Newest Bond Girl: Olga Kurylenko
Olga Kurylenko, born Olga Konstantinovna Kurylenko in Ukraine last November 14, 1979, is a model and an actress who is no stranger to hardships and poverty. She was raised by her grandparents and lived in a tiny flat with her cousins, as her mother struggled to provide for her future, working as an art teacher. Yet, inspite this, Olga has managed to study piano and ballet at a very young age.
By the time Olga was thirteen, an agent has spotted her with her mother at a Moscow subway station and convinced her to become a model. And after a series of training, Olga was ready to move to Paris and signed on to a modeling agency at the age of 16. At a young age of 18 years old, Olga has, by then already made cover in various magazines like Vogue, Elle and Marie Claire. She went on to be the image model for the Bebe clothing line and cosmetic giants like Clarins and Helena Rubinstein.
In the late 90’s Olga decided to shift from modeling to acting and went to different acting agencies but it wasn’t until in 2005 when her acting career took off via the Diane Bertrand film, L’ Annulaire. As a screen siren, Olga’s beauty and mesmerizing features did not go unnoticed with the male population. She then starred in a few more films like Le Serpent and Paris, Je T’aime with Elijah Wood. Both films were released in 2006. Her first Hollywood break was via the film adaptation of the video game franchise, Hitman with Timothy Olyphant.
But her biggest break would have to be bagging the newest Bond girl tag via the latest James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace with Daniel Craig. The movie will be released in November of this year.
Watch this video of Olga talking about all her role of a lifetime and the stunts she has to do for the film:
