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Aliases: 올가 쿠릴렌코 , Olha Kurylenko , オルガ・キュリレンコ , オリガ・クリレンコ , オリハ・クルィレンコ , オーリハ・コスチャントィーニウナ・クルィレーンコ , Olga Konstantinovna Kurylenko

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Berdiansk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine]

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Movie Involvements: 46

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

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).

Most Famous Work

Chief of Station
Average
6

Chief of Station

(2024) Krystyna Kowerski
Black Widow
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7

Black Widow

(2021) Antonia / Taskmaster
Quantum of Solace
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6

Quantum of Solace

(2008) Camille
Extraction 2
Average
8

Extraction 2

(2023) Mia
Oblivion
Average
7

Oblivion

(2013) Julia
Boudica
Average
6

Boudica

(2023) Boudica
Hitman
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6

Hitman

(2007) Nika Boronina
The Princess
Average
7

The Princess

(2022) Moira

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2027 Antonia / Taskmaster
2026 Taskmaster
2025 Antonia Dreykov / Taskmaster
2024 Karina
Krystyna Kowerski
2023 Boudica
Julia
Mia
2022 Kara Yusova
Ana
Self - "Opening" Guest
Moira
Vanessa Flynn
Alice Launey
2021 Self (archive footage)
Antonia / Taskmaster
Klara
2020 Rosalind
Alice
2019 Katerina Anisinova
The Courier
Kate
Reyes
Jane Andersen
2018 The Baroness
Ophelia Bhulatova
Kate
Jacqui
Anna
2017 Maria Veniaminovna Yudina
Sheila
2016 Amy
2015 Alexis Farraday
Katya
2014 Ayshe
Alice Fournier
Headmistress Kirova
2013 Julia
Marina
2012 Angela
Self / Camille Montes
Anna Brandt
Vera Evans
Anya
2011 Ildiko
2010 Mina Harud
Etain
2009 Galia
N/A
N/A
N/A
La prostituée russe
2008 Camille
Natasha
N/A
2007 Nika Boronina
Eva Pieres
Self
2006 Sofia
Self
La vampire (Quartier de la Madeleine)
2005 Iris
2003 N/A
Anastasiya
N/A
Ilona
N/A
Dr. Shaw
N/A
The Mermaid Queen
Alice
N/A
Ai Ersha
Year Character Movie/Tv

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