Tanya Lialina
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Tanya Lialina (Tatyana Lyalina) was born in Dnipro, Ukraine.
In 2011, Tanya moved to Kyiv and studied Acting for Stage and Screen in the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi Theatre, Cinema and Television University.
After graduating with honors in 2015 Tanya moved to Moscow where she worked in one of the most famous Russian theaters Sovremennik from 2016 to 2022. While living in Russia, she starred in more than 20 movies and TV shows playing mostly leading roles. In 2019, she won the Best Actress award at the «Morning of the Motherland» Film Festival for her leading role in the TV series Nenaste (2018) directed by Sergey Ursulyak. She was also shortlisted for the Best Actress in Television at the 2020 Golden Eagle Awards for this role. In 2020 she starred in Groznyy (2020) by Aleksey Andrianov. Tanya also featured in the series Zona komforta (2020) from 2020 until 2022.
In 2022 Tanya left Russia. After relocating to Georgia in 2022 she played the lead role in the play "Arc de Triomphe" in Tbilisi.
Tanya has also directed several short films that have participated in international festivals and received recognition and awards. She made her directorial and screenwriting debut with the feature film Khochu domoy (2020) which won the Grand Prix of the main Russian short film festival «Koroche». In 2023 Tanya wrote and directed a short film Just a sec! (2023) winning second place at AGBO's Global Short Film Festival by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo.
As of March 2024, she is based in London.
After graduating with honors in 2015 Tanya moved to Moscow where she worked in one of the most famous Russian theaters Sovremennik from 2016 to 2022. While living in Russia, she starred in more than 20 movies and TV shows playing mostly leading roles. In 2019, she won the Best Actress award at the «Morning of the Motherland» Film Festival for her leading role in the TV series Nenaste (2018) directed by Sergey Ursulyak. She was also shortlisted for the Best Actress in Television at the 2020 Golden Eagle Awards for this role. In 2020 she starred in Groznyy (2020) by Aleksey Andrianov. Tanya also featured in the series Zona komforta (2020) from 2020 until 2022.
In 2022 Tanya left Russia. After relocating to Georgia in 2022 she played the lead role in the play "Arc de Triomphe" in Tbilisi.
Tanya has also directed several short films that have participated in international festivals and received recognition and awards. She made her directorial and screenwriting debut with the feature film Khochu domoy (2020) which won the Grand Prix of the main Russian short film festival «Koroche». In 2023 Tanya wrote and directed a short film Just a sec! (2023) winning second place at AGBO's Global Short Film Festival by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo.
As of March 2024, she is based in London.
