Main points
- Hanna Borysiuk, the daughter of famous Ukrainian actors, created the sportswear brand GANZEN, giving up her acting career.
- Her business is currently not profitable, but she plans to restart it systematically.
Hanna Borysiuk, Olga Sumska / Channel 24 Collage
Hanna Borysiuk is the daughter of famous Ukrainian actors Olga Sumska and Vitaliy Borysiuk. The girl has an older sister, Antonina Paperna, whom the People's Artist of Ukraine gave birth to from Yevhen Paperny.
- 1 What does Hanna Borysiuk do?
- 2 What did she say about acting and her own business?
- 3 Is the business profitable?
- 4 Relationship with sister and personal life
Hanna is in Ukraine with her parents, but her sister has been living and working in Russia for a long time. In addition, Antonina is keeping quiet about the war. Read what is known about Sumskaya's youngest daughter in the material of Channel 24 .
What does Hanna Borysiuk do?
Hanna Borysiuk studied at the Ivan Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theater, Cinema and Television, where her parents also studied. The girl received a diploma with honors.
However, Anna refused to associate her life with acting. At the end of September 2025, she announced that she had created the sportswear brand GANZEN.
It's not about clothes, it's about me and my feelings. It's about my belief that yesterday everything was against you, but now it obeys you, lives in you with a rhythm, a new language, a new mechanics. I found my safe haven, which I've been looking for for so long. That's why I want everyone to feel safer, stronger and freer in it,
– shared Borysiuk.
Last year, on the project “Tour of the Stars,” Olga Sumska said that she helped her youngest daughter financially. The actress noted that Hanna should not return the money, and admitted that she believes in the girl's business.
I hope it will develop and its fans, connoisseurs, and customers will appear. And, perhaps, later there will be a sportswear boutique, because today sports are in fashion,
– added the People's Artist of Ukraine.
Sumska reacted normally to the fact that her daughter did not want to continue the acting dynasty. The actress emphasized that the main thing is that Hanna loves her job.
Olga Sumska with her youngest daughter / Photo from the actress's Instagram
What did she say about acting and her own business?
Anna herself said that her decision to leave the acting profession was not spontaneous.
But, to be honest, the reality turned out to be a little more complicated than I imagined. Although the transition into business itself happened organically. I just realized at some point: I need to try something different. It was a kind of challenge against the background of the events that I was experiencing at the time. I wanted to test myself in a new role, see if I could,
– she admitted in an interview with OBOZ.UA.
Borysiuk said that she received support from her mother and a friend when she opened the business. However, it was difficult to promote the brand, as there is a lot of competition.
Besides, usually there is a team behind such projects. And so far I am “both a shoemaker, a reaper, and a Greek for a bagpipe”. I do almost everything myself. Although, to be honest, sometimes it is even easier that way. It is difficult for me to delegate, to let someone into the process – I am a perfectionist,
– explained Anna.
Hanna Borysiuk / Photo from the girl's Instagram
The girl inherited her design talent from her grandmother. Vitaliy Borysiuk's mother was a clothing designer and worked all her life at the Kiev factory “Dana”. Hanna has seen fabrics and patterns since childhood.
And later, it seems to me, the genes just woke up. In essence, it's the same creativity as acting. Just a different way of expressing yourself. And now what's more important to me is not so much acting as a profession, but artistry – the ability to feel, to see details – all this can be realized not only on stage,
– Borysiuk noted.
Sumska's youngest daughter doesn't know if she will return to acting. Sometimes it seems to the girl that this profession is not hers at all, although she still acts in plays.
Anna also admitted that she wants to “move away from the status of 'daughter of famous actors'.”
Because in our realities, this is often perceived as a kind of speculation: they say, everything is clear with her. There is a constant feeling that you have to prove something. Not just to do the job, but also to convince everyone that you are not here because of your last name. And I don't want to prove anything,
– she explained.
At the same time, Borysiuk emphasized that being part of an acting dynasty is a great honor for her.
But in our family there is no such sacredness, they say, if you do not continue your profession, you betray tradition. I continue this story in my own way. Just in a different form. And, perhaps, this will sound ambitious, but I want to become the first millionaire in this dynasty,
– shared the daughter of Sumska and Borysiuk.
Hanna Borysiuk with her parents / Photo from Olga Sumska's Instagram
Is the business profitable?
Currently, the business is not profitable. Hanna Borysiuk admitted that there were practically no sales. The girl earns money through acting, and her parents also help her.
This is support for which I am grateful, but I understand that it is temporary. I plan to restart the business – for real, systematically. I do not count on a quick effect: I understand that it may take a year, two. Maybe even more. But I want to come out strong,
– the businesswoman noted.
Relationship with sister and personal life
Anna has not seen her older sister since the start of the full-scale invasion. Antonina Paperna's children are already eight and five years old. Recall that she is married to Russian actor Vladimir Yaglich, with whom she is raising a daughter, Eva, and a son, Danylo. Borysiuk sees her nephews only on video.
Who is Tonya for me? My second mother. Of course, we are friends, and you could say that, but she has always been much more to me. My mother communicates with her more often, and it is not always easy for me to share emotions at a distance – it is much easier in person,
– said Anna.
Antonina Paperna, Olga Sumska and Hanna Borysiuk / Photo from Sumska's Instagram
Borysiuk is in a relationship, but she doesn't want to share the details of her personal life right now. Her boyfriend is not an actor. The couple have been dating for six months and live together.
“Everything is very simple, modest, without pathos for us: we have just started building a life together, we are learning to be together in everyday life, in plans. At the same time, we are very similar – in values, in pace,” the girl shared.