Lyubov Nikolaevna Tolkalina is a Russia

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 actress.

In 1999 she graduated from the Theatre Faculty of the National Institute of Cinematography (VGIK / ВГИКа).

From 1999 to 2003 she was an actress at the Theatre of Russian Army (Театра Российской Армии). She played Sarah in "Ivanov" by Chekhov (1999) and Desdemona in "Othello" by William Shakespeare (2000).

In 2002 she acquired greater popularity through her role in the action movie "Anti-Killer" and its sequel. She had roles in several television series. She is known outside Russia by her roles in Matroesjka's

Matroesjka's

Matroesjka's, , also known overseas under its English titles Matrioshki, Matrёshki, or Russian Dolls: Sex Trade, is a Flemish drama series about a group of women from Lithuania and Russia who are taken to Belgium by a gang involved in the sex trade to work as sex slaves...

, a television series on human trafficking, and in the tragi-comedy "I Love You " (Ya tebya lyublyu / I Love You) from 2004. In this movie by Olga Stolpovskaja and Dmitry Troitsky she played the role of Vera, a woman who is confronted with the homosexual relationship of her friend. The gay and bisexual theme of the movie caused fuss in Russia.

She is married to the Russian director Egor Konchalovsky. They have a daughter, Masha.

Filmography

• Moskva, ya lyublyu tebya! (2010)
• Kompensatsiya (2010)
• Dal'she - lubov' (2010)
• Stolitsa grekha (2009)
• Nasha Masha i Volshebnyy orekh (2009)
• Zapreshchennaya realnost (2009)
• Nevesta lyuboy tsenoy (2009)
• Uchastkovaya (2009)
• Doroga, vedushaya k schastyu (2009)
• Shalnoy angel (2008)
• Odnazhdy v provintsii (2008)
• Fotograf (2007)
• Otkroyte, ded moroz! (2007)
• Zastava (2007)
• Konservy (2007)
• Davaj poigraem! (2007)
• Kavkaz (2005)
• Pobeg (2005)
• Matroesjka's
  Matroesjka's
  Matroesjka's, , also known overseas under its English titles Matrioshki, Matrёshki, or Russian Dolls: Sex Trade, is a Flemish drama series about a group of women from Lithuania and Russia who are taken to Belgium by a gang involved in the sex trade to work as sex slaves...
  
   (2005)
• Talisman lyubvi (2005)
• Slushatel (2004)
• Ya lyublyu tebya (You I Love
  You I Love
  You I Love is a 2004 Russian comedy melodrama directed by Olga Stolpovskaja and Dmitry Troitsky. It was the first ever film to come from Russia on the subject of homosexuality or bisexuality....
  
  )(2004)
• Antikiller 2: Antiterror (2003)
• Mail Order Bride (2003)
• Liniya zashchity (2002))
• Antikiller (2002)
• Red Serpent (2002)
• Zatvornik (2000)
• Vasilisa (2000)

External links

• Tolkalina.ru Website (in Russian)
• Ya lyublyu tebya in IMDb