Anna Viktoria Castellano *19.03.1993 in Milano is an Italian-German actress.

Viktoria grew up in nothern Italy with her mother and brother. Her father was obligated to leave when she was 4 years old because of sexual and physical abuse towards her. For most of her childhood she grew up with babysitters, due to her mother being the only provider. 
 

Art was always her home and she developed advanced skills from a very young age.  

Thanks to her german grandfather, who was a well known nuclear scientist, she had the possibility to attend the private European School of Varese.
Therefore, she now speaks consequently five languages.
Her mother remarried in the meantime and a more peaceful life began for her. She could pratice horse riding, skiing and ballet.

This peace didin’t last long because family issues resurfacing when she was a teenager.
Viktoria was sent to Austria at the age of 17 to complete a Hotel and Restaurant Management apprenticeship, forcing her temporarily to say goodbye to all her passions.

Arrived in Austria, she began to work in four and five star hotels as an apprentice and attended the national college to get her gastronomical diplomas.
This lifestyle lasted for nearly four years. Thats the time she had to pause all artistic ambitions and concentrate fully on her work as a waitress and receptionist.

Once finished the apprenticeship, she immediately moved to the city of Innsbruck, quit partying, got herself her own apartment, began to work part time as a waitress in an Italian Restaurant and attended evening school to finish high school. Hence brought a more regulated schedule, which finally allowed her to gain room for acting. During those four years of evening school and work, she finally resumed her work at local theatres.

In 2015, she started as an extra for theatre summer festivals and was casted for two years straight.
In 2018, she got her first leading part in a small play and in 2019, she played the part Queen Mary Stuart in a bigger local production.
 She finished evening high school in 2020 and immediately after, she began the academic journey in Vienna to attain her acting diploma. This journey would last till 2023.

Viktoria managed to become popular in western Austria and began to work with known actors and directors. Meanwhile, she financed her acting classes and life outside of acting.

In 2023 she finally got her diploma in Vienna and began to work for the tyrolean state theatre, which was a long awaited success.

In, 2024, Viktoria and her boyfriend broke up and her contract in the state theatre would also end that same year.

Thats when, In June 2024,  she decided to move back to Italy. After 14 years, left everything behind to start a new life where she once was sent away.
That was now the moment to, despite of the heartbreak, face the demons she tried to avoid for so long and have a fresh start in her career.

She lives currently again in nothern Italy, and is working in a theatre production directed by Lia Locatelli which will be on stage in autumn 2025.