Olga Kurylenko
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Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko (Ukrainian: Ольга Костянтинівна Куриленко; born 14 November 1979)[1][2][3][4] is an actress and former fashion model.[5][6][7] Born and raised in Ukraine, she moved to France at age 16 to pursue a modelling career. Kurylenko refocused on acting in 2004 and had her breakthrough film role in the action-thriller Hitman (2007). She gained recognition as Camille Montes in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace (2008).
Kurylenko has also starred in Terrence Malick's To the Wonder (2012), Martin McDonagh's dark comedy Seven Psychopaths (2012), the science fiction film Oblivion (2013), Armando Iannucci's political satire The Death of Stalin (2017), Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018), the Netflix miniseries Treason (2022), and the action film Extraction 2 (2023).
Early life
Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko was born on 14 November 1979 in
Kurylenko's parents divorced when she was three and she was raised by her single mother. She rarely had contact with her father, meeting him for the first time after the split when she was eight and later when she was thirteen.[9][10]
Career
Kurylenko moved to Moscow at age 15. At age 16, she moved to Paris.[7] In 1996, Kurylenko signed a contract with the Paris-based Madison modelling agency where she met her publicist Valérie Rosen.[11] The following year, by the age of 18, she had appeared on the covers of Vogue and Elle magazines.[12] While working as a model in Paris, Kurylenko supported her mother in Ukraine.[6]
She also appeared on the covers of
In 1998, she features in the music video of French Raï style singer Faudel called "Tellement Je T'aime".
One of her first acting appearances was in
Kurylenko quit modelling in 2006, after over ten years of working in the industry and moved on to acting.[17]
In 2007, she starred in Hitman alongside Timothy Olyphant. She had a minor role in Max Payne as Natasha.
She played
She was featured on the cover of the December 2008 issue of the US edition of
Kurylenko appeared in
In 2017, she appeared in
In 2021, she starred in the action thriller film
Personal life
Kurylenko acquired
Kurylenko and her former partner,[39] English actor and writer Max Benitz, have one son who was born in October 2015.[40]
On 24 February 2022, during the
Filmography
Film
Television
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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2001 | Largo Winch | Carole | TV series (1 Episode : "Contessa Vanessa") | |
2006 | Le porte-bonheur | Sophia | Laurent Dussaux | TV movie |
2007 | Suspectes | Eva Pirès | TV miniseries (7 episodes) | |
2010 | Tyranny | Mina Harud | John Beck Hofmann | TV series (5 episodes); also writer |
2012–13 | Magic City | Vera Evans | Mainly Ed Bianchi Simon Cellan Jones |
TV series (16 episodes) |
2014 | Mission Control | NASA broadcasting news | Will Ferrell | Episode 13: Go Home |
2020 | Wonderland, the girl from the shore | Alice | Hervé Hadmar | 6 episodes |
2022 | Treason | Kara Yusova | TV miniseries (5 episodes) | |
2023 | Of Money and Blood | Julia | Xavier Giannoli and Frederic Planchon | TV miniseries |
Video game
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | 007: Quantum of Solace | Camille Montes (voice) |
Awards and nominations
Year | Awards | Category | Recipient | Outcome |
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2005 | Brooklyn International Film Festival
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Best Actress | The Ring Finger | Won |
2008 | Saturn Award
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Best Supporting Actress | Quantum of Solace | Nominated |
2009 | Empire Awards | Best Actress | Quantum of Solace | Nominated |
2012 | Boston Society of Film Critics Award
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Best Cast | Seven Psychopaths | Won |
2012 | San Diego Film Critics Society Award
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Best Performance by an Ensemble | Seven Psychopaths | Nominated |
Notes
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The French capital has been the actress's home for 12 years, since she left Ukraine as a 16-year-old modeling hopeful in 1996.
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Praying for Ukraine and the safety of its people
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External links
- Olga Kurylenko on Facebook
- Olga Kurylenko on Twitter
- Olga Kurylenko at IMDb
- Olga Kurylenko at AllMovie
- Olga Kurylenko at Fashion Model Directory