What is the real name of Ani Lorak. Ani Lorak - biography, personal life, photos, husband, children, news. School and new life

Karolina Miroslavovna Kuek was born on September 27, 1978 in the small town of Kitsman in the north of the Chernivtsi region of the Ukrainian SSR.

The girl's parents separated before she was born. But, despite this, the mother of the future singer, Zhanna Vasilievna, gave the girl her father's surname, and chose her daughter's name in honor of one of her favorite heroines of the TV show Zucchini "13 Chairs" - Pani Karolinka (performed by actress Victoria Lepko).

Caroline's childhood passed in poverty. Mom devoted herself completely to work in order to feed her children, so at the age of six she was forced to send her daughter to the Sadgorsk boarding school No. 4 in Chernivtsi, where the girl and her brothers were brought up to the 7th grade.

The desire to become a singer from Carolina appeared at the age of four. The girl often performed at various school vocal competitions. In 1992, she took part in the Chernivtsi festival "Pervotsvet" and won. It was here that Karolina met producer Yuri Falyosa and signed her first professional contract.

The fame of the young singer was brought by the Russian television program "Morning Star", which was released on screens in March 1995. At the same time, Carolina became known as Ani Lorak: has already been entered in this contest Russian singer under the name Karolina, and the Ukrainian Carolina had to get out of this situation, speaking under a pseudonym, which is the reverse reading of the name Karolina. Then, according to the results of the survey "New Stars of the Old Year", she was recognized as the "Discovery" of 1994 and was awarded the "Golden Firebird" of the Tauride Games. At the Chervona Ruta festival held in Crimea, Ani Lorak took second place.

In the fall of 1995, the recording of the album “I Want to Fly” was completed, in the style of jazz-rock. The CD was released at the beginning of 1996 by the English company Holy Music with a circulation of 6,000 copies and did not reach the singer's homeland. In the summer, Ani Lorak, accompanied by the Blues Brothers, again performed at the Tavria Games-VI and was nominated for the best singer in the Golden Firebird award. In the same year, she won the Big Apple Music 1996 Competition held in New York.

In the summer of 1997, at the next Tavria Games, Ani Lorak announced the release of the self-titled album, which was released in December 1997, with the video clip “I'll be back”. In early 1999, Ani Lorak went on a tour of the United States, France, Germany, Hungary, as well as most major cities Ukraine.

In 1999, Ani Lorak became the youngest Honored Artist of Ukraine. In the same year, the singer personally met the famous Russian composer Igor Krutoy, in collaboration with whom the composition "Mirrors" appears. A contract is signed between Igor Krutoy and Ani Lorak, which comes into force in the spring of 2000. In 2002, the singer entered , and in 2008 FHM magazine included the singer in the rating top 100 most sexy women peace.

In December 2001, the fourth CD "There, de ti є ..." ("Where you are ...") was released. In the summer of 2002, Ani Lorak, recognized as the best singer in Ukraine, received the Golden Firebird pen and the Golden Disc (according to the results of the sale of the album “Where you are ...”). The 2004 album called "Ani Lorak" also received the status of "gold", and one of his songs "Tri zvichnye slova" ("Three habitual words") - the status of the best song of 2004. Ani Lorak herself became the best singer of 2004. In 2005, the English-language album "Smіle" was released with the song "Smile" of the same name, which the singer was going to present at Eurovision. This album also went gold. In 2006, the seventh album "Tell" ("Tell") was released, and it became "gold". In 2007, the album "15" was released, which again became "gold", and a year later reached the "platinum" status. In 2008, the single "Shady Lady" was released and with this song the singer went to Eurovision 2008 and took 2nd place. A Russian version of this song “From Heaven to Heaven” was released, for which Ani Lorak received the Golden Gramophone. In 2009, the album "The Sun" was released, which brought the singer immense popularity not only in Ukraine, but also in the CIS countries. The album received a "platinum status", and the song "The Sun" was awarded the Golden Gramophone award. In the same year, the singer was awarded the "Person of the Year" award in the "Idol of Ukrainians" nomination and was nominated for the Muz-TV award. In 2010, a collection of the best songs "The Best" was released. Ani Lorak received the Golden Gramophone for the song "At First Sight" and was nominated for the Muz-TV award. She was repeatedly recognized as the most talented and popular singer in Ukraine. In 2011, the singles “For You” and “Ask” were released, which became real hits. The singer releases the collection "Favorites", and also receives the "Person of the Year" award in the "Star Solo" nomination. She was nominated for the Muz-TV award. The song "Do not share love" is released. For the song "For You" she received the "Song of the Year" and "Twenty Best Songs" awards.

In 2002, Ani Lorak starred as Oksana in a comedy musical based on the work of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka". Filming of the scenes taking place in St. Petersburg took place in the Mariininsky Palace in Kyiv.

Ani Lorak was twice nominated for participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. She was considered the favorite of the national selection for participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, which was to be held in Kyiv. However, at the insistence of Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Tomenko, the Ivano-Frankivsk group "Grinjoly" was introduced to the final part of the national selection without participating in the preliminary selections through which the rest of the participants went through. An unexpectedly low number of viewers took part in the telephone voting, which decided which of the applicants would represent Ukraine at Eurovision; as a result, the "Greenjols" bypassed the closest pursuers - Ani Lorak and the "Tartak" group - and took 19th place at the Eurovision itself.

With the support of Ani Lorak, 2 children's books were published: "How to become a star" ("How to become a star") and "How to become a princess" ("How to become a princess").

Ani Lorak - the face of a cosmetic company Schwarzkopf & Henkel in Ukraine, the face of the Swedish cosmetic company Oriflame and the face of a travel company TurTess Travel.

In 2006, her own restaurant "Angel" was opened in Kyiv.

The artist is engaged social activities: She is the UN Goodwill Ambassador for HIV/AIDS in Ukraine.

In 2008, she took second place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, representing Ukraine.

In September 2009, Ani Lorak agreed to participate in the tour "With Ukraine in the heart!" in support of Yulia Tymoshenko.

In 2010, Ani Lorak officially becomes the advertising face of the company Oriflame. With her participation, several catalogs were published for different months. And also at the end of November, Ani Lorak took part in the Musical Ring project on NTV, where Dima Bilan was her rival. This musical duel caused a lot of scandals both in the press and on television. Many fans and critics who participated in the show itself praised the spectacle as "Eurovision 2008" or "the struggle between Russia and Ukraine".

A tour of Russia was planned for 2012, but the only concert was held in a half-empty hall in Yekaterinburg, and the rest were canceled

In October 2013, Ani Lorak presented the concert show "Carolina". Later, the singer went on a concert tour of the cities of Ukraine, Russia and other CIS and Baltic countries, which will last throughout 2014. This year, Ani Lorak became the voice of the adoption program "No to orphanhood!" charitable foundation"Development of Ukraine".

In 2014, the singer became one of the coaches in the show "Voice of the Country".

Ani Lorak continued to perform in Russia after the outbreak of hostilities in the Donbass. As a result, he is persecuted by nationalists in Ukraine. On August 3, 2014, about a hundred protesters clashed with police near the Odessa club "Ibiza", where Ani Lorak's concert was being prepared. Odessa police chief Ivan Katerinchuk, as well as the governor of the Odessa region, Igor Palitsa, condemned the singer's position, which they say is anti-Ukrainian, but also criticized the actions of the protesters who started a fight during the concert. A similar incident occurred in Kyiv on November 26, 2014 - members of the Svoboda party arranged a corridor of shame for the audience who came to Anya's concert and tried to get into the hall of the Ukraine Palace. The riots were stopped by the police. The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov commented on the incident before her concert, writing on Facebook that she "openly provokes society", and the policeman who beat Ani Lorak's opponent will be fired.

Personal life

From 1996 to 2004, Ani Lorak lived in a de facto marriage with her producer Yuri Falyosa.

On August 15, 2009, Ani Lorak married one of the owners of the tour operator Turtess Travel, Turkish citizen Murat Nalchagioglu (born June 12, 1977). The couple signed in the central registry office of Kyiv, and after that they celebrated their wedding on a grand scale in Turkey. The singer met her future husband in 2005 in Antalya on vacation. In 2006 Murat moved to Ukraine. And two years later he made the singer an offer of marriage.

• Daughter - Sofia Muratovna Nalchadzhioglu (born June 9, 2011). On April 7, 2012, Sophia was baptized in Kyiv, Philip Kirkorov became the godfather.

Ani Lorak is the godmother of Carolina Nagorny, daughter of Lilia Podkopayeva and Timofey Nagorny.

Family

• Grandfather and grandmother on the father's side - Ivan Kuek and Olga Kuek, lived to see the golden wedding, but had already died. Grandmother Olya got married at the age of 16, she baptized Karolina in the local church in the city of Kitsman, and received greater participation in raising a granddaughter than grandmother Yanina. Grandfather Ivan Kuek was a pilot during the war, was taken prisoner, lived in Germany, learned German and taught his granddaughter to speak German.
  • Father - Miroslav Ivanovich Kuek (born January 2, 1947), Honored Journalist of Ukraine, works in the regional newspaper "Vilne Zhittya", poet, married since 1998 to the poetess Sylvia Zayets, a distant relative of Olga Kobylyanska, lives in the city of Kitsman, graduated from the Chernivtsi Musical school in the class of a choir conductor, as well as the philological faculty of Chernivtsi University.
• Mother - Zhanna Vasilievna Linkova (dev. Dmitrienko) (born November 7, 1946), worked as an announcer on the regional radio and television, lives in Chernivtsi.
  • The elder brother - Sergey Anatolyevich Linkov (half-born; born 1968), died in Afghanistan in 1987. Ani Lorak had a great spiritual connection with him. Sergey was the first to see the talent of the singer in little Carolina and insisted that she not give up her hobby and develop in this direction.
  • Brother - Igor Miroslavovich Kuek (born April 26, 1976), was the director of the Angel lounge restaurant, works in the advertising business, was a journalist and editor-in-chief of the Insurance Club magazine, worked in the tourism business, graduated from the history department of the Chernivtsi National University named after Yu. Fedkovich and courses "School of Advertising and PR" at the Kiev national university named after Taras Shevchenko.
  • Brother - Andrei Vasilyevich Perepichka (half-born; born December 19, 1985), foreman in Chernivtsi.

Business

Restaurant "Angel lounge", in Kyiv, on Shota Rustaveli street.

Charity

• UNICEF and the UN announced gratitude to Ani Lorak for her assistance and assistance to HIV-infected citizens of Ukraine as the UN Goodwill Ambassador on HIV AIDS in Ukraine.

Discography

Studio albums

• 1996 - I want to fly
• 1998 - I'll be back
• 2000 - www.anilorak.com.
• 2001 - There, de ti є
• 2003 - REMIX Dream about me
• 2004 - Ani Lorak
• 2005 - Smile
• 2006 - Tell me
• 2007 - 15
• 2008 - Shady Lady
• 2009 - Sun
• 2013 - Light up the heart

Collections

• 2010 - The Best (only in Ukraine; compilation)
• 2011 - Selected (only in Russia; collection)

Singles

• 1996 - I want to fly
• 1998 - I'll be back
• 1998 - I don't care
• 2001 - Angel of my dreams
• 2003 - Heart is not the end
• 2003 - I told you
• 2003 - Dream about me
• 2004 - Mirrors
• 2004 - Half day spec
• 2004 - Three primary words
• 2005 - Car Song
• 2005 - Smile
• 2006 - Tell me (Tell me)
• 2006 - Return my love (with Valery Meladze)
• 2007 - At first sight
• 2007 - I won't be yours
• 2007 - I'm waiting for you
• 2007 - I will become the sea
• 2008 - Shady Lady
• 2008 - Sun
• 2009 - Bird
• 2009 - And then ...
• 2009 - Heaven-palms
• 2009 - From sky to sky
• 2009 - Passion (with Timur Rodriguez)
• 2010 - For you
• 2011 - Ask
• 2011 - Do not share love
• 2012 - I will be the sun
• 2012 - Hug me
• 2012 - Hold me tight
• 2013 - Light up the heart
• 2013 - Orange dreams
• 2013 - Take Paradise
• 2013 - Mirrors (with Grigory Leps)
• 2014 - I have a dream
• 2014 - Malvi
• 2014 - Slowly
• 2015 - Ships
• 2015 - Without you

Video clips

Filmography

Voice acting

dubbing

Theatre

• 1999 - "Gypsies" - Zemfira

Presenter on TV

Awards and prizes

• The second prize of the festival "Pervotsvit" Chernivtsi

• The first prize of the international festival "Veselad" Kyiv.
• The first prize of the international festival "Share" Chernivtsi.

• Winner in the nomination "Discovery of 1995" of the festival "Tavria Games"
• Winner of the television competition "Morning Star", Moscow.
• Second prize of the All-Ukrainian festival "Chervona Ruta", Sevastopol.

• Winner of the superfinal of the television competition "Morning Star", Moscow.
• Winner of the Grand Prix of the World Competition for Young Performers "Big Apple Music-96" New York

• Laureate of the festival "Song-97" Moscow - Kyiv
• Winner of the Grand Prix of the President of Ukraine following the results of the All-Ukrainian festival "Sunday Opening Day-97"
• Laureate of the International Sidi Tal Award "For success in the field of development national culture and strengthening friendship between peoples"

• The Israeli Embassy in Ukraine awarded the title of "Honorary Artist of Israel".
• Diploma winner in the category "Singer of the Year" and "Pop Music of the Year" of the festival "Tavria Games-98".

• The President of Ukraine awarded the title "Honored Artist of Ukraine".
• Diploma winner in the nomination "Singer of the Year" of the festival "Tavria Games-99"

• The song "Mirrors" was recognized as the best club release of 2000 at the Territory A awards ceremony

• Diploma winner in the nomination "Singer of the Year" of the festival "Tavria Games-2001"
• "Ani Lorak Forever" was recognized as the best musical film of 2000 in Ukraine.

• For the volume of sales of the album "Where you are ...", Ani Lorak was awarded the "Golden Disc".
• The singer entered the top 100 sexiest women in the world.
• Ani Lorak was recognized as the "Best Singer of the Year" at the Tavria Games-2002 festival.

• Winner in the nomination "Singer of the Year" of the festival "Tavria Games-2003" (Ukraine).
• "Singer of the Year 2002" according to the results of the magazine "ELLE"
• Diploma winner "Song of the Year-03" (Ukraine) for the songs "Without you", "Tara-tira", "Violin", "Dream about me, mriy".

• UBN Awards, "Singer of the Year 2003" (UK).
• "Singer of the Year 2003" according to the results of the magazine "ELLE".
• "Golden Disc" for the sale of the album "Ani Lorak".
• Diploma-winner "Song of the Year-2004" (Ukraine) for the songs "Three primary words", "I'll write a sheet", "Everytime", "13", "I'm kohayu".
• In December, she received the "Golden Gramophone" for the song "Mriy about me, mriy."

• Ani Lorak was awarded the Order of St. Stanislav IV degree with the award of the Officer's Cross "for strengthening the international prestige of Ukraine, high professionalism, high creative achievements, charitable activities and fidelity to chivalric ideals"
• At the ceremony "Golden Firebird" the song "Three Significant Words" was recognized best song 2004, Ani Lorak was recognized as the best singer of 2004, the audience award
• Diploma winner "Song of the Year-2005" (Ukraine) for the songs "Car song", "The Best", "Chekaya", "Smile", "Tell", "Don't talk about love".

• Ani Lorak was awarded the international music award "Golden Barrel Organ" for the song "Tell".
• Ani Lorak is the most beautiful woman in Ukraine according to the readers of the VIVA magazine (Award "VIVA. The most beautiful").
• Prize magazine ELLE"Idol of the Nation"
• The album "Tell me ..." becomes Gold based on sales results.
• Diploma winner "Song of the Year-2006" (Ukraine) for the songs "Bring back my love", "Don't tell me about love", "Car song", "100 kisses", "My hero".
• Winner in the nominations "Best Singer" and "Best Performance" at the Tavria Games-2006

• Nominated for VIVA! Most beautiful people Ukraine 2006"

• Nominated for the Viva. The most beautiful-2007 "
• In May 2008, Ani Lorak became the silver medalist of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.
• Received the Artistic Award Eurovision Song Contest, which is presented to best artist competition
• Rewarding with the title of "People's Artist of Ukraine": "For a significant personal contribution to the popularization of Ukrainian culture in the world and high songwriting"
• According to the magazine "Focus" Ani Lorak artist number 1 in public interest.
• According to Focus magazine, Ani Lorak entered the top 100 most powerful women Ukraine.
• FHM 100 Sexiest Award
• Diploma winner "Song of the Year-2008" for the single "Shady Lady"

• According to the Eurovision Song Contest Radio, Ani Lorak with the song "Shady lady" became the "Best Singer of 2008".
• In March 2009, Ani Lorak was awarded the "Person of the Year" award in the "Idol of Ukrainians" nomination.
• In June, at the Muz-TV 2009 Prize, Ani Lorak was presented in the Best Performer nomination.
• Award "Golden Gramophone" for the single "Sun"
• Award "Golden Gramophone-2009" St. Petersburg for the single "Sun"
• Nominated for the Viva. The most beautiful-2008»
• "Top 10 sexy" Radio Monte Carlo Award
• Golden Barrel Award
• Diploma winner "Song of the Year-2009" (Russia) for the single "Sun"

• Nominated for the Viva. The most beautiful-2009»
• In April, Ani Lorak was presented in the nomination "Singer of the Year" for the song "Sun" at the ceremony of the year ZD Awards-2009 ("Sound Track-2009").
• In June, at the Muz-TV 2010 award, Ani Lorak was presented in two categories at once: "Best Performer" and "Best Duet"
• Laureate of the World Fashion Awards 2010 in the nomination "Fashion singer"
• Glamor Award Nomination for Female Singer of the Year
• Award "Trump Talent"
• In November, the singer won the Musical Ring program.
• Award "Golden Gramophone" for the single "At First Sight".
• Award "Golden Gramophone-2010" St. Petersburg for the single "At First Sight"
• Diploma winner "Song of the Year-2010" (Russia) for the single "At first sight" "When you tell me that you love me"
• Diploma winner "Song of the Year - 2010" (Ukraine) for the single "Heaven-palms" and "Bird".

• Nomination "The Best Performer of 2010" for the award "Russian TOP 2010"
• Nominated for the Viva. The most beautiful-2010»
• In March, at the presentation of the "Person of the Year" award, Ani Lorak received an award in the "Star Solo" nomination and performed her new composition "Become for me"
• Laureate of the "Golden Gramophone St. Petersburg" award for the single "For You"
• Diploma "Song of the Year" (Russia) for the single "For You"
• Winner of "20 Best Songs" for the single "For You"
• Nomination "Best Performer" for the YUNA-2011 award

• Nominated for the Viva. The Most Beautiful-2011»
• Winner of the "Viva. The most beautiful-2011" in the nomination "Mom of the Year"
• According to the magazine "7 Days" Ani Lorak becomes the most beautiful woman Russia in 2012.
• Laureate of the Golden Gramophone Award -2012 for the single "Hug Me Tight"
• Laureate of the Golden Gramophone-2012 St. Petersburg for the single "Hug me tight"
• Diploma winner "Song of the Year" (Russia) for the singles "Hug me" "Hug me tight"
• Nomination "Best Performer" for the YUNA-2012 award

• Nomination "Best Performer" for the "Yuna" award
• In March, at the solemn ceremony “Viva! The most beautiful ”Ani Lorak for the second time becomes the most beautiful woman in Ukraine.
• Victory in the nomination "Artist" at the "Person of the Year-2012" award
• Nomination for the RU.TV 2013 award in the nomination "Best Performer"
• May 25, 2013 - victory in the nomination "Movement of the Year" (best choreography) for the song "Light the Heart" according to the RU.TV channel.
• June 7, 2013 - "The Best Performer" according to the MUZ-TV channel.
• November 30, 2013 - Golden Gramophone Award for the song "Take Paradise" (Moscow, Kremlin Palace).
• December 1, 2013 - Golden Gramophone Award for the single "Take Paradise" (St. Petersburg, Ice Palace).
• Diploma winner "Song of the Year 2013" (Russia) for the singles "Light the Heart" and "Mirrors" (with G. Leps).
• Diploma winner "Song of the Year 2013" (Ukraine) for the single "Orange Dreams".
• Award "Stars of the Road Radio" for the single "Orange Dreams".

• Nomination for the award "Russian TOP 2013" (in the nominations "Best Performer of 2013" and "Best Album of 2013").
• 2 nominations for the ZD Awards-2013 in the categories "Singer of the Year" and "Concert of the Year".
• Laureate of the ZD Awards-2013 in three categories "Album of the Year", "Duet of the Year", "Sexy F"
• Nominee for YUNA 2013 in the categories "Best Female Artist", "Best Album".
• Winner of the YUNA 2014 award in the Best Duet nomination.
• Nominated for VIVA. The most beautiful-2013”.
• Nomination for the award "Song of the Year-2014"
• Nomination "Best Singer", "Fan or Prophon" for the award "RU.TV"
• May 31 - victory at the annual award "RU.TV" in two categories: "Best Duet" (with Grigory Leps for the song "Mirrors") and "Best Concert Show" (for anniversary concert"Caroline").
• Nominations "Best Performer", "Best Duet" (with G. Leps - "Mirrors"), "Best Concert Show" for the award "MUZ-TV 2014. Evolution"
• Winner of a special award from Panik Records for the sales of her English-language single "I'm Alive", which stayed at the top of the charts in Greek iTunes for several weeks.
• EMA Award in the category "Eurasia Artist-2014"
• November 29, 2014 - Golden Gramophone Award for the song "Mirrors (with G. Leps)" (Moscow, Kremlin Palace).

• May 23 - Laureate of the "RU.TV Prize" in the nomination "Best Singer of the Year"
• June 5 -- Laureate of the "Muz-TV 2015 Award" in the nomination "Best Performer"

Interesting Facts

• The pseudonym "Ani Lorak" is formed by the reverse spelling of the name Carolina. According to the singer, the name given at birth carries its own destiny, and she would not want to change it.
• For second place at Eurovision 2008, President of Ukraine V. Yushchenko awarded Ani Lorak and one of the authors of her song (on English language) Philip Kirkorov titles folk artists Ukraine
• In 2011 she took part in the TV project of the First Channel "The Phantom of the Opera"
• Ani Lorak has a voice range of 4.5 octaves.

Ani Lorak - photo

The personal life of Ani Lorak has been under close scrutiny of the press for many years. This is not surprising, Lorak is one of the most beautiful pop stars in the post-Soviet space. She does not advertise her personal life, but still, some details from the singer's life can be found from the girl's Instagram photo.

Ani Lorak's husband - Murat Nalchajioglu

They met in 2005 in Turkey. The singer came to rest in Antalya, and settled in one of the best hotel complexes, and Murat worked as a general manager in it.

As Lorak once stated, at the first meeting he behaved simply impudently. He offered to come to the restaurant in the evening, listen to the musicians, and when Lorak refused, he said that soon she would sing only for him alone. A few days later, the owner of the hotel arranged a dinner party for Lorak, where she again saw Murat.

Later, the singer said: “There was some unreal attraction between us, we couldn’t help but look at each other.”

The future spouses began to communicate actively. But the problem was that Lorak worked and lived in Ukraine, and Murat in Turkey. He flew to her for the weekend, they spent their holidays together. But it wasn't the kind of relationship they both wanted to have. Then Murat decided to move the business to Ukraine, and in August 2009 the couple got married. The marriage was registered in one of the Kiev registry offices. It was a simple ceremony. They decided to arrange a chic wedding in Turkey, in the homeland of Murat.

In 2016, there were active rumors in the press about the divorce of Murat and Anya. The star herself confirmed that they really had a difficult time. But there has never been a divorce. Now the couple has found mutual understanding.

Lorak and Yuri Thales

The first producer of Ani Lorak was Yuri Thales. It was he who fully discovered the talent of a young 13-year-old star. It is known that they were connected not only by business relations.

Lorak and Thales lived in a civil marriage for 10 years.

In one interview, the singer said: “I am very grateful to Yuri - he taught me a lot, including using cutlery during a meal. I really experienced the warmest tender feelings for him, but this love was childish, fragile.

Yuri Thalesa - former producer of Anya

The couple broke up at the initiative of Ani Lorak. Thalesa gave a number of interviews in which he did not speak too flatteringly about ex-lover. It is known that now they do not maintain relations and do not communicate even at social events.

Photo of Ani Lorak's daughter

In June 2011, Ani Lorak and Murat Nalchajioglu had a daughter, whom they named Sofia. Childbirth took place in one of the Kiev maternity hospitals. Godfather the girls became the singer Philip Kirkorov.

Sofia is growing like a princess. She loves to play with dolls, dress up in beautiful dresses. Dad and aunt spend a lot of time with her, Native sister Murata. It is known that the girl did not go to school this year. As Ani Lorak stated: “Let her childhood last as long as possible!”.

The singer shared her revelations about her wife: “He is just a wonderful dad, he always finds time to communicate with his daughter. They play together and go for walks. They often fool around, discuss new cartoons.

Ani Lorak now

The real name of the pop singer is Carolina Kuek. In March 2017, she celebrated her 39th birthday. The star continues to work actively: tours, writes new songs, shoots videos. Don't forget to find time for family. There are many photos on Instagram family walks and holidays, trips to the cinema and the zoo.

Ani Lorak is a famous, talented and beloved singer. Her songs are heard on the main radio stations of the country, and the clips are broadcast on all music channels. In addition to touring and filming in various projects, Carolina will soon present a new concert program "Diva".

• Name: Ani
• Surname: Lorak
• Date of Birth: 27.09.1978
• Place of Birth: Kitsman, Ukraine
• Zodiac sign: Scales
• Eastern horoscope: Horse
• Occupation: singer
• Growth: 162 cm
• The weight: 47 kg

Ani Lorak- one of the most sexy singers of modern show business. For many, she has become the standard of femininity, beauty and charm. At the same time, her biography serves as an example of how a simple girl from a provincial Ukrainian town was able to climb not only Ukrainian and Russian stage, but also to become the second in the main European music competition.

Photo by Ani Lorak

Dreamed of being on stage since childhood

The road to the big stage was not easy for Carolina. By the way, she received the name Karolina at the insistence of her Polish grandmother, and in the future, having read it the other way around, the pseudonym Ani Lorak will be assigned to her. Miroslav Ivanovich and Zhanna Vasilievna - the girl's parents - divorced before the birth of their daughter. It was difficult for the mother to feed the children on the salary of a radio station worker, so with early years they were brought up in a boarding school.

Dreams of singing from the stage have not left Carolina since the age of four. Having matured a little, the active, artistic and cheerful girl performed with pleasure at school concerts, took part in competitions and did not part with her dream of becoming a singer.

"Morning Star" and the first victories

At one of Carolina's performances, producer Yuri Thales drew attention to her and offered cooperation. As part of the big scene, they first started talking about her when the girl became a member of the Russian musical project"Morning Star" in 1995. It was then that she had to take a pseudonym, since a contestant with that name already participated in the program. Carolina read her name on the contrary, the pseudonym Ani Lorak approached and liked her so much that she did not part with him anymore.

The debut on television brought the young performer her first popularity. According to the results of the survey "New Stars of the Old Year", Ani was recognized as the "Discovery of the Year". Her success was consolidated by a victory at the Taurian Games and a second place at the Chervona Ruta festival.

The Tavria Games of the next two years also did not go without the participation of Anya. In 1996, she was nominated for the "Golden Firebird" award as "best singer", and in 1997 she announced her second album with the song "I'll Be Back". Carolina also managed to conquer New York with her talent and become the first in the Big Apple Music 1996 Competition.

Conquest of the music scene

By the age of seventeen, the young performer had already recorded her debut album. The disc was released by an English studio and the album sold only 6 thousand copies, however, it reached domestic listeners and was well received.

At the age of 19, Ani Lorak has already received recognition in Ukrainian show business and on the stage. The young girl became the first performer who, at such a young age, was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine.

A new creative round took place after the conclusion of a contract with Igor Krutoy in 1999. The first fruits of the work were the song and video "Mirrors", and later the next album "Where You Are" (Ukrainian "There, de ti e ...") was released. As a result:

• victory in the category "best singer of the year" at the Tavria Games (2002, 2003);
• "Golden Disc" for the impressive number of copies sold of the album "Where you are ...";
• Lorak took a place in the top 100 sexiest women;
• annual laureate of "Song of the Year";
• the new album "Ani Lorak" in 2004 and the next "Golden Disc";
• new "gold" albums "Smile" in 2005 and "Tell" ("Tell") in 2006;
• sales of the album "15" pushed him to the rank of "platinum" (2007);
• repeated presentation of the "Golden Gramophone".

Eurovision

By 2008, not only all of Russia, Ukraine and the CIS countries knew about Ani Lorak. She has already traveled half the world on tour and everywhere her concerts were held with a bang. Obviously, only the Eurovision Song Contest remained unconquered, where the singer went in 2008 (the first attempt in 2005 to represent Ukraine at Eurovision was unsuccessful).

At the prestigious European championship, Ani won second place for her country with the composition "Shady Lady" (author Philip Kirkorov). After such success, a series of bright events hit the artist:

• "Golden Gramophone" for the Russian version of the song "Shady Lady" - "From Sky to Sky" (2008);
• the album "The Sun" reached the "platinum" height, and the song of the same name was awarded the "Golden Gramophone" (2009);
• Ani was awarded the title "Person of the Year" in the nomination "Idol of Ukrainians" (2009);

In 2008, Karolina finally conquered the Ukrainian public, artists and the top authorities and was awarded the proud title of People's Artist of Ukraine.

Ani and Murat

We must pay tribute to the fact that Ani Lorak never exchanged relations. Before her first official marriage, the singer was in a civil marriage with her producer Yuri Thales.

In 2005, while vacationing in Antalya, she met businessman Murat Nalchajioglu. The co-owner of the Turtess Travel travel agency was so captivated by the beautiful Ani that he soon moved to her homeland. In 2009, the couple officially registered their marriage at the Kiev registry office, and later a chic wedding was organized wedding celebration in Turkey.

On June 9, 2011, baby Sofia was born, and in 2012 she was baptized (family friend Philip Kirkorov became the godfather).

Success continues

Over the past few years, the titled singer continues her march through the musical Olympus with the same success, touring, participating in various projects and being awarded prestigious awards.

In addition to concert activities, she takes part in charity events and social life. She also had the honor of being the UN Goodwill Ambassador for AIDS in Ukraine.

Femininity and attractive beauty could not go unnoticed by cosmetic corporations. Lorak became the face of Oriflame, Schwarzkopdf, and Turtess Travel.

In 2011, Ani participated in the Phantom of the Opera project. The People's Artist was repeatedly invited to act as a guest star on the adult and children's New Wave. In 2014, she took a chair on the jury of the musical show on the Ukrainian television "Voice of the Country". The singer managed to participate in the creation of several children's publications ("How to become a star", "How to become a princess").

Repeated winner of the title "Singer of the Year" in Ukraine manages to implement business projects. In 2006, Lorak opened the Angel restaurant in the Ukrainian capital, and in 2015, together with her husband, the Mangal restaurant.

When in 2014, after the outbreak of hostilities in the Donbass, the artist continued to perform in Russia, she was criticized by the nationally minded Ukrainian authorities. In her native country, at her concerts, protesters even rioted a couple of times, and the authorities called her position “anti-Ukrainian”.

The main thing is family

Despite all the interethnic upheavals, Ani Lorak remains a sought-after singer both in Ukraine and in Russia. She continues to create, act, sing and participate in television shows. In 2015-2016, the singer was nominated for the Fashion People Awards and, of course, she was not left without an award: a victory in the Fashion Singer (2015) and Fashion Voice Women (2016) categories.

She conquers with her beauty, charm and talent, becoming popular not only in Ukraine, but also in Russia, and her many fans follow not only her work, but also her personal life, and they would be interested to know if she is married and who Ani Lorak's husband? Yes, the singer has been happy with her husband, Turkish businessman Murat Nalchajioglu, for more than nine years, and seven of them are legally married.

Ani Lorak's personal life

Ani Lorak's personal life developed in different ways, and not always there were only cloudless days in it. The parents of Carolina Kuek, this is the real name of the singer, broke up before her birth, so her mother, who had two more sons in her arms, and then a third was born in a new marriage, sent her older children to a boarding school.

In the photo - Ani Lorak and Yuri Thales

Mom, father and grandmothers did not indulge the girl with their attention, and Ani constantly felt lonely and useless, and her main dream was to quickly escape from the boarding school. In the seventh grade, she took the documents and transferred to regular school, but this did not make her life better - Carolina constantly heard ridicule in her address and endured bullying - her peers openly laughed at the poorly dressed "fatherless".

Anya's parents devoted themselves to creative professions - her mother was a radio announcer, and her father was a journalist, a penchant for creativity manifested itself in her too - she loved and knew how to sing and with early childhood She took part in various competitions, and at fourteen her professional career began.

The talented young singer was noticed by producer Yuri Thales and did everything possible to make Ani turn into real star. As often happens, between the producer and the young singer, despite a solid age difference of seventeen years, a mutual feeling arose, Yuri divorced his wife, and soon they began to live together.

It was Thales who offered Carolina a stage name, turning her real name around - this is how Ani Lorak turned out. However, this civil marriage did not last long, and the reason for parting with her first husband was new love Ani Lorak. She openly admitted to Yuri that she fell in love, but Thales decided not to immediately put an end to their relationship, they continued to work together, and Ani suffered from a new love.

Her lover was a wealthy, famous and wealthy man, but married, and, assuring Lorak that he would soon divorce his wife and everything would be fine with them, in fact, he was in no hurry to change something in his biography and leave the family. Tired of enduring this uncertainty, Ani broke up with him and returned to Thales, but it was no longer possible to restore what was between them before, and they parted completely. And after a few years of loneliness, the singer met her true love.

Who is the husband of Ani Lorak

Ani met Murat while on vacation in Turkey. He was an employee of the hotel, one of the owners of the tour operator Turtess Travel, where the singer stayed, and fell in love with her at first sight, and soon Lorak reciprocated. After a few days spent together, they had to part, but they continued to talk on the phone until Ani realized that this romance would lead to nothing - after all, she and Murat were from different countries, they speak different languages And don't continue the relationship. So they would have parted forever, if a year later the singer had not flown to the same hotel to shoot a video, and their beautiful romance began from this meeting.

In the photo - Ani Lorak with her husband

Murat Nalchadzhioglu arranged romantic weekends for Anya, gave flowers and gifts, and in 2006 moved to Ukraine. This fairy tale lasted all three years, until Ani finally agreed to become his wife - she delayed this moment because she was afraid that the stamp in her passport would ruin their relationship, but this did not happen, and after Murat proposed to her, she decided to marry him. They played two weddings - one in Kyiv, the other in Turkey.

In the photo - the wedding of Ani Lorak and Murat Nalchadzhioglu

Murat Nalchajioglu: biography

Many are interested in the question - how old is Murat Nalchajioglu? The singer's husband is almost the same age as her - he was born on June 12, 1977 and a year older than his wife. His biography is somewhat similar to the biography of Anya herself - Murat also began an independent life early, at the age of fourteen he began to earn money in order to help his mother raise three sisters after the death of his father. After moving to Ukraine and marrying Ani Lorak Murat from an entrepreneur middle class turned into successful businessman and continues to develop his business - he owns several restaurants in Kyiv, manages entertainment clubs and is not going to stop there.

Children of the singer and her husband

The children of Ani Lorak have always been the ultimate dream of the singer and her husband, because for complete happiness their family lacked only happy children's laughter. On June 9, 2011, the daughter of Ani Lorak and Murat Nalchajioglu Sofia was born. Having decided on the birth of a child, the spouses were worried about how the birth would go, because by that time Ani was thirty-three years old, and she was afraid that various complications might arise.

Fortunately, everything went well, and soon photos of the singer's daughter appeared on the network. A year after the birth of Sophia, they baptized her in Kyiv, and Philip Kirkorov became the godfather.

Ani Lorak successfully combines career and motherhood, and her husband helps her in this. The singer says that her husband is a wonderful dad - he always walks with his daughter, plays with her, sings songs to Sophia, and her daughter loves him. Ani calls her family an island of happiness, and considers her a real gift of fate.

Rumors about Ani Lorak's divorce from her husband

Ani knows that star marriages are not distinguished by strength and constancy, but she knows well how to avoid this, and tries to do everything so that their family exists forever. However, he and Murat also had to experience certain difficulties in relations, and rumors often appeared in the media that Ani Lorak's husband Murat Nalchadzhioglu was divorcing her. This was especially often talked about when Murat moved from Turkey to Kyiv, and then everyone disapproved of the fact that the singer was marrying a Turk.

In the photo - Ani and Murat with their daughter Sofia

Some tension in the relationship at the beginning married life The singer’s lifestyle also evoked - Ani often toured and therefore was very rarely at home, which is why Murat once doubted whether she needed him at all. Fortunately, they managed to survive the disapproval of society and some relationship problems, and now the couple are still happy together.

Murat Nalchadzhioglu learned Russian for the sake of his wife, although it was not easy for him, and now they communicate in Russian in the family. Ani tries not to lose her attractiveness in the eyes of her husband and at home does not allow herself to look untidy. Lorak is sure that a woman should be a source of tenderness, love and warmth, and then her man will never stop liking her. They often have to be far from each other, but even at such moments, Ani and Murat try to always be in touch and remind each other of their love.

Meanwhile, the brilliant Ukrainian singer is not married to an oligarch or a producer, but to an ordinary guy. The only unusual thing about him is that he is a Turk.

Eastern fairy tale

Much has been written about Murat Nalchagioglu. Sometimes he is called a Turkish wealthy businessman, sometimes he is called a gigolo and a marriage swindler. Ani herself does not hide the fact that her husband is not a bag of money, and not a shoulder in the world of show business.

When in 2005 she was vacationing in Turkey, albeit in a five-star, but not in the most luxurious hotel, he worked there as a manager.

She understood this from the badge and walkie-talkie. A young handsome man invited her to a restaurant that had karaoke.

"My singing will cost you dearly" Lorak replied. He did not know that a pretty girl in shorts and without makeup is a star in Russia and Ukraine. The next day, he organized a banquet in honor of an unknown star. Imagine his surprise when Ani Lorak appeared in an evening dress as an honored guest. They talked a little over dinner, and Murat walked her to her room.

Anya had to leave the next morning. She is last time went to the sea, and decided to drink tea in a cafe on the beach. Murat approached her and said: “I don’t know if I will ever see you again, but I will wait for you all my life!”.

Lorak admits that for a long time she could not get the young Turk out of her head. I tried to turn on the heads: you are here, he is there, and you don’t know the person at all. Maybe he's married? Maybe he has three wives and eight children?

And he suddenly began to send her SMS in English. Ani did not answer, she even turned off the phone so as not to be distracted by beautiful oriental messages.

One day she could not stand it and called back.

In the sleep room, they simply breathed into the phone, since in English Ani at that time could only connect two or three words.

A year later, Ani Lorak went to Turkey to shoot a video clip.

Fate decreed that the organizers chose this hotel to accommodate the group. This time, the overseas prince met her fully armed. Gorgeous white car, a separate floor for her. Seeing Murat, Ani decided - be, as it will be! She confessed her feelings to him, and they decided not to part anymore.

Harsh Slavic everyday life

Murat moved to his beloved in Ukraine, and even took citizenship. In show business, the choice of the beauty Lorak was taken by ES with bewilderment. Murat, who cannot read Russian, constantly asked that Ani translate to him what they write about their couple. He was very surprised. What is it that he is a Turk? Ani, as best she could, tried to protect him from public opinion.

Ani admits that Murat's life story is similar to hers. Ani grew up in an incomplete large family besides her mother had three more children. Mom worked a lot, and at one time Carolina (the real name of the singer) even had to live in a boarding school. Murat's father died early, and he was the only man in the family. He needed to feed three sisters and his mother.

During this period, the young man had a patron named Talkh, whom Murat considers to be the named father. He helped make a career in the tourism business and rise to the position of a manager. good hotel. At first, he was against Murat's relationship with Lorak, but then he relented and even gave Murat a share in one of the Turkish travel companies.

In addition to his own business, Murat was engaged in the restaurant business, but rather not successfully. It is believed that Lorak bought the restaurant for him.

In addition to domestic difficulties, other conflicts arose in the star's family. Murata was not satisfied with his wife's busy schedule, and he even almost went home. Lorak managed to keep him. The singer also had to deal with the fact that during the tour her husband had fun in nightclubs in the company of girls of model appearance. Videos and photos of parties with caustic comments hit the Internet.

Despite everything, the Lorak family is still together, their daughter Sofia is growing up. Ani has never said anything negative to the press about her husband. She says openly: "My husband is my god." Today the family lives in three countries - Turkey, Russia, Ukraine.

Unfortunately, information in the media about the betrayals of Ani Lorak turned out to be true. As a result, the popular singer filed for divorce from Murat.