Anne Tsitsikian

Anne Béatrice-Éloïse Tsitsikian (x|Armenian: Աննա Բեատրիս-Էլիո Ցիցիկյան, x|Russian: Анна Беатрис-Элоиз Цицикян; born 14 October 1987) is a x|French-Armenian actress and model working primarily in x|Russia. Beginning her career as a teen model in 2003, Tsitsikian ventured into acting in 2006 by moving to x|Moscow. She later received her big break as Nora Darbinyan in the first season of the x|Channel One Russia serial drama Krasnovy (2007–2015).

After Krasnovy, Tsitsikian continued to act in Russia, starring as x|Masha Sharuryan in the Channel One young adult comedy-drama x|Nayti podskazku (2008–2017). She has also appeared in film, acting in the commercially successful films x|V tvoikh mechtakh (2009), x|Fei (2011), x|Probuzhdat (2012), x|Devushka, zhiva (2014), x|Alisa pod prikrytiyem (2017), and x|Chernaya voda (2018).

Early life and education
Tsitsikian was born on 14 October 1987 in x|Paris to parents Aram Tsitsikian (born 1953) and Pauline Montagner (born 1958). Her father is an architect, while her mother is a psychiatric nurse. Both of her parents were born and raised in France, while her paternal grandparents are both x|ethnic Armenians who fled the x|Armenian Genocide in x|Eastern Turkey as infants. Her grandfather was raised in x|Stockholm, Sweden while her grandmother was raised in Paris; they met in Paris as adults, first settling down in Stockholm before returning to Paris after the conclusion of x|World War II. Tsitsikian was raised bilingually in x|French and x|Armenian, and grew up in the x|15th arrondisement of Paris. She is the elder of two daughters; her younger sister is named Juliette (born 1989), and is a pediatrician in Paris.

Tsitsikian began her education in Paris in 1994. She went on to graduate from high school in 2006, receiving her x|baccalauréat in humanities and literature. Despite initial plans to pursue a university degree in France, Tsitsikian moved to x|Moscow at the insistence of her grandmother in order to pursue an acting career shortly after graduating.

Career
Tsitsikian first began her career after being scouted by a modeling scout in Paris in 2003. She subsequently signed to an agency, and began modeling professionally. As a teen model, Tsitsikian appeared in ad campaigns and additionally walked in fashion weeks in Paris, x|Amsterdam, x|Berlin, x|Brussels, x|Copenhagen, x|London, and x|New York.

After graduating from high school in 2006, Tsitsikian decided to pursue an acting career. Finding the French film scene intimidating, Tsitsikian moved to x|Moscow due to advice from her grandmother. Shortly after arriving, she was cast as Nora Darbinyan in the first season of the x|Channel One Russia serial drama Krasnovy (2007–2015). Tsitsikian spoke very little x|Russian when she was first cast. This was appealing to casting directors, as Tsitsikian's character was supposed to be a poor girl from x|Armenia, who did not have much schooling and grew up after the Soviet-era, meaning her Russian fluency would be limited.

After Krasnovy, Tsitsikian continued to act in Russia, starring as x|Masha Sharuryan in the Channel One young adult comedy-drama x|Nayti podskazku (2008–2017). She has also appeared in film, acting in the commercially successful films x|V tvoikh mechtakh (2009), x|Fei (2011), x|Probuzhdat (2012), x|Devushka, zhiva (2014), x|Alisa pod prikrytiyem (2017), and x|Chernaya voda (2018).

Personal life
Tsitsikian is a dual citizen of x|Armenia and x|France. She has not sought x|Russian citizenship, although she is eligible to do so. She speaks fluent x|Armenian, x|French, x|Russian, and English, and is an x|Armenian Apostolic Christian. Tsitsikian has residences in both x|Moscow and x|Paris; she resides in Moscow while she's working, and resides in Paris during her time off.

Filmography
Main article: Anne Tsitsikian filmography.

Awards and nominations
Main article: Awards and nominations received by Anne Tsitsikian.