Yana Aleksandrovna Troyanova (Russian: Яна Александровна Троянова; born 12 February 1973) is a Russian theater and film actress, director. Her notable works include Living, Wolfy and Kokoko. She directed the short film Ryadom.

Biography

Yana Mokritskaya was born in posyolok Lechebnyy[ru] Sverdlovsk Oblast. Before studying at the Ekaterinburg Theater Institute[ru] in the Anisimov studio, she studied at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Ural State University. In her second year at the theater institute, she went to work at the Small Drama Theater "Teatron"[ru]. In 2005-2006 Troyanova worked at the Kolyada Theater[ru].

In 2009 at Kinotavr she won the Best Actress for the movie Wolfy by Sigarev. She was also nominated at White Elephant and Asia Pacific Screen Awards for this role.

In 2012 at Kinotavr she won Best Actress for the movie Kokoko by Dunya Smirnova.

Troyanova made her directorial debut in 2014 at Kinotavr in Short Movie category with her movie Ryadom.

Personal life

Troyanova was married twice. Her son from the first marriage died in 2011.

From 2003 to 2020, she was married to the playwright and film director Vasily Sigarev.

Filmography

YearTitleOriginal titleRoleNotes
2007Sakhar (based on the poem by Paul Eluard)Russian: "Сахар"main roleshort film
2009WolfyRussian: "Волчок"Mother
2012LivingRussian: "Жить"Grishka
2012A hundred ways to win at KinotavrRussian: "Сто способов победить на Кинотавре"Yana Troyanovashort film
2012KokokoRussian: "Кококо"Vika
2012Celestial Wives of the Meadow MariRussian: "Небесные жёны луговых мари"Orika
2015The Land of OzRussian: "Страна ОЗ"Lenka
2015RoosterRussian: "Петух"the Registrarshort film
2016KorotcheRussian: "Короче"main role
2016OlgaRussian: "Ольга"Olgatelevision series
2017Z"Z"Lerashort film

See also

References and notes

External links

  • at IMDb
  • at Ruskino.ru (in Russian)
  • . Yana Troyanova (in Russian). 2016-03-30. Event occurs at 11:32. Channel One Russia.