# Viktoriya Tolstoganova

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

## Biography

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.

## 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. 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

| 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 | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Request stop | Lusya | Mini-series |
| 2003 | Give Me a Life | fashion model Rita | TV series |
| 2003 | The Angel on Roads | Sveta | TV series |
| 2004 | On The Nameless Height | Olga, a sniper | Television film |
| 2004 | Moscow Saga | Tasya Pyzhikova | TV series |
| 2006 | Storm Gate | Valya | Mini-series |
| 2008 | Revenge | Nina | TV |
| 2008 | Invasion | Natalia Nowickaya | TV |
| 2009 | Prodigal children | Lidiya Morozova | TV series |
| 2009 | Maternal instinct | Mariya Boikova | TV |
| 2010 | Family house | Evgeniya Alexeyevna Sokolova | TV series |
| 2010 | The Capital of Sin | Olga | TV series |
| 2011 | The Ballad of the bomber | Elizaveta | TV series |
| 2011 | Forest Lake | Tonya Stolyarov | TV |
| 2013 | Department | Lidiya | TV series |
| 2014 | Widow | Polina | TV series |
| 2014 | Embracing sky | Marina Lugovaya | TV series |
| 2014 | The Executioner | Raisa | TV series |
| 2015 | Investigator Tikhonov | Anastasia | TV series |
| 2017 | A Policeman's Wife | Lera Valetskaya | TV series |
| 2019 | Gold Diggers | Emma | TV series |

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