Olga Kuryleno Biography:
Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko was born on November 14, 1979 in Berdyansk, Ukraine. While vacationing in Moscow, at the age of 15 she was discovered by a scout. Young Olga, wasn't raised in the best of situations since she hardly got to experience what a normal family feels like, since her mother divored her father not too long after she was born. Being raised by her grandmother alongside her aunt, uncle, grandparents and cousin. You would never know that this beautiful girl was living in poverty.
Cinderella got her break when she was approached by a scout in Moscow who offered her a job as a model. From then, she took training as a model in Moscow. She also studied art, languages and took piano and dance lessons. She then wanted to grow her opportunities at the age of 16, moved to paris, learned french and for signed to the Madison agency.
By the age of 18, she was seen 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.
By 1999, she got married to a French photographer Cedric van Mol, but they divorced two years later. As she was able to travel further around the world at this point with her passport, she presented herself to an acting agency, which opened great doors for her.
In 2005 she made her film debut as Iris, a sensual beauty in "L'Annulaire", by director Diane Bertrand. She then in 2006 appeared in opposite Elijah Wood in Paris, je t'aime and as Sofia in "Le Serpent". Then co-starred as Russian beauty Nika Boronina opposite Timothy Olyphant in Hitman n 2007. She also appears as Mina Harud in the indy surveillance-thriller Tyranny in the following year. That same year, as Camille, the Bond girl in Quantum of Solace, a sequel to Casino Royale.
As you can tell, Olga is not wasting any time and getting right down to business. Her resume will be full of more accomplished roles in no time!
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