C R E A T I V E
Writer
[stage + screen]
Born in St. Petersburg Russia, Victoria has studied Economics, Cinematography, Theatre, and Translation in Russia and Greece. Victoria has lived in Sydney since 2005.
Victoria’s first play, One Scientific Mystery, was developed as part of the PWA Salon Workshop for culturally diverse writers, and was one of five scripts selected for the 2012 National Play Festival.
Victoria started VHS Productions, dedicated to producing and supporting new Australian work by culturally diverse female artists. ‘One Scientific Mystery’ continued to be staged, directed by Iain Sinclair alongside Aaron Jeffery and Dallas Bigelow at the Tap Gallery Theatre.
Currently Victoria is developing a new work with assistance from The Australian Council, Legs on the Wall and PWA - GRLZ - is a new play sparked by her real-life story and inspired by the #WeAreAllPussyRiot movement performed in English and Auslan. More info at - https://www.grlz.com.au
Victoria’s debut film role was a starring role in the Martin Scorsese feature Brides, opposite Golden Globe winner Damian Lewis. Her performance in the feature won her a Best Actress Award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
Her more recent work includes: The Secrets She Keeps (Lingo Pictures); The Tourist (HBO); The Leftovers, by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta (HBO); ABC’s Barracuda, by Christos Tsiolkas and director Robert Connolly, for which Victoria was nominated for a Logie award; the award-winning TV series The Code, and Ben Lawrence’s debut feature, Hearts and Bones.
Victoria’s stage credits include: Stuff Happens, directed by Neil Armfield; Sami in Paradise, directed by Eamon Flack for Belvoir; and the hugely successful Australian tour of Agatha Christie’s A Murder Is Announced.
Her other screen credits includes: Thirst, for director/producer Robert Carter; Blessed, for director Ana Kokkinos; Deszcz, for director Malina Mackiewicz a film shown at Toronto International Film Festival; Apricot, for Ben Briand; AFI nominee The Lovesong of Iskra Prufrock, for Lucy Gaffy; and With Heart and Soul (Greece), for Pantelis Voulgaris.
Her work in Television include the series My Place (ABC), East West 101 (SBS) Deep Water, Hyde and Seek, and many others