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Anastasia Garvey Beyond World Dreams By Joe Alexander also studied Brand Management at the University of Monaco.
The blonde bombshell is fluent in French, Russian, and English, and traveled between Moscow and Paris during her college studies at the Moscow State University of International Relations, where she received her degree in Political Science. As a student, she participated in Model UN, a UNESCO tolerance forum, and numerous international conferences on peace-making and sustainable development in China, France, Bulgaria, and the UK. She
Garvey first fell in love with the performing arts early on, and went to dancing school in Moscow for ten years, after which she studied acting in Paris at Beatrice Brout’s studio. In New York City, she attended the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute. She is currently being coached by Tribeca Film Festival award-winning director Matthew Bonifacio, whose new film is The Quitter. She is also studying opera with one of the Metropolitan Opera’s star sopranos, Olga
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or the second season of his comedic web series, Cop Show—which is produced by Jerry Seinfeld and will be available on YouTube next season—Colin Quinn has recast 22 year-old actress/model Anastasia Garvey. “My first role was an actress who got her part by sleeping with the director,” laughs Garvey. “My second character was supposed to be a corpse, but the script called for me to keep moving and I then end up in a fight with the director who is played by Colin. He’s as funny off camera as he is on. I love working with him.”
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British rapper Skepta cast her as his girlfriend in his music video “Amnesia.” Garvey also played the “Doll” in Sick Love by Royal Records UK artist Vince Kidd. In 2011 she was a finalist in the “Miss UK World Dreams” beauty pageant and was featured in a jewelry campaign for Mehbs Yaqub Design. Her most recent photoshoot was with Fadil Berisha, who has also worked Halle Berry, Sharon Stone, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump.
Makarina. Garvey is currently represented by Annette Alvarez of Multi-Ethnic Talent and is represented by Funny Face Today Models. Garvey maintains a healthy lifestyle so she can attend auditions from coast to coast on 24 hours’ notice. “I’ve been a vegan for a year. I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, and I eat as healthy as I possibly can,” she points out. “I used to work out four times a week with a trainer; I was a workout junkie, but as soon as I stopped working out I lost a lot of weight. I realized, for a girl, when you work out all the time you might just build bulk, when you do cardio, you’re hungry all the time, so now I do yoga and meditate. In the end it’s all about moderation; there is no other secret.” As for her future, Garvey says, “Right now I am focusing on my acting and modeling careers. I realize in New York, it’s all about hard work.”
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