Kalmykova Olga: roles, films, biography

Olga Kalmykova is an actress born in Sverdlovsk (USSR), now Yekaterinburg. She played in 40 films between 1969 and 2017. Was married to Aristarkh Livanov. Best movies with her participation: "Courier" "Russian Ark", "Name Day" "Peter FM". The best serials: "Major 2", "Master and Margarita", "Slaughter Force 5", "Life and Fate". The first role was performed by her in 1969.

Biography

Actress Olga Kalmykova was born on May 5, 1947 in the city of Sverdlovsk. She studied at LGITMiK on the course of Leonid Vivien. In the late 1960s she played roles in the Theater for Young Spectators in Volgograd, later worked also in Kazan Youth Theater and Yaroslavl. In 1972 she got a job at the Leningrad State Academic Drama Theater named after AS Pushkin, where she still serves.

The first and new theatrical roles

In 1973, she first appeared on the stage of the theater, performing the role of Glasha in the play on Scheinin's "Serious Accusation." In 1975, she won a role in the performance "Hurricane" for Safronov, where she played Anyuta. In 2009 she was involved in the play "Xenia. Love story". In 2010 she became a participant of the mass scenes of the play "Hamlet", staged by William Shakespeare.

Spectators, admiring the performing skills of Olga Kalmykova, call her in her comments a bright and wonderful actress. Many of them are pleased at the fact that Olga Nikolayevna constantly plays, although not the main, but always memorable roles in the series, among which one can not fail to mention the image of Vasi Rogov's mother-in-law "Slaughter Force 5".

Roles in the cinema

Actress first cinematic experience was in 1969, playing one of the main roles in a duet with Mikhail Gluzsky in the film-melodrama "Innocent Fun". This is a nice and touching story about the girl Ole, who came to the North capital for admission to a theatrical high school. Having a somewhat angular, boyish figure, the main character decides to change into a guy and soon, taking on the name of Kolya, becomes a soul of a man's company. This role is still warmly remembered by the audience of the older generation, who saw this film personally back in the days when he first went to Soviet film distribution.

Brilliant debut allowed Olga Kalmykova thoroughly gain a foothold in the cinematic environment. In 1979, the actress played a role in the drama "Morning bypass." This film, released on April 9, 1980, tells of Dr. Nechaev (Andrei Myagkov), who lost a lot on his life and professional path, but he did a lot of what he had once dreamed of.

A great movie

Actress Olga Kalmykova starred in the comedy melodrama of Karen Shakhnazarov "Courier", in which she starred in 1986. The painting, received a special MIFF award, tells about the most interesting everyday life of the amusing and talented young man Ivan, who before his call to the army spends his days working as a courier. The film then looked at 45 million spectators in the Soviet Union.

In the early 2000s, actress Olga Kalmykova played a role in the film "May 1". This is a story about two friends who go to May Day demonstrations from 1934 to our time. The picture consists of 11 episodes, where the May Day celebrations of different decades are shown. Viewers who watched the film, note that this film, performed in a very peculiar way, very touching and unlike the others. But they complain that he did not get the great popularity that he certainly deserves.

In the period from 2000 to 2005, the most popular TV series "Slaughter Force" was broadcast on TV channels with Konstantin Khabensky and Andrey Fedortsov, in which Olga Kalmykova performed the role of Vasi Rogov's mother-in-law. This multiseries detective tells of the stormy life of the St. Petersburg crime investigation departments. In Russia, the premiere of the film took place on March 13, 2000.

New roles

In 2007, actress Olga Kalmykova performed a role in the comic melodrama "The Prisoner-Treasured" with Maria Poroshina and Alexei Makarov. Beautiful, but a single woman Olga, who once guessed that she will meet her love for the New Year, gets acquainted on the eve of this holiday with a man who came from somewhere in the North, after which incredible events begin to happen in her life.

In 2012, the actress, many remembered for the movie "Slaughter Force 5", was a member of the military historical series "Life and Destiny" with Sergei Makovetsky and Anna Mikhalkova. This story, originating in 1943, tells about a nuclear physicist, a Jew by nationality, Victor Strum, who is engaged in the creation of super-powerful weapons, being under the close attention of the leader of the USSR himself. A scientist can not make a mistake, because under a mortal threat are his relatives on that and on this side of the front. The film received several awards for the Golden Eagle Award of 2014.

In 2017, actress Olga Kalmykova acted in the action movie "Survive at all costs." This story tells about the attempts of special services to prevent the diversion of gold from mines abroad.