Olga Kurylenko

Olga Kurylenko

  • Birthday: 1979-11-14
  • Place of birth: Berdiansk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine]
  • Also know as: Olga Kutylenko

Biography

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).

Filmography

The Ring Finger

2005

As Iris

Land of Oblivion

2012

As Anya

Momentum

2015

As Alexis Farraday

The Translators

2019

As Katerina Anisinova

15 Minutes of War

2019

As Jane Andersen

Mara

2018

As Kate

The Room

2019

As Kate

The Courier

2019

As The Courier

Sentinelle

2021

As Klara

Jane Millen

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As

Boudica

2023

As Boudica

High Heat

2022

As Ana

Unify

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As Anastasiya

Misdirection

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As

My Sister's Bones

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As Dr. Shaw

Quantum of Solace

2008

As Camille Montes

Centurion

2010

As Etain

To the Wonder

2013

As Marina

The Water Diviner

2014

As Ayshe

Correspondence

2016

As Amy

Gun Shy

2017

As Sheila

Just a Breath Away

2018

As Anna

The Bay of Silence

2020

As Rosalind

Vanishing

2022

As Alice Launey

Hitman

2007

As Nika Boronina

Erased

2012

As Anna Brandt

The November Man

2014

As Alice Fournier

A Perfect Day

2015

As Katya

Oblivion

2013

As Julia

Johnny English Strikes Again

2018

As Ophelia Bhulatova

The Hunting

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As Ai Ersha

Bear Season

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As Ilona

White Elephant

2022

As Vanessa Flynn

The Princess

2022

As Moira

The Emperor of Paris

2018

As The Baroness

Seven Psychopaths

2012

As Angela

East of Me

2009

As La prostituée russe

The Snake

2006

As Sofia

On Location

2009

As

Thunderbolts*

2025

As Antonia Dreykov / Taskmaster

Vampire Academy

2014

As Headmistress Kirova

Black Widow

2021

As Antonia Dreykov

Max Payne

2008

As Natasha

Extraction 2

2023

As Mia

There Be Dragons

2011

As Ildiko

The Death of Stalin

2017

As Maria Veniaminovna Yudina

Paris Je T'aime

2006

As La vampire (Quartier de la Madeleine)

Being James Bond

2021

As Self (archive footage)

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