Trivia

She speaks Russian, Hebrew, French, Italian and English.

Growing up in Moscow, she studied classical piano as a child starting at the age of 5, which she says she studied with a strict discipline common amongst children in the Soviet Union.

In 1994, she voiced Marie in the Hebrew version of the 1970 film The Aristocats.

In 1994, when she was twelve, Bukstein got her first cinematic role and worked alongside Etti Ankri and Shuli Rand and portrayed Anna, the main character in the film "Eretz Hadasha" (A New Country), a film about a young Holocaust survivor and her difficulties after she moved to Israel in 1950 with her older brother. For her performance on the film she was nominated for an Ophir Award for best actress, she was the youngest actress to be nominated in this category.

On 6 September 2007, in the Israeli 'People of the Year Ceremony', she won the 'Woman of The Year in Cinema' award for her performance in The Secrets.

Her parents are both doctors; her mother is a speech-language pathologist, and her father is a neuro-oncologist.

She also performs classic Israeli songs, in state and memorial ceremonies, including presenting the official Israel Independence Day broadcast. In addition, she performs with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

As a teenager, she attended Telma Yalin Arts High School in Givatayim, Israel.

In 2005, she co-starred in the Shmuel Hasfari directed film "Shoshelet Schwartz", and for her performance, she was once again nominated for an Ophir Award for best actress.

In November 2016 Bukstein won 'Wolf' for the Best Actress award in PÖFF Festival for her role in "A Quiet Heart" who also won the award for the Best Film.

In 2005, she played in the drama play Milhama (War) at Habima Theatre. For her performance in the play she won the Israeli Theater Award for 'Most Promising Actress of The Year'.

She and her parents emigrated to Israel in the early 1990s when she was 7 years old, while her grandparents still live in Moscow.

After her high school graduation, she served as a soldier in the Israeli Air Force Band for two years.

A classically trained pianist, Bukstein performed many songs on piano for the musical telenovela series HaShir Shelanu.

She began her acting career at age 12.

After studying French, she then received a scholarship to study in Paris.

She married Israeli real estate developer Dotan Weiner (cousin of Galit Gutman) in 2013.

In Israel she gave up her dream of becoming a professional concert pianist.

Ania Bukstein is an Israeli actress, singer and pianist, performing in Hebrew, Russian, French and English.