Date of Birth : Nov 14th 1979
Olga Kurylenko who was in her early teens was discovered by a model scout while holidaying in Moscow along with her mother. But Olga’s mother who couldn’t believe that models could be discovered just like that on the streets, questioned the model scout of ‘whether she had some hidden agenda’. Nonetheless Olga having decided not to let go this opportunity took some modeling training in Moscow. At the age of seventeen, Kurylenko flew off to Paris for a lucrative modeling career.
Kurylenko became famous worldwide the moment she bagged the role of Bond girl ‘Camille’ in a Daniel Craig starrer James Bond thriller, “Quantum of Solace” to be released in November of 2008. Besides a Bond movie, Olga is also currently busy with two of her upcoming movies which, she hopes, would bring as much fame as being the Bond girl. Olga Kurylenko besides modeling and movies has also appeared in stage plays like Ophelia in “Hamlet” in 1994-1995; as Lara in “The Governor’s Family” in 1997; as Rita in “Educating Rita” in 2001; as Dockdaisy in “The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui” in 2002; as Catherine in “Proof” in 2003.
Olga Kurylenko married French fashion photographer Cedric van Mol in 2000. The marriage after lasting four years finally ended in divorce in 2004. She later got married to Damian Gabrielle, a high profile businessman who deals in mobile phone accessories. They both parted ways in late 2007