Believe in Yourself: Anastasiia Kirilik

Anastasiia Kirilik (25) is an actress, dancer and model hailing from Kiev, Ukraine, now living in Miami. Raised by a single mom who provided her a lot of support, Ana has been dancing since the age of four. She also plays piano, sings, acts, and paints. She attributes her many talents to her mom, who taught her to be a hard worker.

“My mom is my best friend and my biggest supporter. She raised me like a princess. She raised me to be a star.”

Anastasiia earned an acting degree from Theatre University in Kiev and an acting and dancing diploma from the University in Toulouse, France. She won a grant as an extraordinary talent, which gave her the opportunity to study in France and participate in the international youth project representing Ukraine.

Ana broke into the world of film acting with the feature “Die Vermessung der Welt,” which brought Ana to Berlin where she was invited to work at one of the leading film production and distribution companies. While there, Ana learned German, the fifth language she speaks and worked in an Oscar winning project “The Artist” as well as other high-profile projects, while working with many award-winning actors.

Even though Ana found early success as an actress, she did not neglect her other talents. She studied modern art at the studio of Jiri Georg Dokoupil, for example, and recorded an EP as a singer.

“My mother taught me to believe in myself. I was never afraid to go for something that I wanted. I did have doubts at times, but I always knew it was better to try to do something than to never know if I could do it.”

After relocating to Los Angeles for a year where she took an acting class at the Stella Adler studio, Anastasiia moved to Miami to pursue an acting opportunity in a Television pilot with Burt Reynolds. It was filmed at the Burt Reynolds Institute for Film and Theatre in Jupiter, Florida.

She took on social media next. Serving as her own social media manager, Ana runs multiple social media platforms and has become a star on Instagram and YouTube. Much of her social media success can be attributed to her passion for dance, exercise, and living a healthy lifestyle. She was inspired to create a free 30 Day Shuffle Dance workout series on her Youtube channel that really took off.

Anastasiia has also worked as a model since her teenage years. She has done lots of commercial and fashion modeling in Ukraine, Germany, France, Los Angeles and Miami.

“In this photoshoot with L’Officiel Arabia, I wanted to create a magical and royal story. I love shooting outdoors, the power of nature is grand. I hope you can see not only high fashion but a movie in the photos we’ve created.”

What do you dream about?

I dream to act in and make movies, win an Oscar someday. I dream of being the Victoria Secret angel as well as write and produce music professionally. I dream to dance every day and never stop spreading positivity and goodness.