Viktoriya Viktorovna Tolstoganova (russian: Виктория Викторовна Толстоганова; born 24 March 1972) is a Russian film and theater actress.

Biography

Viktoriya Tolstoganova was born in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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. Born on March 24, 1972 in Moscow in the family of an engineer and an English teacher. She has three younger sisters. After graduating high school, she tried to enter theater university. In 1992, Victoria passed the selection at both

Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

(VGIK) and GITIS. Her choice fell on Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS), where she studied traditional school of Russian psychological theatre for Professor Joseph Heifits. While still a student, she was invited to the troupe of the

Moscow Art Theatre The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; russian: Московский Художественный академический театр (МХАТ), ''Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr'' (МHАТ)) was a theatre company in Moscow. It was f ...

, where she served until the mid-2000s. Tolstoganova graduated from

GITIS The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) (russian: Российский институт театрального искусства – ГИТИС) is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, ...

in 1997 and made her film debut playing a major role in the short feature film “Day Duty” directed by Roman Khrushchev.

Career

In 2003 she played the role of Marina in ''The Magnetic Storms''. In 2004 she was selected to help chose the recipients of Russia's Triumph Prize winners. In 2005 she was a member of the jury at the

27th Moscow International Film Festival The 27th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 26 July 2005. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film ''Dreaming of Space'' directed by Alexei Uchitel. Jury * Valentin Chernykh (Russia – Head of the Jury) * Nicola Pi ...

. In 2007 she played a prostitute in the film May. In 2010 she starred in the Klim Shipenko directed ''Who am I?'' playing a provincial journalist.

Personal life

In August 1996, Tolstoganova married actor Andrei Kuzichev. They have two children: daughter Varvara and son Fedor. The couple divorced in 2010 (according to other sources in 2011). On 17 May 2011 the actress gave birth to a son, Ivan. The boy’s father is theater director Alexey Agranovich.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

* 2003: Golden Eagle Award - Best Supporting Actress (''Antikiller'') – Nominee * 2003: Golden Aries Award - Best Actress (''Magnitnye buri'') – Nominee * 2004: Golden Eagle Award - Best Actress (''Magnitnye buri'') – Nominee * 2004:

Nika Award The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars. History The award was established i ...

- Best Actress (''Magnitnye buri'') – Nominee * 2013: Golden Eagle Award - Best Supporting Actress (''Shpion'') - Winner * 2016: Golden Eagle Award - Best Television Actress (''Palach'') - Winner * 2019:

The Golden Unicorn Awards The Golden Unicorn Awards are a set of awards for artistic excellence in film which recognises achievements of Russian cinematography and international film-makers creating Russian-themed films. The awards were established by Filip Perkon in 2016 in ...

- Best Actress (''Vyshe neba'') – Nominee

References

External links

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Unofficial Russian fan site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tolstoganova, Viktoriya 1972 births Living people Russian film actresses Russian stage actresses Russian television actresses Actresses from Moscow 20th-century Russian actresses 21st-century Russian actresses Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni