role 2022 Mi secreto Mariana Moncada de Ugarte 2 episodes 2023 Dra. Lucía, un don extraordinario Mariana Esquivel

Awards and nominations

2015: The magazine People en Español named as one of "50 Most Beautiful".