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Anya is a feminine given name. It is also found as a surname.

Origins and variant forms[link]

• Anya (Аня) is a Russian diminutive of Anna, derived from Hannah which means "gracious" or "bringing goodness" in the original Hebrew language.
• The spelling Anja is common in Norwegian, Danish, German, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, Slovenian, Macedonian and Serbian.
• Ania is the spelling in Polish.
• Áine is the Irish spelling of the name, pronounced Awn-iya.
• Anya in Sanskrit is either a word meaning "inexhaustibleness" or a pronoun meaning "other" or "another person" (it also has this meaning in Hindi).
• Aanya is a common spelling of this name in India.
• Anya in Hungarian means mother (other forms: édesanya, anyu, anyuka, anyuci)^{[not relevant]}.
• Inya along with 'mama' means mother in some sub-ethnic languages of the Luhya ethnic group of Kenya.
• Anya means "eye" in the Igbo language of Nigeria.

People with the given name Anya[link]

• Anya Ayoung-Chee, former Miss Trinidad and Tobago and winner of season 9 of Project Runway
• Anya Corke, Woman Grandmaster and the top female chess player in Hong Kong
• Anya Gallaccio, British artist
• Anya Hindmarch, a British fashion designer
• Anya Kamenetz, a freelance writer
• Anya Rozova, a fashion model, runner-up in America's Next Top Model under the name Anya Kop
• Anya Lahiri, a British singer
• Anya Major, an athlete, actress and model
• Anya Marina, a singer-songwriter
• Anya Monzikova, a Russian-American model on the Deal or No Deal game show
• Anya Schiffrin, an international business professor at Columbia University
• Anya Seton, author of historical romances
• Anya Taranda, an American model
• Anya Teixeira, a street photographer

People with the given name Anja[link]

• Anja Andersen, Danish Handball player
• Anja Garbarek, Norwegian musician
• Anja Plaschg, alias Soap&Skin, Austrian musician
• Anja Pärson, Swedish alpine skier
• Anja Rubik, Polish fashion model
• Anja Steinlechner, Austrian-American musician

People with the given name Ania[link]

• Ania (singer) (born 1981), Polish singer and composer
• Ania Said Chaurembo (21st century), Tanzanian politician
• Ania Walwicz (born 1951), Australian poet and prose writer
• Ania Wiśniewska (born 1977), Polish singer

Fictional characters[link]

• Anya Alstreim, a supporting character in Code Geass
• Anya Amasova, a Soviet spy played by Barbara Bach in the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me
• Anya Claus, wife of Dudley Moore's Santa in Santa Claus: The Movie
• Anya Jenkins, a thousand-year-old vengeance demon played by Emma Caulfield in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Anya MacPherson in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Anya Stroud, the dispatch girl from the science fiction video game Gears of War
• Ania Williams in the soap opera Family Affairs
• Anya, an alchemist in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
• Anya, Princess Ann played by Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday
• Anya, daughter of the Marvel Comics character Magneto
• Anya (Star Trek), a guardian in the Star Trek episode "The Dauphin"
• Anya, Princess Anastasia's alias as an orphan in the 1997 animated film Anastasia
• Anya in Negima!
• Ania, Iolaus's wife-to-be, played by Jill Sayre in Hercules and the Amazon Women
• Anya, a mission director in the game Project I.G.I.: I'm Going In and its sequel

People with the surname Anya[link]

• Ikechi Anya, a professional footballer

See also[link]

• Áine (given name), an Irish given name with the same pronunciation
• Anya (disambiguation), other meanings
• Ania (disambiguation)

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Anya Marina
Anya Marina performs at the Showbox Market on March 4, 2011 in Seattle, Washington
Background information
Origin	Ann Arbor, Michigan United States
Genres	Pop rock, alternative, indie
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, DJ, comedienne
Labels	Chop Shop
Website	Anya Marina.com

Anya Marina (Ann Arbor, September 23, 1976) is a singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon. Her music has primarily gained notice after being on a variety of television sitcoms and has been featured on prime time dramas.the ABC television drama Grey's Anatomy as well as CBS's How I Met Your Mother, MTV's The Real World, ABC's Castle, Showtime's United States of Tara, CW's Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries, and Supernatural and has a song featured on the Twilight "New Moon" soundtrack.

Early life[link]

Anya Marina Kroth was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and was raised in the Columbus area of Georgia, as the eldest of two sisters. Her parents are both University professors, who teach Psychology and Russian Literature.^{[citation needed]} Marina moved to Los Angeles as an aspiring actress. She attended classes at the British American Drama Academy, taught by Richard Dreyfuss, and Eli Wallach among others, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California, Marina also acted in television and film (in 2001, she acted in the feature film, 100 Girls). She moved back home to earn a college degree in English composition at Santa Clara University, where she continued to work in acting, musical theatre, music, improvisation and comedy, working as a DJ on KSCU, the University's radio station.

Career[link]

After graduating in 1997, Anya worked at radio station XHRM-FM in San Diego. She was first hired by Mike Halloran, initially at another studio, Y107 in Los Angeles before they both moved to Premium Radio in San Diego's North San Diego County, California. After leaving KSOQ^[when?] both disc jockeys worked at FM 94/9.

In San Diego Marina played her first open mic night and began to write her own songs. She developed a live stage act using what she learned as an actress, comic and impressionist. Her recorded debut was a five-song EP called Exercises in Racketeering, which eventually led to a full-length album, Miss Halfway, which was released January 25, 2005. Anya subsequently opened for Jason Mraz and Rhett Miller. She was named one of the "Best Unsigned" acts by the San Diego CityBeat.

The songs on Miss Halfway talk about her upbringing and ex-boyfriends. The album was produced by Scott Russo, the frontman for rockers Unwritten Law, and Peter King from The Surfers. The record eventually earned a San Diego Music Award for Best Recording. The title track also landed on Grey's Anatomy and was featured as the fifth song on the second Grey's Anatomy (soundtrack) disc along with The Fray, KT Tunstall, Gomez and Snow Patrol.

On January 20, 2009, Marina released her second album, Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II.^[1] The album was produced by Brian Karscig from Louis XIV and Britt Daniel from Spoon. The music video for the album's first single, "Move You", was directed by Scott Coffey. ^[2] On June 8, 2009 the video for "All The Same To Me", directed by Josh Forbes, premiered exclusively on Spinner.com.

Anya Marina performed songs from Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II at BETA Records TV studios in Hollywood, California. A video was posted of a personal interview and her small intimate performance of "All The Same To Me" directed by Eric MacIver and produced by Chris Honetschlaeger. (Links included in References)^[3]

In the summer of 2009, Anya was nominated for 3 San Diego Music Awards: Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (Slow and Steady Seduction: Phase II), and Song of the Year ("Move You"). On September 10, 2009, "Move You" won the award for Song of the Year, beating out fellow nominees including Jack Tempchin and Jason Mraz.^[4]

Her song "Satellite Heart" was featured on the New Moon soundtrack. "Satellite Heart" was released October 8, 2009, with the video (directed by Scott Coffey), released on November 3, 2009.^[5] Later that same month, she performed the song at multiple venues on the nationwide 'New Moon Talent Tour'. Marina co-hosted the live MySpace broadcast of the New Moon premiere. Anya was highlighted in an article by CNN.com as an artist poised on the edge of breakout success due to her involvement in the soundtrack.^[6]

Marina's cover of "Whatever You Like", originally by rapper T.I., was featured on the November 9, 2009 episode of Gossip Girl, "They Shoot Humphreys, Don't They?".^[7]

Marina has toured with Jason Mraz, Chris Isaak, Greg Laswell, Eric Hutchinson, Lissy Trullie, and Joshua Radin.

Discography[link]

• Miss Halfway (January 25, 2005)
• Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II (January 20, 2009)
• Felony Flats (March 13, 2012)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Anya Marina.com