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Olga Fonda Born Olga Tchakova
Siberia, U.S.S.R.Occupation Actress, Model Years active 2005–present Olga Tchakova[1][2] better known professionally as Olga Fonda, is a Russian-born film and television actress and model.
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Early life
Tchakova was born in Siberia in what was then the U.S.S.R., and then lived in Ukhta,[1] in the country's Komi Republic. She moved to Maine in the United States for a year at age 14, as an exchange student living with the Auclair family in East Winthrop, Maine, while attending Winthrop High School from 1996 to 1997.[1] She returned to attend the University of Maine at Augusta, majoring in financial management.[1]
Career
Modeling and acting
While vacationing in Los Angeles, California, she was scouted to pursue modeling,[3] her longtime ambition.[1] After acting in TV commercials, she played a Russian ballerina in the 2009 independent film Love Hurts.[3]
Fonda, who has modeled since at least 2007[4] in Japan, Italy and the United States,[1] went on to appear in television series including How I Met Your Mother, Nip/Tuck, Melrose Place, and Entourage,[1][4] and played Owen Wilson's girlfriend in a nonspeaking role in Little Fockers.[citation needed] She was cast in the 2011 romantic-comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love, though her scene did not make the final cut; she does appear in the film's trailer.[3]
In 2011, Fonda appears in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn and in Real Steel.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Adams, Betty (February 20, 2010). "Former Winthrop exchange student takes on Hollywood". Morning Sentinel. Waterville, Maine. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. http://www.onlinesentinel.com/archive/former-winthropexchange-studenttakes-on-hollywood.html. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
- ^ Lane, Laura (2011, month/date n.a.). "Esquire Presents Me in My Place with Olga Fonda". Esquire.com. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. http://www.esquire.com/women/me-in-my-place/olga-fonda-pictures-2011#fbIndex2. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
- ^ a b c Hyland, Veronique (8 August 2011). "Olga Fonda Talks Real Steel and Her Russian Roots". Harper's Bazaar. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. http://www.harpersbazaar.com/bazaar-blog/olga-fonda-talks-real-steel-080811. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
- ^ a b c Ditzian, Eric (28 October 2010). "'Breaking Dawn' Cast: Meet The New Faces". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651027/20101028/story.jhtml. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
- ^ Moore, Jason (7 June 2010). "Real Steel: Hope Davis and Olga Fonda Join the Cast". SciFi Mafia. http://scifimafia.com/2010/06/real-steel-hope-davis-and-olga-fonda-join-the-cast/.
External links
- Olga Fonda at the Internet Movie Database
- "Real Steel: Interview - Olga Fonda". (Video) TrailerAddict.com. 2011; day/month n.a.. http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/real-steel/interview-olga-fonda. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- Russian film actors
- Russian female models
- American film actors
- American people of Russian descent
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