Meet Anna Baryshnikov, who plays opposite Kristen Stewart in Love Lies Bleeding: the daughter of ballet dancers, she's acted from a young age and had to bargain with her parents to attend auditions
Kristen Stewart 's character Lou.
Anna Baryshnikov stars as the 'lovelorn' and desperate-seeming Daisy in Love Lies Bleeding (2024). Photo: @annabaryshnikov/Instagram
For Baryshnikov, whose father is Sex and the City
actor Mikhail Baryshnikov , it was love at first sight when she read the script. 'I'm such a sucker for the writing,' she told Obsessed in a March 2024 interview, 'and that script in particular was so tight and so original.'
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The 33-year-old actress describes her character in the movie as 'kind of lovelorn'.
'But there was a creepiness and a kind of sinister quality, and a true desperation to her that felt like something that I'd never done,' she added.
Anna Baryshnikov also starred in the TV series Superior Donuts and Dickinson. Photo: @annabaryshnikov/Instagram
So who is Anna Baryshnikov, who brings Daisy's complicated character to life in Love Lies Bleeding? Here's everything we know.
Both her parents are ballet dancers
Anna Baryshnikov is the daughter of professional ballet dancers. Photo: @annabaryshnikov/Instagram
Anna Katerina Baryshnikov was born on May 22, 1992, in New York to ballet dancers Lisa Rinehart and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Her father, who originally hails from Latvia, is also an actor and had a recurring role as the charming Russian artist Aleksandr Petrovsky in the final season of Sex and the City.
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