Valentina Illarionovna Talyzina (Russian: Валентина Илларионовна Талызина, romanized: Valentina Illarionovna Talyzina; born 22 January 1935) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985).

Valentina's father was Illarion (Ильшат) Grigorievich Talyzin, a Russified Tatar, and her mother was Anastasia (Асылгюль) Trifonovna Talyzina.

[6] Valentina Talyzina had a minor role in the film The Irony of Fate and also dubbed over major character Nadia because her regular actress, Barbara Brylska, had an obvious Polish accent.

[7] In March 2014, Talyzina signed a letter in support of the controversial 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.

[9] In 2023, she stated her support for the infamous Russian invasion of Ukraine in an interview; during this, she also made several anti-semitic statements.