Olha Sumska ( uk, Ольга В'ячеславівна Сумська, born 22 August 1966) is a Ukrainian actress of theater and cinema, television hostess, recipient of the

Shevchenko National Prize Shevchenko National Prize ( uk, Націона́льна пре́мія Украї́ни і́мені Тараса́ Шевче́нка; also ''Shevchenko Award'') is the highest state prize of Ukraine for works of culture and arts awarded since ...

in 1996 and the

People's Artist of Ukraine People's Artist of Ukraine is an honorary and the highest title awarding to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, circus, cinema, etc.). Establ ...

(2009). In 2006 she attempted to run for a mayor of

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

. Olha was born in city of

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...

in family of actors. She has an older sister

Nataliya Sumska Natalya Vyacheslavina Sumska ( uk, Наталя В'ячеславівна Сумська; born April 22, 1956) is a Ukrainian actress of theater and cinema, television hostess, recipient of the Shevchenko National Prize in 2008 and the People's Ar ...

who is also an actress. In 1987 Olha graduated the Kyiv Institute of Theatrical Arts and between 1988 and 2006 she was a stage actress of the

Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater of Russian Drama Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater (also referred to as ''Lesya Ukrainka Theater'') is a theater in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is located in a building known as Bourgogne Theatre. Founded in 1926, the theater produces many important plays of Russi ...

Recognition

* 1996 Shevchenko National Prize for television films "Entrapment" and "Crime with many unknown"Shevchenko National Prize laureates 1962–2013
Shevchenko National Prize Committee official website.

References

External links

Biography
at kino-svit.com
Biography
at the Shevchenko National Prize Committee
Olha Sumska information
at the

Central Election Commission of Ukraine The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ( uk, Центральна виборча комісія України, commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as ЦВК (''Tse-Ve-Ka''); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukrai ...

* Hrytsuk, V.
Olha Sumska: I am learning constantly
'. "Kino-teatr" (

Kyiv Mohyla Academy National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy ( NaUKMA) ( uk, Національний університет «Києво-Могилянська академія» (НаУКМА)) is a national, research university located in Kyiv, Ukraine. The ...

).
Interview of Dmytro Gordon with Hanna Opanasenko and Vyacheslav Sumsky
Bulvar Gordona. 29 March 2005.
Olha Sumska
at "Rankovyi fresh" (Pravda Tyt) * Skrypin, R.

'.

Radio Liberty Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmit ...

. 16 November 2008.
Photos of Olha Sumska
at the

UNIAN The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News ( uk, Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН, translit=Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a ...

1966 births Living people Ukrainian television presenters Ukrainian film actresses Ukrainian stage actresses 20th-century Ukrainian actresses Inter (TV channel) people 1+1 (TV channel) people Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform politicians Independent politicians in Ukraine Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University alumni Actors from Lviv Ukrainian women television presenters LGBT rights activists from Ukraine Politicians from Lviv {{Ukraine-actor-stub