French actress and model Olga Kurylenko turns 45 today. Tey was born on November 14, 1979. in the city of Berdyansk on the territory of the then Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of the USSR.
Her father is Ukrainian and her mother is Russian. Her parents divorced and from the age of 3 the future star was raised by her mother Marina - a teacher and by her grandmother Raisa. She and her father do not keep in touch - they see each other once when she is 8 and a second time when she is 13. She lives in great poverty, but she studies languages and has been playing the piano for seven years, she has also studied ballet since she was 8 .
At the age of 13, she was discovered as a model by a Moscow fashion agency in a metro station when she was there for a short time with her mother. Then she moved from Ukraine to the Russian capital when she was 15, and at 16 she went to Paris to start a career as a model.
In 1996 there he signed a contract with the Madison fashion agency, and the following year he was already on the covers of Vogue and Elle magazines. While he was a model in Paris, he supported his mother in Ukraine. The following are magazine covers. Madame Figaro and Marie Claire, became the face of various brands in 1998. enters a music video. One of her first acting roles was in the music video "Love's Divine" in 2003 of British artist Seal.
Kurylenko's real film career began in France in 2005 after she introduced herself to an acting agency. He received a diploma from a festival in Brooklyn for his main role in the drama "L'annulaire". ("The Ring Finger"), also plays in "Paris, I love you!" (2006). In 2007 enters the French-American action "Hitman".
After her international success as a Bond girl (pictures of "Spectre of Consolation", 2008 with her in Chile with Daniel Craig), Kurylenko also appeared in television productions in Russia and Ukraine. In 2013 the fantasy "Oblivion" is released, in which he co-stars Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman.
In her personal life, Kurylenko acquired French citizenship in 2001 after marrying French fashion photographer Cédric van Mol the previous year. Three and a half years later, he divorced, and in 2006 became the wife of American businessman Damien Gabriel and lives in Los Angeles. This marriage lasted until the end of the following year 2007.
In 2009 Kurylenko moved to London. For about a year, she has been in a relationship with the American actor Danny Huston, with whom they are colleagues in the crime TV series "Fairytale City". (aired from September 2012 to August 2013).
She lives with the English journalist and former actor Max Benitz, with whom she has a son born in October 2015. Kurylenko is also involved in charity work, mostly for underprivileged children in her native Ukraine. Besides perfect Russian, English and French, he also speaks Spanish and Italian.
In 2023 Kurylenko stated that he does not consider himself a representative of Ukrainian nationality. "I don't want to lie. When I was born, it was the USSR. I was born in the Republic of Ukraine. But then it was a republic, not a state”, Olga wrote on Instagram.
Bulgarian actress Paraskeva Dzhukelova celebrates her 54th anniversary today. She was born on November 14, 1970. in Panagyurishte.
In 1992, he graduated from VITIZ with a major in acting for dramatic theater, in the first class, led by Professor Stefan Danailov.
Plays in the National Theater “Ivan Vazov“ (1992 – 1997), the Satirical Theater “Aleko Konstantinov”, the Municipal Theater “Vazrazhdane“ and "Bulgarian Army" Theater. Performs roles in productions such as “Forever… and one more day“ by Milorad Pavic, “Skin and Sky“ by Dimitre Dimov, “The elder son” by Alexander Vampilov, “Running Strangers” by Alexey Kazantsev and many others.
He also has roles in foreign film productions such as “Versengentorix“ (2001), “Air Marshal” and “I Am David” (2003), “Icon“ (2005), co-starring Patrick Swayze), “The Abandoned“ (2006) as well as TV movies and series.
Television host of the show about Bulgarian cinema “Monday 8 and 1/2“ on BNT (1998 – 2001).[2][3]
From 2012 to 2013 plays the role of Katerina Andonova in the Bulgarian bTV series “Where is Maggie?“.
British actor Paul McGann turns 65 today. He made his most famous roles in the TV movie “Withnail and I“ (1987) and in 1996. in the role of the Doctor in the TV movie “Doctor Who” (“Doctor Who“). He plays in the movie “Alien 3“ by director David Fincher.