Ani Lorak (real name - Karolina Miroslavovna Kuek). She was born on September 27, 1978 in Kitsman, Chernivtsi region (Ukraine). Ukrainian singer, People's Artist of Ukraine (2008).
Carolina Kuek, who later became known as Ani Lorak, was born on September 27, 1978 in the small town of Kitsman in the north of the Chernivtsi region of Ukraine.
Grandfather and grandmother on the father's side - Ivan Kuek and Olga Kuek - lived to see the golden wedding. Grandmother Olya baptized Karolina in the local church in the city of Kitsman, and took a great part in raising her granddaughter. Grandfather Ivan Kuek was a pilot during the war, was taken prisoner, lived in Germany, learned German and taught his granddaughter to speak German.
Grandfather and grandmother on the mother's side - Vasily Dmitrienko and Yanina Yulianovna Dmitrienko (maiden Kokosha). Grandmother Yanina is Polish, worked in a pharmacy, was a Catholic.
Father- Miroslav Ivanovich Kuek (born January 2, 1947), Honored Journalist of Ukraine, Graduated from the Chernivtsi Music College as a choir conductor, as well as the Faculty of Philology of Chernivtsi University. Works in the regional newspaper "Vilne Zhittya", a poet. Since 1998, he has been married to the poetess Sylvia Zayets, a distant relative of the writer Olga Kobylyanska. Lives in the city of Kitsman.
Mother- Zhanna Vasilievna Linkova (maiden Dmitrienko) (born November 7, 1946). She worked as an announcer on the regional radio and television, lives in Chernivtsi.
Carolina had three brothers. Sergey Anatolievich Linkov(one womb; born 1968), died in Afghanistan in 1987. 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.
Igor Miroslavovich Kuek(born April 26, 1976), was the director of the restaurant "Angel lounge", works in the advertising business, was a journalist and editor-in-chief of the magazine "Insurance Club", worked in the tourism business, graduated from the Faculty of History of the Chernivtsi National University named after Y. Fedkovich and courses " School of Advertising and PR” at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Andrey Vasilyevich Perepichka(one-womb; born December 19, 1985), foreman in Chernivtsi.
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, along with her brothers, was 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, Karolina became known as Ani Lorak: a Russian singer under the name Karolina had already been entered in this competition, and the Ukrainian Carolina had to get out of this situation by performing under a pseudonym, which is a 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 of the major cities of 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 the top 100 sexiest women in the world, and in 2008 FHM magazine included the singer in the top 100 sexiest women in the world.
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...).
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.
The album of 2004 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.
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.
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.
In 2008, at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, she took second place with the song Shady Lady representing Ukraine.
Ani Lorak at Eurovision 2008
In September 2009, Ani Lorak agreed to participate in the tour "With Ukraine in the heart!" in support of Yulia Tymoshenko.
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 2010, Ani Lorak officially becomes the advertising face of Oriflame. With her participation, several catalogs were published for different months. At the end of November, Ani Lorak took part in the Musical Ring project on NTV, where her opponent was Dima Bilan. 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".
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.
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.
Ani Lorak - Orange dreams
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 2015, Ani Lorak was recognized as the "Best Singer of the Year" three times - MUZ-TV Award, RU.TV Award, Fashion People Awards.
In January 2016, Ani Lorak went on a tour of America and Canada, touring with the Carolina show throughout the year. At the end of the year, the singer presented the album "Did you love."
In January 2017, Ani Lorak, together with the Black Star artist Mot, presented the duet song "Soprano", which was awarded as the "Best Duet" by various music awards at the end of the year.
In 2018, Ani Lorak presented the show "DIVA". The show made an unprecedented sensation and was noted by music critics who compare it with concerts of world stars.
In the fall of 2018, Ani Lorak became a mentor in the seventh season of the Voice show on Channel One, where she was accompanied by rapper Basta, rock musician Sergey Shnurov, and composer and producer Konstantin Meladze.
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 is the face of the cosmetic company Schwarzkopf & Henkel in Ukraine, the face of the Swedish cosmetic company Oriflame and the face of the travel agency TurTess Travel.
In 2014, the singer became one of the coaches in the show "Voice of the Country".
Photographed for men's magazines.
Ani Lorak in Maxim
In 2015, at the New Wave festival in Sochi, she presented the song in a duet with Grigory Leps “Leave in English”.
Ani Lorak and Grigory Leps - Leave in English
The artist is engaged in social activities: she is the UN Goodwill Ambassador for HIV AIDS in Ukraine.
Ani Lorak continued to perform in Russia after the outbreak of hostilities 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. 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.
Ani Lorak's height: 162 centimeters.
Personal life of Ani Lorak:
From 1996 to 2004, Ani Lorak lived in a de facto marriage with her producer Yuri Falyosa.
Ani Lorak and Yuri Thales
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.
On June 9, 2011, the couple had a daughter, Sofia. On April 7, 2012, Sophia was baptized in Kyiv, Philip Kirkorov became the godfather.
In the summer of 2018, it became known that Murat has a mistress, Yana Belyaeva. In the fall of 2018. At the same time, she did not prevent Murat from seeing her daughter. At the same time, in December 2018, information appeared that.
However, on January 31, 2019, they officially filed for divorce. In the divorce suit, the singer indicated that she had not lived with her husband for about two years, the marriage had recently "been of a formal nature", and the spouses did not have common views on family life. "The marriage between the parties is formal, the preservation of their family is impossible, and therefore there is every reason to dissolve the marriage, since the further life of the spouses and the preservation of the marriage will be contrary to their interests and the interests of their child," the court said.
Ani Lorak and Murat Nalchajioglu
In 2006, her own restaurant "Angel Lounge" was opened in Kyiv (on Shota Rustaveli Street).
Discography of Ani Lorak:
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
2016 - Did you love ...
Singles by Ani Lorak:
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
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
2015 - Autumn love
2015 - Leave in English (with Grigory Leps)
2016 - Hold my heart
2016 - Leave in English (Solo version)
2016 - Did you love
2017 - Do you still love
2017 - New ex
2018 - Crazy
Video clips of Ani Lorak:
1996 - "My God"
1997 - "I'll be back"
1997 - Fashion Model
1998 - "Oh my love"
1999 - "Counting"
1999 - "Alien City"
2000 - "Mirrors"
2001 - Kiss
2001 - "Half-day spec"
2002 - "There, de ti e ..."
2003 - Dream about me
2003 - "My bazhannya"
2004 - "Three primary words"
2004 - "A little shot of love"
2005 - "Smile"
2005 - "Car Song"
2006 - "100 kisses" feat. Alexander Ponomarev
2006 - “Tell ...”
2006 - "Bring back my love" feat. Valeriy Meladze
2007 - "At first sight"
2007 - "I'm with you"
2008 - "I will become the sea"
2008 - "Shady Lady"
2008 - "The Sun"
2009 - "And then"
2009 - "Passion" feat. Timur Rodriguez
2010 - "Heaven-palms"
2011 - "For you"
2011 - "Ask"
2012 - "Hug Me"
2012 - "Hug Me Tight"
2012 - "Light up the heart"
2013 - Orange Dreams
2013 - "Take Paradise"
2013 - "Mirrors" feat. Grigory Leps
2014 - "I'm having a dream"
2014 - "Malvi"
2014 - "Slowly"
2015 - "Ships"
2015 - "Autumn Love"
2016 - Hold My Heart
2016 - "Leave in English" (Solo version)
2016 - "Did you love"
2017 - "Soprano" (feat. Mot)
2017 - "Do you still love"
2017 - Say Goodbye (feat. Emin)
2017 - "New Ex"
2018 - "Crazy"
Filmography of Ani Lorak:
1998 - Take an overcoat - lieutenant of the medical service
2002 - Evenings on a farm near Dikanka - Oksana
2002 - Good evening to you (Good evening to you) - cameo
2003 - Crazy Day or the Marriage of Figaro - Fanshetta
2005 - Merry House - cameo
2005 - New Year in the subway - cameo
2005 - On the wave of my memory - cameo
2007 - Very New Year's movie, or Night at the Museum - Assol
2008 - Little Red Riding Hood - Sleeping Beauty
2008 - Only Love - cameo
2010 - New Year's matchmakers - cameo
2010 - Morozko - oriental bride
2011 - New Adventures of Aladdin - Princess Budur
2012 - Little Red Riding Hood - tourist
2014 - Sasha - cameo
Ani Lorak is a famous Ukrainian singer, People's Artist of Ukraine. Despite the fact that there is a lot of competition on the stage today, and there are a lot of performers, not all of them can boast of good vocal skills. And it's not about Anya. The girl has a truly charming voice, in 2008 she received second place at Eurovision, where she performed the song "Shady Lady", then she was already a famous singer. Today Carolina (such a girl's real name) is a real star! All tickets for her concerts are sold out like hot cakes. The girl tours a lot, including in Russia, in March 2018 she received an award in the Kremlin in the Show of the Year nomination.
Height, weight, age. How old is Ani Lorak
Ani Lorak is quite a titled singer. She has received numerous awards during her career. The artist’s reward box includes “Golden Gramophone”, “Golden Street Organ”, she herself repeatedly became the person of the year, and her compositions were highly appreciated in the “Song of the Year” nominations. It is not surprising that she is loved, imitated, the artist is admired not only by men, but also by women, so you can see frequent requests on the network about her height, weight, age. How old is Ani Lorak, many fans also want to know. The girl is 39 today, and it's simply impossible to believe! Little and fragile Ani looks much younger, looks after herself, actively goes in for sports, and therefore constantly appears in her videos and on the red carpet in tight suits and dresses, not embarrassed to show a chic figure. Carolina's height is 160 cm, and her weight is about 48 kg. The artist constantly performs in heels, and looks very elegant.
Biography of Ani Lorak
The real name of the singer is Carolina Kuek. She was born in 1978 in the Chernivtsi region in Ukraine. Since childhood, she wanted to become a singer, she loved to dance very much and always sang along to folk songs when she saw concerts on TV. At school, she participated in amateur performances, constantly took part in song contests, and simply lived a dream of a stage. Karolina won her first victory in pursuit of her dream in 1992, when at the age of 14 she won the Ukrainian Primrose contest. During the performance of the song, she was noticed by a young producer Yuri Thalesa, at that time a new star was born in the firmament of the stage. Karolina takes a pseudonym, an anagram of her name - "Ani Lorak" and signs a contract with a producer, this is how her creative path to success in show business begins.
The young artist studies at school, and at the same time intensively occupies herself with vocals, learns new songs, and performs at still youthful competitions. She won the Chervona Ruta competition, and was declared the discovery of the year. When Lorak turns 17, she first appears on television in the Morning Star program. This performance brings the artist the first fame.
In 1996, the first album of the singer was released, which was released by an American studio, after which she performed at the Tavria Games with the Blues Brothers group. Ani has been participating in this festival for several years in a row, and each time she wins.
At the age of 20, Lorak is already a well-known and popular Ukrainian pop star, she tours the CIS countries, and the USA, Hungary, Germany appear on her tour. In 1999, Carolina became the youngest honored artist of the country, and after a couple of years her photo was in the magazine's "100 Sexiest Women" category.
The creative biography of Ani Lorak is notable for the fact that a girl from an ordinary family achieved everything herself. Since 2002, she has been successfully acting in musicals, which are often released on New Year's Eve. Her first work - the main role in the musical "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka", where she played Oksana, brought the girl a huge amount of laudatory comments.
In 2014, in addition to her touring activities, the singer appeared for the audience as a jury at a song contest on TV Voice.
Ani Lorak's personal life
All her life, the girl is so active and works hard that there were few men in her life. The very first romance that happened in Anya's life was with her concert producer Yuri Thales. They met when the future artist was only 14, her family lived very poorly, and Yuri had two children, and he could not watch them get out alone, without a man, so he began to help Carolina's mother financially. Thales said that Ani actually became like a daughter to him, he invested a lot in her fame, and in making her a star. Young Carolina has never seen money, fame, chic concert dresses, and soon realized that she does not look at Yuri as her father, she fell in love! When she was 18 years old, Karolina and Yuri began to live together.
The man became her father, whom Carolina never had, a friend, patron and first love. They lived in an actual civil marriage for about 10 years. But everything ends, sooner or later. Once a star fell in love with her peer, and Yuri found out about it. So the romance faded away, and the personal life of Ani Lorak and Yuri Thalesa ended, only a working relationship remained.
Ani Lorak family
Ani Lorak's family is her mother and two older brothers. It so happened that the parents divorced before the birth of the girl, so she never truly recognized her father. In 1987, the girl's older brother, Sergei, died in Afghanistan and they were given a three-room apartment. They lived very poorly, my mother worked as a radio announcer, and she really couldn’t feed the children on one salary, so at one time Karolina and her brother Igor lived in a boarding school. The only thing she always wanted was to break out of poverty, to leave the small village, anywhere, even to hell in the middle of nowhere, just not to vegetate in poverty. Then Lorak did not yet know that she would become famous throughout the country, but she cherished the hope that it was singing that would help her cope with herself and snatch a chance for a better life from life.
Children of Ani Lorak
In a civil marriage with Thales, Carolina did not want to have children. The girl never talked about this, but the man already had children, but nevertheless, over time, she began to hope that she would get married and fall in love for real. The children of Ani Lorak were only in the plans until she met her future husband, Murat. She was a volunteer of the state program of Ukraine “No to orphanhood!”, and once said that children should live in families, so she thought that in the future, if she suddenly failed to give birth to her child, she would definitely take a foster child.
Today, the singer's daughter Sophia is growing up. The artist often publishes photos with her daughter on her page on the network. With the support of Ani Lorak, three books for girls were published, which the singer wrote herself: “How to become a princess”, and “How to become a star”, as well as a recipe book for girls to learn how to cook simple dishes.
Daughter of Ani Lorak - Sofia
Ani Lorak's daughter, Sofia, was born in 2011 in the marriage of Ani Lorak to Murat Nalchadzhioglu. Her godfather is Philip Kirkorov. The girl grows up very smart, and at the age of 6 she already speaks four languages. The girl was supposed to go to school this year, but the singer decided that she would not rush things and send her daughter to school at the age of 7. “I don’t want to take away childhood from a child, let him take a walk,” said the star. It is already clear that the singer’s daughter is growing up as a real princess, she loves puffy dresses very much, wears pink with pleasure, and is not afraid of the camera lens when she goes out with her mother. After the divorce of her parents, the girl lives with Carolina, but she often sees her father and misses her very much.
Former husband of Ani Lorak - Yuri Thales
The ex-husband of Ani Lorak, Yuri Thales, was not always a producer. The man graduated from the School of Music, the Institute of Civil Aviation, and the Faculty of Foreign Languages, so he had a wide choice for activities. His first profession was a transport engineer. He worked at the Magadan airport, and then as the head of the civil aviation transport department. After moving to Ukraine, he decided to change his field of activity and opened a production center. It was Ani Lorak who became the first graduate of Thalesa's "star factory". The man was married before meeting the singer, he had two children, but then he divorced, and they began to live together. Thales says that it was he who helped the girl become what she is today, raised fame to the Olympus. Of course, he understood that this could not continue for a long time. Their age difference of 18 made itself felt, Karolina wanted parties, activity and trips, and Yuri spent more and more time at his desk in his office. At some point, he realized that he needed to let her go, let her have fun herself, because she still comes home later. However, the calculation would not be correct. The girl wanted love and romance, youth should “bloom”, so she blossomed, only without him.
Yuri talks a lot about their past relationship today, and it is clear that the man still harbors a grudge against his former common-law spouse. I didn’t even want to comment on the fact that Carolina had a baby. In 2016, Yuri officially married for the second time, and today he has a little son.
Civil husband of Ani Lorak - Murat Nalchadzhioglu
In 2005, Ani Lorak, on vacation in Turkey, met a businessman. He was very gallant, surrounded the artist with attention and care, and Ani fell in love, probably for the first time in her life. She recently went through a painful breakup with her first man, Yuri, and was now completely free. At first, the common-law husband of Ani Lorak, Murat Nalchadzhioglu, lived in Turkey, while Karolina worked and toured in Ukraine. They often hovered, flew to each other for the weekend, and the couple was often seen together. All fans were looking forward to when their favorite will go down the aisle. And finally it happened! This romance was very beautiful, it lasted four years at a distance, and then the singer's lover moved to her homeland and proposed to the girl. Ani appeared in public with a gold ring with a large diamond. Their wedding was very magnificent and had more than 200 guests. The painting took place in the Kiev registry office, but the celebration was celebrated on a grand scale in Turkey. Ani, in a chic white dress, seemed to be as happy as ever. A magnificent wedding ended with fireworks. In 2011, the singer gave birth to a daughter from Murat. The couple have been happily married for ten years now, they are always together, and in 2015 they opened a joint business - a restaurant in Kyiv.
Photo by Ani Lorak before and after plastic surgery
Around famous people, simulated scandals constantly flare up. Then the journalists wrote that Ani Lorak and Murat were getting a divorce, they say, the artist does not tolerate betrayal and is filing for divorce. Ani was accused of separatism for performing in Russia, and even in Odessa they picketed her concert in a club, and recently journalists began to write that the star had an unsuccessful plastic surgery, and even provided photos of Ani Lorak before and after plastic surgery as proof. Well, the discussion of personal life and opinion is an integral part of publicity and fame. To justify Lorak, let's say that she is so open and natural that she often publishes her photos without makeup. The singer looks great at her 39 years old, and has not yet resorted to the help of correcting her appearance.
Instagram and Wikipedia Ani Lorak
The artist was twice nominated for participation in Eurovision. Ani is not only a singer, but also a model, actress, and businesswoman. She is the face of the cosmetic company Schwarzkopf & Henkel in Ukraine, represents Oriflame, and a travel company. Also, the star in 2006 opened her own restaurant in Kyiv, which is called "Angel". Among other things, Lorak is engaged in charity work and is a UN Goodwill Ambassador. Ani Lorak released albums with songs in Ukrainian, Russian and English. Each of her discs is sold out in huge numbers. More than 50 clips were filmed for Ani Lorak's songs, she sang a duet with the most famous pop representatives, and constantly participates in the charts. The artist has many awards, and fans know the lyrics of her songs by heart. Instagram and Wikipedia Ani Lorak are open to view her new fans.
Ani Lorak (Karolina Kuek) is open and frank in all areas of her life. Even her stage name is a transformed personal name of the singer, only written the other way around, and not something invented purely for the sake of harmony. It was first spoken in 1996 in the release of the Morning Star program.
Biography
Carolina was born on September 27, 1978 in the Chernivtsi region, the city of Kitsman. Domestic difficulties did not affect the character of the perky girl, who was brought up with two older brothers only by her mother, her father left them before the birth of her daughter.
With mother and brothers
The modest income of her mother, who worked at several jobs, did not give her the opportunity to feed her children and arrange a good life. Therefore, soon after moving to Chernivtsi, Karolina's mother made the difficult decision to send them to the Sadgorsk boarding school.
In the institution, the girl spent most of her time until the 7th grade. But unlike many other boarding school children, she and her brothers were at home on the weekends, periodically met with her father and received toys and sweets from him as a gift. Returning to school, Carolina always shared sweets with other children. Another article of Carolina's sweet "income" was performances at concerts and matinees, where she was constantly invited to sing.
For the first time, the girl felt recognition of her talent at the age of four, when local residents walking nearby gathered around her, singing to the accompaniment of a portable transistor. Not skimping on applause after each song, they unwittingly helped the "star" to decide on the choice of life path. Carolina decided to sing not only for her own pleasure, but also for the joy of the audience.
The first significant step towards the big stage took place in 1992, when Karolina was helped to get to the Chernivtsi festival of young talents. There were many participants, but she managed to win. "Primrose" brought her not only the first recognition on a regional scale, but also gave her an acquaintance with Yuri Thales.
The professional producer highly appreciated the potential of the winner of the festival and even signed a contract with her.
Ani Lorak won the superfinal of the Morning Star television competition, won the Tauride Games, received two international awards, earned the title of an honorary artist of Israel and performed at many small concerts.
Contest "Morning Star"
After receiving the honorary title, the singer's enthusiasm only increased. In 1999 Karolina became the Honored Artist of Ukraine. To date, her collection has more than one Golden Gramophone, dozens of awards, awards as one of the most stylish singers of our time and, of course, her own albums in Ukrainian, Russian and English. Also, the singer often has to appear for magazines, including nude ones.
At Eurovision 2008
Performance in Jurmala
"Golden Gramophone Award"
Personal life
Yuri Thalesa became for Carolina not only a mentor in the profession, but also the first great love. The first 4 years of their relationship were filled only with a passion for art. Yuri and Karolina became the actual family in 1996.
Naturally, work was in the first place in this union, so little time was allotted for real romance. It is possible that it was precisely the lack of attention as a woman that caused the break in relations in 2004. Although later, Yuri in his interviews covertly hinted at the same problem, but in relation to himself.
Life under the gun of the paparazzi is not the sweetest thing in the world. A little delayed look, how about your more than close relationship tomorrow will be trumpeted in all the media. And so it happened with the football player Sergei Rebrov. Their joint photos cannot be found, but the media wrote a lot about their relationship.
Passion has benefited the career of a lover - new songs have appeared, saturated with special energy. It is enough to listen to “Mriy pro me” and understand that this is not just a talented work.
Alas, a little later a new confession “Tell me” was born, which became another hit for fans of the singer’s talent. But, in fact, it was a recognition that disappointment in the chosen one is a very painful and offensive thing.
Ani Lorak and her husband Murat Nalchajioglu
Grievances against men simply transformed into Ani's everyday experience, but Murat Nalchajioglu, the man with whom she decided to officially link her fate, was able to change this. A handsome, stately Turk, lit a spark in her heart from the first meeting, which was not distinguished by romantic circumstances.
The media even slipped a version of a somewhat ambiguous joke released by Murat to the new hotel guest when their paths crossed. Or is it all the merit of an inaccurate translation of a phrase in a foreign language?
Anya had a half-work trip, and he held one of the management positions at the hotel where the singer was staying. For the next four years, the two met periodically, constantly kept in touch and systematically fended off the advice of relatives and friends who prophesied the fragility of the nascent relationship. On August 15, 2009, Murat and Karolina officially signed in Kyiv, arranging a festive event on this occasion in Turkey.
The most important treasure of this marriage is the angel Sophia, adored by dad and mom, born on June 9, 2011.
Ani Lorak's discharge from the maternity hospital
Ani Lorak and Philip Kirkorov
The godfather of the girl was asked to become Philip Kirkorov. Philip did an excellent job with the honorary duty during the ceremony.
With dad at christening
And since then, she has been actively involved in the life of her goddaughter, which is quite simple. After all, Philip and Carolina are friends with families, arrange joint celebrations of name days, visit each other with children on creative tours.
3rd birthday of Kirkorov's son
Sofia's birthday 4 years
Sofia 5 years old
This is what the friendship that began while working at Eurovision 2008 brought to, when Kirkorov lent his shoulder to Carolina, who participated in the competition with his song.
In this video, Ani Lorak talks about the latest events from her life:
Due to the current political situation between Russia and Ukraine, the singer works most of the time in Russia (currently she works in the Ani Lorak DIVA show), participates in charity events for children, and releases new videos.
Show DIVA
The singer once again confirmed that her work is close not only to the souls of compatriots, but also to people abroad. Her solo performances were enthusiastically received in Australia.
With husband
With husband and daughter
With mom
Ani Lorak divorced
Over time, information about the novels of Murat Nalchajioglu began to appear regularly in the press. While Lorak worked in Russia, her husband was often seen in nightclubs in Kyiv with other girls.
In the summer of 2018, video and photo confirmation of Murat's betrayal appeared in the media. The couple openly showed their feelings in one of the karaoke bars in Kyiv:
The girl was quickly figured out, she turned out to be Yana Belova, a socialite and businesswoman.
For all this time, Ani Lorak has never commented on her husband's infidelity. On February 1, 2019, they officially divorced. The meeting was closed, but it is known that neither Lorak nor Murat were present. They have not yet filed a lawsuit for the division of property and custody of their daughter. At the moment, Sofia lives with her mother in Moscow.
Ukrainian singer, TV presenter, fashion model and simply incredibly beautiful woman Ani Lorak was born in the Chernivtsi region in the fall of 1978. Her real name is Karolina Kuek.
The biography of Ani Lorak is very bright, interesting and multifaceted, it is full of many events. Carolina went through many trials before reincarnating as the famous Ani Lorak.
Childhood
As already mentioned, the real name and surname of the singer is Carolina Kuek. At the beginning of her career, the girl went on stage under her real name. However, then the artist decided to take a pseudonym. The star chose a new name for herself - Ani Lorak (from right to left it reads "Carolina"). Ani Lorak's life was quite difficult, but she managed to cope with all the hardships and fulfill her dream.
Singer Ani Lorak grew up in a small Ukrainian town called Kitsman. Her childhood was not cloudless. Parents broke up before the birth of the future star. The mother was in poverty, it was difficult for her to feed her children, although she worked twenty hours a day. Despite the fact that her father left the family, Carolina did not change her last name and continued to be Kuek.
When the girl was six years old, her mother was forced to send her children to a boarding school. Until the seventh grade, little Carolina and her brothers lived in this boarding school. The future singer had a hard time. She missed home, she missed her mother. But feelings and longing still did not break little Carolina.
As a child, she was a dreamer and a romantic person. The girl dreamed of becoming a famous singer and often imagined herself on the big stage. Then she did not yet know that all this would really be in her life.
Creative activity
From the age of four, Carolina dreamed of a career as a singer. But the conditions in which she was, did not portend anything like this in her life. The years spent in the boarding school taught the girl to think that miracles do not happen.
She was noticed by producer Yuri Thales. He immediately appreciated the vocal abilities and excellent acting abilities of the young beauty. From that moment, the creative biography of the famous Ani Lorak began. For several years, the young star studied vocals under the guidance of her producer. Music became the meaning of her life.
In 1995, the singer took part in the TV show Morning Star. After that, the girl began to gain popularity, she had her first fans. But the real success came when Carolina changed her name and took on a pseudonym. Immediately after that, the young artist won the Golden Firebird award at the Discovery of the Year competition. 1995 became a runway in the career of our heroine. The singer began to receive numerous offers to perform at festivals. Her songs were sung by millions of listeners, the number of fans increased every day.
It was in 1995 that the singer's first album was released. Ani Lorak has repeatedly won music competitions, one of which was held in New York. The girl began to recognize even outside the former USSR.
Now the beauty has as many as 5 "gold" discs and 2 "platinum". Her gold discs include such albums as:
- "There de ti e ...".
- "Dream about me."
- "Tell me."
- "Ani Lorak".
- "Dream of me."
Ani Lorak's concerts were constantly disrupted. There were a lot of negative comments about her. The singer experienced this situation very hard, which affected her work. Unfortunately, only a few stars stood up for Lorak. It was painful, because creativity should not be connected with politics in any way. However, strong feelings did not become an insurmountable obstacle for the girl, she found the strength to continue her path in music.
About love
Now the singer is 39 years old, and she looks charming. The artist has never advertised her personal life. Ani Lorak's family life has always been hidden from the public, although some facts are still known.
A few years later, in August 2009, the singer officially tied the knot with Turkish businessman Murat Nalchagioglu. Now the spouses have a happy family, they are raising their daughter Sofia together. Murat Nalchajioglu is a wonderful father and loving husband. Their daughter's godfather is Philip Kirkorov.
Today, many people have a question where Ani Lorak lives. The answer is quite simple: Ani Lorak with her husband and daughter live together in their own house. The singer is very happy. Author: Irina Angelova
Karolina Kuek was born on September 27, 1978 in Kitsman, Ukraine. Father - Miroslav Kuek, was a journalist for a local newspaper. Mother - Zhanna Linkova, worked as a radio announcer. Brothers - Sergey (from his mother's first marriage, 1968), Igor (1976) and Andrei (1985).The parents of the future star broke up before her birth. After the divorce, to provide for a family of four, Carolina's mother worked very hard. When there was not enough money even for food, the mother had to place the children in a five-day kindergarten and boarding school, and take them home on weekends.
Ani Lorak: “I was born in an incomplete family. My parents divorced before I was born. But my mother knew, of course. And supported me in this desire. She is also a creative person - she worked as a radio announcer in the city of Chernivtsi. She always lingered on the air, worked out her programs to filigree.
The quote is taken from the magazine "7 Days", No. 37 (09/12/2013)
In the seventh grade, Carolina herself went to the director of the boarding school, took the documents and transferred to a school closer to home. During her studies, the future singer began to show her first musical abilities. When she was 9 years old, her older brother Sergei died in Afghanistan.
After the death of her brother, Carolina began to study in a pop studio and participated in various song contests. In 1991, she took part in the Primrose festival in Chernivtsi, where she met producer Yuri Thalesa.
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