Olga Vladimirovna Volkova (russian: Ольга Владимировна Волкова; born 15 April 1939 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 ...
) is a Russian theatre and film actress. She began her career at the
Bryantsev Youth Theatre
The A. Bryantsev Youth Theatre (also spelled ''State Theater For Young Audience Named After A. A. Bryantsev'' or ''Bryantsev Young Viewers Theater''; russian: Театр Юного Зрителя имени Брянцева) is one of the first ...
in Leningrad. She appeared in more than ninety films since 1968.
Biography
Olga Volkova was born in Leningrad (modern day - St. Petersburg), in a family of actors. In 1960 she graduated from the acting studio at the Leningrad Youth Theater (workshop of Leonid Makariev).
In 1970-1976, a meeting took place at the Leningrad Comedy Theater, after which Olga moved to the Bolshoi Drama Theater, where she worked until 1996.
Selected filmography
Awards
In 1993 Volkova received the
People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...
award.
In 2002 won
Golden Eagle Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film ''The Tale of Fedot-Sagittarius'' (
Baba Yaga
In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga, also spelled Baba Jaga (from Polish), is a supernatural being (or one of a trio of sisters of the same name) who appears as a deformed and/or ferocious-looking woman. In fairy tales Baba Yaga flies around in a ...
).
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References
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Soviet film actresses
Soviet stage actresses
Russian film actresses
Russian stage actresses
Russian television actresses
1939 births
Living people
People's Artists of Russia
Honored Artists of the RSFSR
20th-century Russian actresses
21st-century Russian actresses
Actresses from Saint Petersburg
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