Olga Kurylenko

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 Olgas 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 Lannulaire 2005 by director Diane Bertrand She appeared opposite Elijah Wood in Paris je taime 2006 and as Sofia in Le serpent 2006 then costarred as Russian beauty Nika Boronina opposite Timothy Olyphant in Hitman 2007I She also appears as Mina Harud in the indy surveillancethriller Tyranny 2008 and is billed as Camille the Bond girl in Quantum of Solace 2008 a sequel to Casino Royale 2006