Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko is a Ukrainian model and actress who holds French citizenship. She is best known for being the Bond girl in the 22nd James Bond film, Quantum of Solace.Olga Kurylenko was born in Berdyansk, Ukraine on November 14, 1979. Her father, Kostyantyn Kurylenko, is Ukrainian. Her mother, Marina Alyabusheva, an art teacher of Russian descent, was born in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
Olga Kurylenko eventually became interested in acting, as she began studying at a theater school during her spare time. She landed her first big screen role playing Iris in the French drama L'Annulaire. The film became a favorite at the 2005 Toronto Film Fest, and earned her the Certificate of Excellence as Best Actress at the Brooklyn International Film Festival. In 2006, Olga Kurylenko portrayed The Vampire, opposite Elijah Wood's Tourist, in the ”Quartier de la Madeleine” segment of Paris, je t'aime, and also appeared in the French-Swiss telefilm Le Porte-bonheur.
olga kurylenko in quantum of solace
Next Olga Kurylenko appeared in Suspectes, a mini-series which aired on French television during the spring of 2007. Her other credits for that year included the role of sexy seductress Sofia in the thriller Le Serpent (aka The Snake) as Nika, and opposite Timothy Olyphant's Agent 47 in Hitman, based on the video game of the same name. She also played Mina Harud in the sci-fi drama Tyranny, which was introduced as a web-series before hitting the big screen sometime in 2008.
olga kurylenko Filmography
L'Annulaire (2005)
Paris, je t'aime (2006)
Le Porte-bonheur (2006) (TV)
The Serpent (2006)
Suspectes (2007) (TV mini-series)
Hitman (2007)
Max Payne (2008)
Tyranny (2008)
Quantum of Solace - 007 (2008)