About the book: 2017 / Anna Samokhina is a Russian actress, singer and TV presenter, a woman of amazing beauty and difficult fate. Her star rose in cinema during that difficult period when old patterns were crumbling in the industry, and it seemed that there was nothing impossible or prohibited that could not be shown on the screen. Countess Mercedes from the film “The Prisoner of the Chateau d'If”, one of the main roles in the legendary “Gangster Petersburg”, the first erotic scene in Russian cinema in “The Tsar’s Hunt”, the famous “Chinese Service”... The star roles of this actress can be listed endlessly. Her memorable appearance and charm made the artist a sex symbol. Anna Samokhina's biography was full of diverse and colorful roles, and her short life was a kind of reflection of all the characters played. The image of Samokhina will forever remain the image of the Russian femme fatale - daring, inaccessible, mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful.