Anastasia Thompson

Anastasia V Thompson is a Russian-American Ballerina.

Thompson graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 2022. She went on to dance for Mikhailovsky Theatre until 2025. She lives in Moscow with her family and continues to model and post on social media. Her instagram account has over 50,000 followers and her TikTok has over 450,000 followers though she posts infrequently. She is a dual citizen of Russia and the United States.

Early life

Thompson was born in New York City on 25th June 2003 to Charles Thompson, an American Photographer, and Olya Thompson (née Yakovleva), a Russian retired ballerina, now a textile designer and socialite.Thanks to her mother's socialite status, Thompson and her siblings have appeared in several Vogue articles throughout their childhood. Thompson is the oldest of eight children, she has five younger sisters, Natalia, Marusya, Anna, Tatiana, Zinaida and two younger brothers, Alexander and Nikolai. She lived in Brooklyn, NYC until she was seven, when her family moved back to Moscow in 2011. They have an apartment in Red Square and a second house 'dacha' in the countryside. At ten years old, Thompson began training at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography, where she graduated in 2022.

Career

Between 2024 and 2025 whilst working at Mikhailovsky Theatre,Thompson's solo debut was Don Quixote. She also performed significant roles in performances of The Lady of the Camellias, and La Fille Mal Gardee. She revealed that she had suffered from an injury in 2022/2023, forcing her to recover at home with her family for six months. Alongside ballet, Thompson frequently models for brands like Abituworld and Axenoff Jewellery, whom the founder, Petr Axenoff, is a family friend. She has also grown a following on TikTok where she used to post lifestyle videos however since 2023, her posts have become infrequent though she remains active on Instagram. Thompson was spotted at Moscow Fashion Week in 2026.

In April 2026, Thompson started her personal dance project lavieendanse and has performed at the Petrovsky Palace and the Catherine Palace (Moscow).

Personal life

Thompson is 5"8. She listens to Lana Del Rey and loves to cook. She shares her middle name with her sisters. Titanic (1997 film) is one of her favourite films. She travels frequently, posting her journeys to Paris, Tokyo, and Rome.