Olga Vladimirovna Medynich (russian: Ольга Владимировна Медынич; born 16 December 1981) is a Russian theater, parody, and film actress.

Biography

Olga Medynich was born in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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(now Saint Petersburg, Russia). Olga Medynich graduated from the

Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy The Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (russian: Российский государственный институт сценических искусств), formerly known as St Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy, formerly Leningrad State ...

in Actress Puppet Theater, the course Nikolai Naumov. She performed in the student plays ''Biography'' by

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and ''Winter's Tale'' by

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, where she performed the role of Hermione, Pauline, Loss and Time. In 2003, for the execution of clownery performance Hanger, the actress was awarded the diploma ''The Muse of St. Petersburg'', and a year later won the 2nd prize at the Moscow Variety Contest named after Brunow. After the ''Winter's Tale'' Semyon Spivak invited her into the company of the

Youth Theatre on the Fontanka The Saint Petersburg State Youth Theatre on the Fontanka (russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный Молодёжный театр на Фонтанке) is a theatre on the banks of the River Fontanka in Sain ...

, where in 2004 she made her debut in the play ''Story of Kai and Gerda''. She has been a member of the cast of the Russian sketch shows ''Women's League'' and ''

Big Difference ''Big Difference'' (russian: Большая разница, Bolshaya raznitsa) was a Russian parody TV show. Conceptually it is similar to the '' MADtv'' show or the German comedy show, ''Switch''. Created by producers Aleksandr Tsekalo and R ...

''. Medynich has also acted in several movies and TV shows.

Filmography

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'' (2008-2014, TV) *''

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'' (2011) *'' Catherine the Great'' (2015, TV) *'' Matthew Passion'' (2023)

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Biography
1981 births Living people Actresses from Saint Petersburg Russian film actresses Russian television actresses Russian stage actresses 21st-century Russian actresses Russian State Institute of Performing Arts alumni Russian women comedians Russian parodists {{Russia-actor-stub