- Speaks Russian, Ukrainian, English and French fluently.
- She learned Turkish for her role in The Water Diviner (2014).
- Acquired French citizenship in 2001 because it was easier to travel without a Visa having a French passport than with an Ukrainian passport.
- Trained as a ballerina in the Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR) from ages 2-8 and independent Ukraine from ages 12-13.
- Trained as a dancer and model in Moscow.
- Was told she got the part of Camille in Quantum of Solace (2008) on Christmas Eve 2007.
- Plays the piano.
- Originally believed she had failed to impress director and producers of Quantum of Solace (2008) after her audition.
- Auditioned for the role of Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) but lost to Gal Gadot.
- Has been living in London since 2009.
- Mother, with ex-boyfriend Max Benitz, of son Alexander Mark Horatio (b. October 3, 2015).
- Was considered for the role of the Baroness in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), but the role went to Sienna Miller.
- Admires old movies.
- Quantum of Solace (2008) in which she starred, opened worldwide on her 29th birthday (November 14).
- Played with two James Bond actors in separate movies, Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace (2008) and Pierce Brosnan in The November Man (2014).
- Served on the jury at the 2007 Brussels International Film Festival.
- Her full name in Ukrainian is transliterated as "Olha Kostiantynivna Kurylenko" or "Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko" and sometimes "Olga Konstantinovna Kurylenko".
- Has worked in Chile twice: once in Salty (2017) with Antonio Banderas and once in Quantum of Solace (2005) with Daniel Craig (I).
- Has appeared in two movies with "Oblivion" in the title: Oblivion (2013) and Land of Oblivion (2011).
- She played a British Celtic warrior who is fighting the Roman occupation in both Centurion (2010) and Boudica: Queen of War (2023).
- Daughter of Konstantin ...vich Kurylenko (b. Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) and wife Marina Vitalievna Alyabusheva, paternal granddaughter of ... ...vich Kurylenko and wife Yelena "Lena" ...vna ... (daughter of Anna ...vna ... (b. Belarus, Russia), healer and housekeeper at the Szlachta family Pudlovskiy by the owner of the house, who was otherwise childless), and maternal granddaughter of Vitaly ...vich Alyabushev and wife Raisa Vladimirovna ....
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