Olga Lezhneva ''(Olga Levit)'' ( uk, Лежньова Ольга Миколаївна, russian: Ольга Николаевна Лежнёва, born 6 May 1983) is a Ukrainian film, and television

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Biography

Olga Lezhneva ''(Olga Levit)'' was born on 6 May 1983 in

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), to factory workers Russian father and Ukrainian mother. In 2006, she moved with her family to the Capital of

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. She moved to

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in 2014.

Education

* 2000-2006

Kharkiv National Kotlyarevsky University of Arts Kharkiv National University of Arts named after I. P. Kotlyarevsky (or Kharkiv Conservatory or Kharkiv National I. P. Kotlyarevsky University of Arts) is the leading music and drama institution of higher education in Ukraine. The university train ...

. Theatre Faculty. Performing skills Department. * 2007-2011 Kyiv International University. Institute of Linguistics and Psychology. Psychology Department.

Career

In 2000, at the age of 16, she worked as a talk show host on the TV-Channel " Tonis". She then starred in Ukrainian sketch shows "The Office" (2005) and "Jokes on Target" (2006), which aired on the TV-Cannel "Simon". Olga 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 guest appearance in "The Taxi-2"The Taxi-2" - Ukrainian comedy TV-Series (2012)." and played the role of a sexy conductor in the Ukrainian comedy "1+1 at home" (2013). She became known for portraying ''Beatrice'' on the Ukrainian television sitcom " House arrest" (2010) for two seasons and for the role of ''Ludochka'' in the Russian comedy " What Men Talk About" (2010). She appeared on the TV show "The Affair" (2014) and "Return to Montauk" (2016).

Theatre

* 2006 — «

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» by

Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...

— ''Adela'' * 2006 — «The Orchestra» by

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— ''Leon'' * 2006 — «The Team» by Semyon Zlotnikov — ''Nadia Hollywood''

Filmography

External links

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Olga Lezhneva. Encyclopedia of Film and TV

KinoPoisk.ru Olga Lezhneva

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References

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