Actress and horse director Olga Dykhovichnaya: biography, film career and personal life

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Dykhovichnaya Olga Yurievna is a Russian and American actress and film director originally from Belarus. Before marriage, she bore the surname Golyak. Known to a wide audience thanks to her roles in the films "Twilight Portrait", "Money" and "Alive", as well as a number of directed documentaries.

Biography

Olga Dykhovichnaya was born in the capital of the Byelorussian SSR on September 4, 1980. Her family members were not related to the film industry. After graduating from school, the girl entered the lyceum at the Belarusian University. In her student years, Olga tried herself as a TV presenter of the Morning Cocktail program. Dykhovichnaya did not plan to stop there, therefore, having received a diploma, she went to Moscow in order to continue her career.

In the capital of Russia, the artist managed to get a job as a host at the VID TV company. In 1999, Olga became a student of the Higher Directing Courses (workshop of S. Karmalita and A. German). Later, she studied at Moscow State University at the Faculty of Psychology and at the Moscow Gest alt Institute.

Career path

In 2002 Olga Dykhovichnaya made her first film appearance. The director of the comedy film "Kopeyka", in which the actress played Tanya, was her husband Ivan Dykhovichny. Olga earned audience recognition by starring in the provocative psychological drama Inhale-Exhale. The actress played a homosexual woman named Kira.

In 2009, Dykhovichnaya got the role of a secondary plan in the film "Secrets of Love". The next work of the actress was the erotic drama "Portrait at Twilight". Olga got the main character named Marina. The actress also acted as a screenwriter and producer of the film. The drama has won numerous awards. The next film of the actress was the comedy "Two Days" (role - Lida).

In 2013 Olga Dykhovichnaya's filmography was replenished with three projects. In the TV series "City Spies" the actress got the role of Lapina, in the comedy drama "Welcome Home" she played Sasha, and in the detective black-and-white thriller "Weekend" the actress appeared in the image of the Swedish tourist Maria Johanson. In 2015, Dykhovichnaya appeared in the film Pointe Shoes.

At the same time, Olga starred in the title role of the television series "Money". Investigator Filatova Nina became her character. In 2017, the premiere of the American sci-fi horror film Alive fell. Dykhovichnaya successfully passed the casting for one of the key roles of the picture and played the crew commander Ekaterina Golovkina. The premiere of the tragicomedy "Matryoshka" with the participation of Olga is scheduled for 2018.

As a director, the actress worked on the short film "It seemed", the plot of which was the work of V. Nabokov. Documentary films by Dykhovichnaya Olga were Sakhalin Island, Roman Shukhevych, Maria Bochkareva, Miracles and others. Since 2010, she has been the head of the Tomorrow International Film Festival and a producer for 2morrowFilms.

Private life

In 1999, the aspiring actress became the wife of screenwriter and director Ivan Dykhovichny. Ten years later, the man died due to cancer. The couple did not have time to have children.

In April 2013, information was received that Olga Dykhovichnaya had tied the knot with Angelina Nikonova. Their wedding took place in New York. Since then, the couple has been living and working in the US.