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  • BIRTH 14/11/1979
  • Country Ukraine
  • SHOWS 5
  • MOVIES 41

Olga Kurylenko

Olga Kurylenko was born on November 14, 1979, in Berdyansk, Ukraine, Soviet Union. Her mother, Marina Alyabysheva, divorced her father, Konstantin Kurylenko, soon after her birth. After the divorce, her mother struggled to survive as an art teacher. Young Olga Kurylenko was brought up by her mother and her grandmother, Raisa. During her youth, Olga had a humbling experience of living in poverty; she had no choice but to wear rags and had to darn the holes on her sweater. During the years in Ukraine she studied art, languages, did 7 years of musical school studying piano and went to a ballet studio until 13.

At age 13, Olga and her mother made a trip to Moscow. There she was scouted by an agent who approached her at a subway station and offered a job as a model. Initially, Olga's mother was suspicious, but eventually Olga made a good career choice and took training as a model in Moscow. By age 16, she was ready for the next step. She moved to Paris, learned French in six months, and was signed by the Madison agency. At age 18, Olga appeared on the cover of Glamour, then she graced magazine covers of Elle, Madame Figaro, Marie Claire, and Vogue, and also became the face of Lejaby lingerie, Bebe clothing, Clarins and Helena Rubinstein cosmetic companies.

In 1999, Olga married her friend, French photographer Cedric Van Mol and divorced him three and a half years later. One day Olga presented herself to an acting agency. Eventually, she swapped the catwalk for celluloid, and her acting career took off. In 2005 she made her film debut as Iris, a sensual beauty in L'annulaire (2005) by director Diane Bertrand.

She appeared opposite Elijah Wood in Paris, je t'aime (2006) and as Sofia in Le serpent (2006), then co-starred as Russian beauty Nika Boronina opposite Timothy Olyphant in Hitman (2007/I). She also appears as Mina Harud in the indy surveillance-thriller "Tyranny" (2008) and is billed as Camille, the Bond girl in Quantum of Solace (2008), a sequel to Casino Royale (2006).

Olga Kurylenko

Shows (5)

Of Money and Blood
Of Money and Blood
Julia
Treason
Treason
Kara Yerzov
Magic City
Magic City
Vera Evans
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
Self
El Hormiguero 3.0
El Hormiguero 3.0
Self

Movies (41)

Extraction 2
Extraction 2
Mia
Black Widow
Black Widow
Antonia Dreykov
Quantum of Solace
Quantum of Solace
Camille Montes
Oblivion
Oblivion
Julia
L'Intervention
L'Intervention
Jane Andersen
Dans la brume
Dans la brume
Anna
Johnny English Strikes Again
Johnny English Strikes Again
Ophelia Bhulatova
Hitman
Hitman
Nika Boronina
Chief of Station
Chief of Station
Krystyna Kowerski
Thunderbolts*
Thunderbolts*
Antonia Dreykov / Taskmaster
Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy
Headmistress Kirova
Seven Psychopaths
Seven Psychopaths
Angela
Max Payne
Max Payne
Natasha
The Death of Stalin
The Death of Stalin
Maria Veniaminovna Yudina
L'Empereur de Paris
L'Empereur de Paris
The Baroness
Momentum
Momentum
Alexis Farraday
Les Traducteurs
Les Traducteurs
Katerina Anisinova
Sentinelle
Sentinelle
Klara
The November Man
The November Man
Alice Fournier
Centurion
Centurion
Etain
The Princess
The Princess
Moira
The Room
The Room
Kate
White Elephant
White Elephant
Vanessa Flynn
The Water Diviner
The Water Diviner
Ayshe
Paris, je t'aime
Paris, je t'aime
La vampire (Quartier de la Madeleine)
Le serpent
Le serpent
Sofia
Boudica
Boudica
Boudica
To the Wonder
To the Wonder
Marina
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Jacqui
L'Annulaire
L'Annulaire
Iris
Mara
Mara
Kate
A Perfect Day
A Perfect Day
Katya
Gun Shy
Gun Shy
Sheila
La terre outragée
La terre outragée
Anya
Erased
Erased
Anna Brandt
High Heat
High Heat
Ana
The Courier
The Courier
The Courier
The Bay of Silence
The Bay of Silence
Rosalind
배니싱: 미제사건
배니싱: 미제사건
Alice Launey
La corrispondenza
La corrispondenza
Amy
There Be Dragons
There Be Dragons
Ildiko