Anna Baryshnikov

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Anna Baryshnikov
Born
Anna Katerina Baryshnikov [1]

(1992-05-22) May 22, 1992 (age 31)
Alma mater Northwestern University
OccupationActress
Years active2014–present
Parents
Relatives Shura Baryshnikov (half-sister)

Anna Katerina Baryshnikov (born May 22, 1992) is an American actress. She had her breakout role as Sandy in the 2016 film Manchester by the Sea and was a series regular in the CBS sitcom Superior Donuts ' first season. [2] From 2019 to 2021, she played Lavinia Norcross Dickinson on the Apple TV+ series Dickinson .

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Early life

Baryshnikov is the daughter of Latvian-American ballet dancer and actor Mikhail Baryshnikov and former ballet dancer Lisa Rinehart. [3] As a young girl, she took beginner's ballet classes but decided she was unsuited to it, as she was too hyperactive and talkative when she was supposed to be focused at the barre. [4] Her elder half-sister, from her father's relationship with actress Jessica Lange, is dancer Shura Baryshnikov. Anna grew up in Palisades, New York, and attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City. [3]

Career

Baryshnikov began acting at age 6 in a children's theater production of A Midsummer Night's Dream , portraying Peaseblossom, a handmaiden to fairy queen Titania. After graduating from Northwestern University in 2014, she began acting professionally on various television series, including Doll & Em on HBO. [5]

Baryshnikov's most prominent role to date was in the 2016 critically acclaimed drama Manchester by the Sea , alongside Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams. Her character, Sandy, is a girlfriend of Patrick Chandler, portrayed by Lucas Hedges. [3] She practiced her character's Boston accent by working with a dialect coach and going to Boston-area malls to hear how local teenage girls spoke. [4]

Baryshnikov starred as grad student Maya in the CBS series Superior Donuts , based on the play of the same name by Tracy Letts. [6] [7] The series, which debuted in February 2017, was renewed for a second season by CBS, [8] but Baryshnikov's character does not appear in the second season. In 2017, she appeared in the Broadway production of the play Time and the Conways. [9] In 2018, she appeared in the film The Kindergarten Teacher .

On September 26, 2018, Baryshnikov was cast in the role of Lavinia Norcross Dickinson in the Apple TV+ series Dickinson , alongside Hailee Steinfeld. [10]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
2016 Wiener-Dog Tara Todd Solondz
Manchester by the Sea Sandy Kenneth Lonergan Nominated—Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Ensemble
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
2018 The Kindergarten Teacher Meghan Sara Colangelo
2021PaybackJoseph Mensch
2024 Love Lies Bleeding Daisy Rose Glass Post-production
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 The Mysteries of Laura Tracy DunnEpisode: "The Mystery of the Deemed Dealer"
2015 Doll & Em JournalistEpisode #2.5
2015 Blue Bloods Jenny StrongEpisode: "With Friends Like These"
2016Model WomanJill Weitzpilot
2016I ShudderHallieTV movie
2016 Good Girls Revolt Kathy3 episodes
2017 Superior Donuts MayaRegular role (Season 1 only)
Adaptation of the play
2019–2021 Dickinson Lavinia DickinsonRegular role
2021 Prodigal Son RachelEpisode: "Bad Manners"

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenueNotes
2017 Time and the Conways Carol Conway American Airlines Theatre Broadway
2023 A Bright New Boise Anna Signature Theatre Off-Broadway

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