Viktoriya Tolstoganova

Russian film and theater actress (born 1972)

Viktoriya Viktorovna Tolstoganova (Викто́рия Ви́кторовна Толстога́нова; born 24 March 1972) is a Russian film and theater actress.

Viktoriya Tolstoganova was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. 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 (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, where she served until the mid 2000s. Tolstoganova graduated from GITIS in 1997 and made her film debut playing a major role in the short feature film “Day Duty” directed by Roman Khrushchev.

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. 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.

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.

Year Title Role Notes 1997 My First Teacher, or The Russian Stag Party episode 2002 The Moon Glades 2002 Shoemaker Alisa 2002 Antikiller Tamara 2002 The Kamikaze Diary Larisa 2003 The Ice Crusted Ground Ona 2003 The Magnetic Storms Marina 2005 Escape Irina 2005 The Man's Season: The Velvet Revolution wife Vershinina 2007 May Viktoriya 2007 The branch of lilac Natalya Satina 2007 Naturщica Dagni Yull 2007 Korolev Kseniya Vincentini wife Korolev 2010 Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus Marusia Kotova 2011 Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel Marusia Kotova 2011 Find me Natasha Kuzovlёva 2012 The Spy Iraida Petrakovich 2015 Diamond cross Anna Lanskaya 2016 Champions: Faster. Above. Stronger Svetlana Khorkina's mother 2017 Going Vertical Ksenia Garanzhina 2018 Above The Sky Mother 2019 Thunderstorm Kabanikha 2020 Far Frontiers Maria Leskova 2021 Captain Volkonogov Escaped Steiner widow 2021 The Execution Nadezhda