Years active 2000–present | Name Olga Lezhneva | |
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Full Name Olga Nikolaevna Lezhneva Born 6 May 1983 (age 41) ( 1983-05-06 ) Kharkov, Ukrainian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
Olga Lezhneva/Ольга Лежнева/Сахар Сердце напополам
Olga Lezhneva (Ukrainian: Лежньова Ольга Миколаївна, Russian: Ольга Николаевна Лежнёва, born 6 May 1983) is a Ukrainian film, and television actress.
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Biography
Olga Lezhneva was born on 6 May 1983 in Kharkiv, Ukraine (Ukrainian SSR), to factory workers Russian father and Ukrainian mother. In 2006, she moved with her family to the Capital of Ukraine, Kiev. She moved to New York City, USA in 2014.
Education
She attended high school in Kharkiv, Ukraine. She studied drama at Kharkiv National Kotlyarevsky University of Arts.
Career
In 2000 she was a presenter on the TV-Channel "Tonis". Then she starred in Ukrainian comedy TV- Shows "The Office" (2005) and "Jokes on Target" (2006), which aired on the TV-Cannel "Simon".
Olga Lezhneva subsequently appeared in supporting roles in Ukrainian-Russian films "Antisniper" (2007)" and "The Rules of Hijacking" (2008). She starred in the film "Like hell!" (2008). She made a guest appeared as Sasha in "The Taxi-2" and played the role of a sexy conductor in the Ukrainian comedy "1+1 at home" (2013).
She became known for the starring role of Beatrice in the Ukrainian TV-Series "House arrest" (2010) and for the role of Ludochka in the Russian comedy "What Men Talk About" (2010). She was featured in the TV show "The Affair" (2014) and "Return to Montauk" (2016).