Anya Marina
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Anya Marina performs at the Showbox Market on March 4, 2011 in Seattle, Washington
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Anya Marina Kroth |
| Born | September 23, 1976 |
| Origin | Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
| Genres | Indie rock, indie pop, alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, DJ |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Labels | Chop Shop |
| Associated acts | Tristan Prettyman, Jason Mraz, Eric Hutchinson, Steve Poltz |
| Website | Anya Marina.com |
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Anya Marina (born September 23, 1976) is a singer-songwriter, based in New York City. 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 soundtrack, "New Moon".
Anya Marina was born Anya Marina Kroth in Ann Arbor, Michigan and was raised in Cupertino, California as the elder of two sisters. Her parents are both University professors, who teach Psychology and Russian Literature. She moved to Los Angeles as an aspiring actress and attended classes at the British American Drama Academy and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She has acted on television and in films (100 Girls). She returned to Cupertino to earn her degree in Writing & Linguistics at Santa Clara University, where she continued to work in the performing arts, landing small parts (a music video for Faith No More, as well as The Mr T Experience, Unsolved Mysteries and others. At university, she worked as a DJ on KSCU, the University's radio station, and was the lead singer in the popular Bay Area band (Andalusia).
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