Line #10 Creator/OlgaKurylenko


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3	Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko (born November 14, 1979 in Berdyansk, then [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Ukrainian SSR]], nowadays Russian-occupied UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}}) is a Ukrainian-[=French=] actress and model.
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5	She was discovered by a scout on the UsefulNotes/MoscowMetro while on holiday with her mother and subsequently became a successful model in France, where she took citizenship. She was noticed as an actress with roles such as Nika Boronina in the movie adaptation of the video game ''Film/{{Hitman}}'' (2007), and as Camille Montes, who has made it her life's mission to [[ItsPersonal avenge the death of her family]] in the 22nd Film/JamesBond film, ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' (2008). She's had a steady output of supporting roles and some leading roles ever since.
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7	She is noted for her ability to act in English, [[EverythingsSexierInFrench French]] and Russian, and for taking on many ActionGirl and DarkActionGirl roles.
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9	Kurylenko has been married and divorced twice, with one son by her former partner, British actor Max Benitz.
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11	[[folder:Selective Filmography:]]
12	* ''Film/ParisJeTAime'' (2006) as the Vampiress
13	* ''Film/{{Hitman}}'' (2007) as Nika Boronina
14	* ''Film/MaxPayne'' (2008) as Natasha
15	* ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' (2008) as Camille Montes
16	* ''Film/{{Centurion}}'' (2010) as Etain
17	* ''Film/SevenPsychopaths'' (2012) as Angela
18	* ''Magic City'' (2012-2013 series) as Vera Evans
19	* ''Film/ToTheWonder'' (2013) as Marina
20	* ''Film/{{Oblivion\|2013}}'' (2013) as Julia Harper
21	* ''Film/TheNovemberMan'' (2014) as Alice Fournier
22	* ''Literature/VampireAcademy'' (TheFilmOfTheBook, 2014) as Headmistress Kirova
23	* ''Film/TheWaterDiviner'' (2014) as Ayshe
24	* ''Film/{{Momentum\|2015}}'' (2015) as Alexis Faraday
25	* ''Film/TheDeathOfStalin'' (2017) as Maria Veniaminovna Yudina
26	* ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote'' (2018) as Jacqui
27	* ''Film/JohnnyEnglishStrikesAgain'' (2018) as Ophelia Bhuletova
28	* ''Film/TheEmperorOfParis'' (2018) as the Baroness of Giverny
29	* ''Film/{{The Courier\|2019}}'' (2019) as the Courier
30	* ''Film/{{The Room\|2019}}'' (2019) as Kate
31	* ''The Translators'' (2020) as Katerina Anisinova
32	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' as Antonia Dreykov/Taskmaster
33	** ''Film/{{Black Widow\|2021}}'' (2021)
34	** ''Thunderbolts'' (2025)
35	* ''Film/{{The Princess\|2022}}'' (2022) as Moira
36	* ''Film/Extraction2'' (2023) as Mia
37	* ''Boudica: Queen of War'' (2023) as UsefulNotes/{{Boudica}}
38	* ''Chief of Station'' (2024)
39	* ''Misdirection'' (2024)
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42	!!Tropes related to her works:
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44	* ActionGirl: Plays one in ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', ''Film/{{Momentum\|2015}}'', ''Kirot'', ''{{Film/Centurion}}'' and sees some action in ''Film/{{Oblivion\|2013}}''. She also plays one in ''Film/BlackWidow2021'' [[spoiler:as TheDragon no less]]. There's also the ancient British Iceni queen UsefulNotes/{{Boudica}}.
45	* AgonizingStomachWound: Has had this happen in at least four different movies (namely in [[spoiler: ''Kirot'', ''Centurion'', ''Erased'', and ''Seven Psychopaths'']]) and that's only including the times where she dies...
46	* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Has a tendency to play composed, distant or downright aloof characters.
47	* AdvertisedExtra: Appears in the trailers and on the poster for ''Seven Psychopaths'', even though she only has about five minutes of screentime.
48	* BeautyInversion: In ''Film/BlackWidow2021''. [[spoiler:She had artificial burns placed over the right side of her face, to indicate her character barely survived being caught in the explosion of a bomb.]]
49	* ChronicallyKilledActor: Between 2007 and 2013, most of her roles involved FanService and death - although in ''Film/{{Hitman}}'' she only dies in an alternate ending - highlighted by how ''Film/SevenPsychopaths'' has her spending her ten minutes of screentime having sex and getting killed. After a few years avoiding it, in 2018 she added two more deaths in ''Mara'' and ''Just a Breath Away'' (though she doesn't die in ''Film/TheEmperorOfParis'').
50	* DyeingForYourArt: Had her waist-length locks chopped down to a bob for ''Film/{{Hitman}}'' and dyed her hair a few shades lighter for ''To the Wonder''.
51	* EverythingsSexierInFrench: Is a French citizen and speaks as well as acts in the language.
52	* FakeNationality:
53	** She played the Pictish Scot Etain in ''Film/{{Centurion}}''
54	** She has portrayed Americans in ''Film/SevenPsychopaths'', ''Film/Momentum2015'' and ''Magic City''.
55	** She was a Bolivian in ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''.
56	** She also portrayed the Russian Antonia Dreykov/[[spoiler:Taskmaster]] in ''Black Widow'' (though she does have Russian ancestry).
57	** She was a Georgian in ''Film/Extraction2''
58	* MsFanservice: She tends to take off her clothes quite a bit.
59	* SensualSlavs: Being a model from Ukraine (and having some Russian ancestry) helps.
60	** She played a Russian HookerWithAHeartOfGold in ''Film/{{Hitman}}'' and the FemmeFatale she plays in ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' had a Russian mother, most notably.
61	** In ''Film/TheDeathOfStalin'' she's the only cast member who's a Slav (the rest of the cast is Britons and Americans playing Russians) and former Soviet citizen at that, and she's one of only two cast members who doesn't look like a troll (the other being Creator/JasonIsaacs as Zhukov).
62	* StatuesqueStunner: She's 5'9 (175cm).
63	* {{Vampires Are Sex God\|s}}desses: Portrayed a very sexy vampiress in ''Film/ParisJeTAime'' and the people behind ''Film/VampireAcademy'' are going for the younger and sexier route for her version of Headmistress Ellen Kirova.
64	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: She was in the top three contenders to play Franchise/WonderWoman in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse circa 2013 but ultimately lost out to Creator/GalGadot.

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