Bukstein was born (Аня Букштейн) as an only child in Moscow, USSR, in 1982, to a Russian Jewish family. Her parents are both doctors - her mother is a speech-language pathologist and her father is a neuro-oncologist.\n', '

She speaks Russian, Hebrew, French and English. Growing up in Moscow, she studied classical piano as a child starting at the age of 5, which she says she studied with a strict discipline common amongst children in the Soviet Union. She and her parents immigrated to Israel in the early 1990s when she was 8 years old, while her grandparents still live in Moscow. She began her acting career at age 12. However, in Israel she gave up her dream of becoming a professional concert pianist. As a teenager, she attended Telma Yalin Arts High School in Givatayim, Israel. After her high school graduation, she served for two years in the Israeli Air Force. After studying French, she then received a scholarship to study in Paris.\n', '

A classically trained pianist, Bukshtein performed many songs on piano for the musical telenovela series HaShir Shelanu. In 2013 released Bukshtein an album of songs she has written, Sunday, featuring eight songs written and composed by her. The album was produced by Johnny Goldstein, who also co-wrote the song "One Day" from it. The singles featured in the album are "One Day", "No One" and "Seven Minutes".\n', '

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