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).
Hitman
(Nika Boronina)
Paris Je T'aime
(La vampire (Quartier de la Madeleine))
Quantum of Solace
(Camille)
Unify
(Anastasiya)
Centurion
(Etain)
Chief of Station
(Krystyna Kowerski)
Max Payne
(Natasha)
To the Wonder
(Marina)
The Assassin Next Door
(Galia)
There Be Dragons
(Ildiko)
Extraction 2
(Mia)
The Ring Finger
(Iris)
Oblivion
(Julia)
Seven Psychopaths
(Angela)
Erased
(Anna Brandt)
Land of Oblivion
(Anya)
Misdirection
(Sara Black)
Vampire Academy
(Headmistress Kirova)
The Princess
(Moira)
Boudica
(Boudica)
The November Man
(Alice Fournier)
The Water Diviner
(Ayshe)
Being James Bond
(Self (archive footage))
High Heat
(Ana)
My Sister's Bones
(Dr. Shaw)
Thunderbolts*
(Antonia Dreykov / Taskmaster)
A Perfect Day
(Katya)
Momentum
(Alexis Farraday)
Paradox Effect
(Karina)
The Snake
(Sofia)
East of Me
(La prostituée russe)
Correspondence
(Amy)
Afterburn
The Death of Stalin
(Maria Veniaminovna Yudina)
Empires of the Deep
(The Mermaid Queen)
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
(Jacqui)
O.T.H.E.R
(Alice)
Avengers: Doomsday
(Taskmaster)
Avengers: Secret Wars
(Antonia / Taskmaster)
Gun Shy
(Sheila)
Just a Breath Away
(Anna)
The Translators
(Katerina Anisinova)
The Emperor of Paris
(The Baroness)
15 Minutes of War
(Jane Andersen)
Johnny English Strikes Again
(Ophelia Bhulatova)
Mara
(Kate)
The Room
(Kate)
The Courier
(The Courier)
The Bay of Silence
(Rosalind)
Vanishing
(Alice Launey)
The Hunting
(Ai Ersha)
Sentinelle
(Klara)
Jane Millen
Everything You Didn't Say
(Reyes)
Black Widow
(Antonia / Taskmaster)
Bond on Location
(Self / Camille Montes)
Olga Kurylenko and the Boat Chase
Director Marc Forster
On Location
Bear Season
(Ilona)
White Elephant
(Vanessa Flynn)
Autoscopie
Turbulence
(Emmy)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Magic City
(Vera Evans)
El hormiguero
(Self)
Projectorparishilton
Treason
(Kara Yusova)
Mostra, Venise
(Self - "Opening" Guest)
Shafted
Suspectes
(Eva Pieres)
Of Money and Blood
(Julia)
Tyranny
(Mina Harud)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Wonderland
(Alice)