Ask most people to name a Bond girl from the Daniel Craig era and the conversation usually lands on one actress: Olga Kurylenko. This profile sorts the verified record from the guesswork across her biography — birthplace, languages, residence — one quick question at a time.
Born: 14 November 1979 ·
Birthplace: Berdyansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine ·
Nationality: Ukrainian-French ·
Occupation: Actress and model ·
Known for: Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig ·
Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, French, English (reported)
Quick snapshot
- Publicly described as Ukrainian-born and French (Russian Wikipedia (reference encyclopedia))
- Worked internationally as a model before becoming an actress (Rotten Tomatoes (critic review aggregator))
- Exact current residence
- Current marital status
- Precise net worth
- Officially confirmed height, weight, and full language list
- Discovered by a female modeling scout in Moscow at 13; CineNews’ record lists Seal’s 2003 music video “Love’s Divine” as her first reported screen work (CineNews (Belgian film database))
- First feature-film role per Union Films’ catalogue: Iris in L’Annulaire (2005) (Union Films (independent film distributor))
- The signal: a teenage discovery who became a Bond leading lady (CineNews (Belgian film database))
- Watch for verified interviews on residence, relationships, and languages — not tabloid summaries
- No official net-worth statement exists; film databases remain the best career tracker
The pattern: the stable core is in the filmography; the gaps are in personal details.
Eight identifiers, one pattern: the core biography is stable across records, while anything touching money, family, or home stays vague.
| Category | Recorded detail |
|---|---|
| Full name | Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko |
| Date of birth | 14 November 1979 |
| Place of birth | Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian-French (Russian Wikipedia (reference encyclopedia)) |
| Occupation | Actress and model |
| Known for | Bond girl in Quantum of Solace (2008) |
| First feature film | Iris in L’Annulaire (2005) |
| Television credit | Vera Evans in Magic City (2012–2013) |
What ethnicity is Olga Kurylenko?
Ethnicity and nationality blur constantly in search results. For Kurylenko, the documented facts are simple; the comment-section arguments are not.
Where was Olga Kurylenko born?
- Recorded birth: According to Wikipedia’s reference entry, she was born Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko on 14 November 1979 in Berdyansk, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union — the city now sits in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine (Wikipedia (reference encyclopedia))
The “Soviet Union” part is a historical marker, not a contradiction: at her birth, Ukraine was a Soviet republic rather than an independent state, which is why records alternate between “born in the USSR” and “born in Ukraine.”
What is Olga Kurylenko’s nationality?
- Reference descriptor: Russian Wikipedia’s reference entry uses the phrasing “Ukrainian-born and French” (Russian Wikipedia (reference encyclopedia))
- Common shorthand: “Ukrainian-French actress and model” — a useful label, not a legal definition.
What the record firmly supports is a Ukrainian birthplace and a French chapter in her life and career. Anything beyond that, including claims about deeper ancestry, is inference rather than documentation — treat it that way.
What languages does Olga Kurylenko speak?
The honest answer: a complete, verified language list does not exist in the records reviewed here.
What languages does Olga Kurylenko use in interviews?
- Visible in her filmography: French-language work from her debut feature L’Annulaire onward (Union Films (independent film distributor)), alongside English-language productions from the Bond era onward.
- Reported in profiles: Russian, Ukrainian, French, and English — repeated so often online that it reads as official, but no primary statement confirms the full list.
A language list copied across fan pages gains authority with every repost. The verified slice here is French- and English-language screen work; the rest is reported.
Context matters more than grammar in interviews: she has worked in French cinema for two decades and in Hollywood productions for nearly as long, so on-screen fluency in both languages is visible in the work itself.
The trade-off: audiences hear “four languages” and assume native-level range, while the record shows two working film languages and a reported personal list. That is a meaningful difference.
How old is Olga Kurylenko now?
Age is the one Kurylenko statistic with a paper trail.
How tall is Olga Kurylenko?
- Not confirmed: talent databases list figures that vary, and no official measurement has been published.
How much does Olga Kurylenko weigh?
- Not confirmed: same situation — no authoritative figure is on the record.
Born on 14 November 1979 (Wikipedia (reference encyclopedia)), Kurylenko is 46 as of 2026 — a calendar calculation, not a database guess.
Why this matters: two of her most-searched physical stats are effectively unverified, while her age is the number you can check against a timeline.
Where is Olga Kurylenko living now?
The short answer: the public record does not confirm a current city.
Does Olga Kurylenko live in France or Ukraine?
- Documented link to France: reference records describe her as French-linked and Ukrainian-born, and her early screen career moved through French-language production.
- Documented link to Ukraine: her birthplace and early years, before her career moved West.
- Not documented: a permanent address or a current home city.
Social-media posts and fan sightings circulate, but none meets the bar of a primary confirmation. Profiles describe a career, not a mailbox.
The implication: a celebrity’s “home” is often assumed rather than verified. Until Kurylenko states her base in a verifiable interview, this question stays open.
Is Olga Kurylenko married now?
Relationship status is where verified biography ends and recycled rumor begins.
How many children does Olga Kurylenko have?
- Reported: one son, Alexander, reportedly born in 2015; the detail appears in entertainment coverage, but not in a primary statement from Kurylenko that was part of the records reviewed.
- Not documented: the identity or marital status of a current partner.
Past relationships and marriages appear across profiles with varying dates and names, but the pattern is consistent: none of these summaries cites a primary document.
The catch: any answer to “who is she married to” is only as good as the latest tabloid update. Treat marital status as unconfirmed until Kurylenko addresses it directly.
What is Olga Kurylenko’s net worth?
Net-worth searches for Kurylenko return confident numbers with no financial trail behind them.
Is Olga Kurylenko rich?
- Status: no official net-worth figure exists; celebrity wealth databases label their numbers as estimates.
- Documented income streams: modeling contracts and acting roles, from French independent films to studio franchise films.
A precise dollar figure for Kurylenko is a sign of modeling, not reporting. Her career spans small French productions and major studio films — too wide a range for a credible single number.
The “rich” question is subjective. A two-decade career with franchise roles implies comfortable means, but comfort is not a figure, and no financial record backs the numbers circulating online.
The trade-off: readers want a clean answer, and the honest one is messier — verified career, unverified fortune.
What movies has Olga Kurylenko been in?
Her filmography reads like a map of a model-turned-actress who chose range over repetition.
- First feature: Iris in the French film L’Annulaire (2005) (Union Films (independent film distributor))
- Bond breakthrough: Nika Boronina in Hitman (2007), then Camille Montes opposite Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace (2008), the 22nd James Bond film (CineNews (Belgian film database))
- Another 2008 credit: Max Payne (Rotten Tomatoes (critic review aggregator))
After Bond, the range widened: science fiction in Oblivion (2013), a recurring television role as Vera Evans in Magic City (2012–2013), and a busy 2014 with Vampire Academy, The November Man, and The Water Diviner. The wider record also includes The Correspondence (2016) opposite Jeremy Irons, Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder, and the action thriller Erased — Oblivion, Magic City, the 2014 slate, and the later releases are all documented in her filmography record at BookMyShow (ticketing and film database).
Who was the famous Olga?
- In current searches: “the famous Olga” is Olga Kurylenko — the Bond-era actress and model — not a different historical or public figure of the same name.
- Why the question exists: the name “Olga” is shared by many public figures; her 2008 Bond credit is the usual tiebreaker.
If someone asks “which Olga?”, the Bond film settles it. Quantum of Solace is the reference point that separates Kurylenko from every other Olga in search results.
What her filmography shows is an actress whose breakout role was large but not limiting: after 2008, she kept moving between action, indie drama, and television, which is why “Bond girl” works as a starting point rather than a summary.
The pattern: a Bond breakout that didn’t limit her range.
Career timeline
Four milestones capture the arc from Soviet-era birth to international stardom.
- 14 November 1979 — Born in Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine). (Wikipedia (reference encyclopedia))
- 2008 — Played Camille Montes opposite Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace (CineNews (Belgian film database))
- 2013 — Starred in Oblivion (BookMyShow (ticketing and film database))
- 2016 — Appeared in The Correspondence, opposite Jeremy Irons (BookMyShow (ticketing and film database))
The pattern in the dates: a fast rise from French debut to Bond in three years, then a longer, steadier international career.
What’s confirmed vs. what’s still unclear
Confirmed facts
- Born 14 November 1979 in Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR (Wikipedia (reference encyclopedia))
- Described by reference records as Ukrainian-born and French (Russian Wikipedia (reference encyclopedia))
- First feature-film role: Iris in L’Annulaire (2005) (Union Films (independent film distributor))
- Worked as an international model before acting (Rotten Tomatoes (critic review aggregator))
What’s unclear
- Exact current residence
- Current marital status
- Precise net worth
- Officially confirmed height and weight
- Full verified language list
- Family details beyond what media coverage reports
- Whether any “home city” label reflects a permanent address
The implication: readers should trust the filmography and treat personal details as unconfirmed.
What the record says
Discovered by a modeling scout in Moscow at 13, Kurylenko moved from her first reported screen work — Seal’s 2003 music video “Love’s Divine” — to the Bond franchise by 2008.
CineNews — Belgian film database
Kurylenko began working internationally as a model before becoming an actress, a path visible across her filmography and review profiles.
Rotten Tomatoes (critic review aggregator)
Reference entries place her birth on 14 November 1979 in Berdyansk, in the Ukrainian SSR, and describe her as Ukrainian-born and French.
Wikipedia — reference encyclopedia
Three years separated her French-language debut from the Bond franchise; the decade after that was a deliberate spread across action, science fiction, and television. What remains unresolved — residence, marital status, net worth, physical stats — stays unresolved because no primary source has stepped forward. For anyone profiling Kurylenko, the editorial line is clear: anchor every date and title to the filmography and birth record, or the tabloid estimates will write the story for you.
Frequently asked questions
How did Olga Kurylenko get discovered as a model?
CineNews’ filmography record says she was discovered in Moscow at 13 by a female modeling scout, and Rotten Tomatoes’ profile notes that she then worked internationally as a model before acting.
What was Olga Kurylenko’s first major film role?
Her first feature-film role was Iris in the French film L’Annulaire (2005); the role that made her a global name was Camille Montes in Quantum of Solace (2008).
Is Olga Kurylenko active on Instagram?
No official or verified account was documented in the sources reviewed for this profile; treat accounts found under her name as unofficial until she confirms one.
Does Olga Kurylenko have French citizenship?
Reference records describe her as Ukrainian-born and French. The precise legal status is not documented in the sources reviewed here.
How old was Olga Kurylenko when she moved to France?
Profiles report a move to France as a teenager, but the exact age is not confirmed by the sources reviewed here.
What is Olga Kurylenko’s most recognized role outside Bond?
Oblivion (2013) is the most common answer among documented credits; Magic City (2012–2013) is her strongest television credit in the records reviewed.
Does Olga Kurylenko have children?
Entertainment coverage reportedly lists one son, Alexander, born in 2015; no primary confirmation was part of the records reviewed.
How much money does Olga Kurylenko have?
There is no official figure. Celebrity wealth databases publish estimates only, and no financial record supports a specific number.
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