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Nina Ananiashvili

1963 - Today

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Nina Ananiashvili (born Nino Ananiashvili; Georgian: ნინო ანანიაშვილი; born March 19, 1963) is a Georgian ballerina and artistic director of the State Ballet of Georgia. She has been described by the Daily Telegraph as one of the twelve greatest ballerinas of all time, and in 2002 was named Best Ballerina of the Year by the US Dance Magazine. Ananiashvili has been a prominent fixture of the Soviet, Russian and Georgian ballet scene for decades. Shortly before the fall of the Iron Curtain, in 1987 a New York Magazine critic praised her as "the best thing about the Bolshoi's Giselle whether she appeared in the title role or as the queen of the wilis." In 2014, a film of her 1991 performance in Giselle with the Bolshoi ballet was released. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Nina Ananiashvili is the 4,758th most popular actor (up from 5,110th in 2024), the 210th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 222nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Georgian Actor.

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Among actors, Nina Ananiashvili ranks 4,758 out of 13,578. Before her are Diana Muldaur, Igor Ilyinsky, Saul Rubinek, Steve Schirripa, Zero Mostel, and Bárbara Mori. After her are Darlanne Fluegel, Zoya Fyodorova, Leticia Calderón, Naima Akef, Srđan Todorović, and Choi Woo-shik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Nina Ananiashvili ranks 283. Before her are Jan Arnald, Dario Marianelli, Jens Johansson, Jörg Michael, Ivan Capelli, and René Steinke. After her are Vladimir Solovyov, Yoko Kanno, Koichi Wakata, Yasuharu Takanashi, Raimond Aumann, and Rosario Flores.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Nina Ananiashvili ranks 210 out of 406. Before her are Tengiz Sulakvelidze (1956), Bogdan Kobulov (1904), Dilara Aliyeva (1929), Revaz Gabriadze (1936), Rafael Chimishkyan (1929), and Arpenik Nalbandyan (1916). After her are Vano Muradeli (1908), Valery Meladze (1965), Georges Pitoëff (1884), Vakhtang III (1278), Givi Nodia (1948), and Yervand Kochar (1899).

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Among ACTORS In Georgia

Among actors born in Georgia, Nina Ananiashvili ranks 9. Before her are Mikheil Gelovani (1893), Sofiko Chiaureli (1937), Leila Abashidze (1929), Mikheil Chiaureli (1894), Dodo Abashidze (1924), and Merab Ninidze (1965). After her are Medea Japaridze (1923), Lika Kavzharadze (1959), Tinatin Dalakishvili (1991), Elena Satine (1987), and Yelena Kuzmina (1909).

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