Victoria Tolstoganova: filmography and biography. Best films with Victoria Tolstoganova

Prostitute Tamara from Antikiller, sniper Olga from the film At Anonymous Height, fashion model Rita from the film Give Me Life - actress Victoria Tolstoganova remains beloved in any creative way. Her romantic appearance, sophistication and aristocracy can not leave anyone indifferent. Let's see how the actress went to fame and what films with her participation are by far the most popular.

Biography: Victoria Tolstoganova

The filmography of the actress is so great that there is hardly any Russian who could not enjoy her work. However, few people know that the choice of a profession was determined by a star in childhood. Victoria Tolstoganova was born in 1972 in Moscow. Grew in a very large family. In addition to the three younger sisters, step-children taken from the orphanage lived and raised in the family. The family paid great attention to introducing children to art and creative development. Her sisters studied music, and Victoria herself from school was interested in theater. For several years, the girl was engaged in a theatrical studio in the Palace of Children's Creativity. After high school, she decided to make her hobby a profession, but only in the third year of futile attempts did she manage to still fulfill her cherished dream and enter a theater university. Victoria smiled luck. At the same time, she passes competitive selection at once in two prestigious institutions: in VGIK and GITIS. Having chosen the latter, she is educated on a course from the famous theater director Leonid Kheifets.

First roles

Victoria Tolstoganova, whose filmography today has more than 50 paintings, did not immediately begin to receive good roles in the cinema. At first there were first roles in the theater. During her studies, she worked at the Stanislavsky Theater. Victoria’s first character is a girl with a rope from the play “Khlestakov”. She also played in the performances “We are starting a new life”, “Masquerade”, “Twelfth Night”, “Boris Godunov”, “Plasticine”, “Shopping & Faxing”, “The Taming of the Shrew”, “Three Sisters” and others. With the troupe The director of the play Boris Godunov, Declan Donnalan, Victoria visited the famous festival in Venezuela. In the same years, the actress plays on the stage of the Center for Drama and Director, and also performs on the stage of the Theater of Nations.

The first films with Victoria Tolstoganova

Work in the theater has never been for the actress the ultimate goal in her career. She dreamed of filming in feature films. The film debut took place in 1997 in the short film “Day Duty” based on the play by L. Petrushevskaya. Victoria herself later noted in an interview that the movie is different from the theater in that you play once in the first, and in the second you can play the same role many times. That is what fascinated the girl. Victoria Tolstoganova, whose filmography gradually began to increase, begins to go to various screenings. For example, she madly dreamed of playing the main character in V. Todorovsky’s wonderful film “The Country of the Deaf”. And she was upset when they took Chulpan Khamatova instead. However, her most stellar roles were still ahead.

On the road to fame

Since then, films with the participation of Victoria Tolstoganova increasingly began to appear in the Russian box office. Her beautiful and vibrant heroines, a high level of acting and emotionality always leave a deep mark in the soul of the audience. The actress herself loves to play serious and complex roles. Be that as it may, even the supporting heroines played by the actress did not go unnoticed by the fans. This is the wife of the deputy Vera from “Hot Saturday” (2002), and the fallen woman Tamara from “Antikiller” (2002), and the sister's friend from “Lenny Polyany” (2002), and the daughter of the banker from “Diary” Kamikaze ”(2003), and Marina from Magnetic Storms (2003), and, of course, Tasya from the Moscow Saga (2004).

Star roles

However, serious work and major movie roles came later. At this time, the theater is gradually fading into the background. Victoria begins to actively star in her favorite movie and television series. During her acting career, she played various roles. With amazing ease, she transforms from a beauty into a simpleton, from a cute romantic girl into an inveterate bitch. For example, in “The Shoemaker” she plays the role of the beautiful Alice, and in the film “At the Nameless Height” - the serious sniper Olya, an outwardly ordinary girl. The character of the heroines does not always coincide with the internal emotional state of the actress, but the amazing art of reincarnation makes the viewer believe his own eyes. The most famous films of Victoria Tolstoganova are associated with the name of N. Mikhalkov. This is "Burnt by the Sun 2: Ahead", as well as its sensational continuation "Burnt by the Sun 2: The Citadel." In both films, Victoria plays Kotov's wife Marusya (instead of Ingeborga Dapkunaite, who played this role in the first part of the trilogy). The actress successfully performs the role of the wives of famous personalities. In The Lilac Branch (2007), she is the wife of S. Rachmaninov, a Russian composer; in the film Korolev, she is the wife of the founder of Russian cosmonautics (2007).

Filming with a husband

It happened to the actress and play a movie with her own husband Andrei Kuzichev. In one of the films (May, 2007) they play lovers (senior lieutenant Eugene and his random acquaintance Vika). Spouses today are actively acting in films, and, as the actress herself notes, there is no rivalry between them.

New works

Today Tolstoganova is a very sought-after actress in Russia. On her account more than 50 roles in various films and television series. Victoria prefers feature films. She treats series with caution, few, in her opinion, deserve attention. Today, Tolstoganova continues to act very actively in domestic cinema. For the current period, several bright paintings with the participation of the actress are in production. These are the series “Boulevard Ring” (2013), “Second Wind” (2013), “Matter of Honor” (2013), “Department” (2013), “Hugging the Sky” (2013). That is, the Russian audience will be able to watch films with Victoria Tolstoganova for a long time. Despite her favorite profession, Victoria is sure that the main happiness in the life of any woman is motherhood. The actress brings up the son of Fedor and daughter Varia.

Awards

Victoria Tolstoganova, whose filmography continues to grow every year, has received many prestigious awards and prizes. This is the prize for the best debut of the Constellation festival - for the brilliant film "Hot Saturday" (2002), the 2005 award of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of culture - for the famous film "Magnetic Storms" (2005), the award for Top Beauty magazine Moscow Film Festival for the film in which she played with her husband, "May" (2007), The Hollywood Reporter magazine award for the film "Spy" (2012). Victoria is also a winner of the Golden Eagle Award for the film Spy (2012).

Filmography of Victoria Tolstoganova

The actress, having started acting in films since 1997, today has more than 50 roles in her repertoire. In 1997, the film “My First Teacher” was released, where Victoria plays a cameo role. In 2000, the Russian public was able to see Tolstoganova as a girl (Lily of the Valley silver) and Lucy (Stop on Demand). The year 2002 was marked for the actress with the images of Alice in “The Shoemaker”, Tamara in “Antikiller”, Vera in “Red Hot Saturday”, sister's friends in “Lena Polyany” and Larisa in “The Kamikaze Diary”.

In 2003, “Angel on the Roads” (Sveta), “At an Unnamed Height” (Olga), “Give Me Life” (Rita) and “Magnetic Storms” (Marina) were released. The following year, 2004, viewers were able to see Victoria in the roles of Tasi Pyzhikova (The Moscow Saga), Anna (The Whole Tomorrow), Zhenya ("Games for Girls"). The next year is marked by such images as Irina (“Escape”), Vershinin’s wife (“Male Season”). In 2007, the films “May” (Vika), “Letter” (Shura), “Lilac Branch” (Rachmaninov’s wife), “Snow Angel” (Maya), “Model Woman” (Dagni Yul), Korolev (Korolev’s wife) are released. During 2008, the paintings “Revenge” (Nina), “Invasion” (Natalia) appear. In 2009 - “Prodigal Children” (Lidia Morozova), “Maternal Instinct” (Maria Boykova). Two years later, in 2010 - several roles at once in the films and series “Family House” (Evgenia Sokolova), “Who am I?” (Oksana), “Burnt by the Sun 2: Ahead” (Marusya Kotova), as well as in the film “Capital of Sin” (Olga Valerevna). In 2011, Victoria Tolstoganova, whose filmography is rapidly approaching fifty roles in the movie, starred in the films Forest Lake (Tonya Stolyarova), Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel (Marusya Kotova), Ballad of a Bomber (Elizabeth), and also in the tape “Anna German. Echo of Love ”(young Irma). In 2012, Victoria plays roles in the films “Male Season 2: Time of Anger”, “Random Friends”, “Spy” (Petrakovich).