Olesya Zheleznyak
Olesya Vladimirovna Zheleznyak (Russian: Оле́ся Влади́мировна Железня́к; born November 11, 1974) is a Russian theater and film actress, TV presenter.[1] Winner of the All-Russian Theater Prize Seagull Award (2002).[2]
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| Born | Olesya Vladimirovna Zheleznyak 9 November 1974 |
| Occupation | actress |
| Years active | 2000–present |
Biography
Olesya Zheleznyak was born on November 11, 1974 in Moscow.[3]
Mother worked as a seamstress, father — a loader. There is an older sister Lyudmila.
In childhood, she studied at the choreographic studio.
In 1999 she graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (Mark Zakharov's course) and was accepted into the troupe of the Lenkom Theatre. Her first performance was The Barbarian and the Heretic.[1][4] Became popular after a successful film debut in the film Silver Lily of the Valley by Tigran Keosayan.
In 2015, the Russian duplicated the role of the Sadness in the animated film Inside Out.
Selected filmography
- Silver Lily of the Valley (2000) as Zoya Misochkina
- Balakirev the Buffoon (2002) as Dunya Burykina
- My Fair Nanny (2004—2008) as Galya Kopylova
- Love in the Big City (2009) as Pelageya
- Svaty (2010—2017) as Larisa
- 8 First Dates (2012) as Zinaida Ivanovna
- And Here's What's Happening to Me (2012) as Nastya
Personal life
Olesya is married to actor Spartak Sumchenko (born 1973).[3] Spouses have four children.[5]
References
- Олеся Железняк at the rusactors.ru
- Олеся Железняк: Важно взять зрительный зал
- Олеся Железняк: У меня нет комплекса по поводу внешности. Муж любит, и слава богу
- "Варвар и еретик". Archived from the original on 2009-06-27. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- Олеся Железняк назвала новорожденного сына Фомой