Olga Merediz
Olga Merediz is an American actress who most notably originated the role of Abuela Claudia in Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical "In the Heights", for which she received a 2008 Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. Merediz reprises the role in the film adaption of "In the Heights", directed by Jon M. Chu, released in 2021 by Warner Brothers. Olga also notably starred as the singing voice of Abuela Alma for the Disney animated film "Encanto" and reprised this role for "Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl" streaming on Disney+. Most recently she can be seen as a supporting role in "Somebody I Used To Know", which became the #1 streamed movie in the US on Prime Video. Merediz was born in Guantánamo, Cuba. She left Cuba with her family when she was five years old to Miami, Florida. Thereafter, she relocated with her family to Puerto Rico where she grew up and attended American schools. Merediz graduated with a bachelor's degree from Newcomb College, the former female counterpart to Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. On Broadway, Merediz had leading and supporting roles in "The Human Comedy", "Les Miserables", "Mamma Mia!", "Man of La Mancha", "Reckless" and "In the Heights". On film, she has acted with Meryl Streep in both "Marvin's Room" (1996) and "Music of the Heart" (1999), worked with Sidney Lumet in both the film "Q & A" (1990) and the TV series "100 Centre Street", and played Blanca Duarte, Eva Peron's sister, in the movie of "Evita" (1996) directed by Alan Parker. In other film and television roles she has worked alongside Ryan Gosling, Jim Carrey, Robert Redford, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Jennifer Lopez, Edie Falco, John Leguizamo, Rosie Perez, Barry Levinson, and the late great Robin Williams. As a series regular on FX's "Saint George", playing George Lopez's feisty mother, Merediz also has recurring television roles on "Orange is the New Black", "Brooklyn Nine-Nine", "Diary of a Future President", "Bull", "Law & Order SVU", the British action comedy "Bounty Hunters", and "New Amsterdam" now streaming on Netflix. Olga will be featured in the upcoming Apple TV series "Jane" based on Jane Goodall. Merediz produced a documentary based on her real life events, and penned a television pilot script also based on her Cuban-American heritage.
Olga Milaszewska
Olga Milaszewska was born on January 16, 1963 in Olsztyn, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Tam i z powrotem (2002), Wataha (2014) and Prime Time (2021).
Olga Miller
Olga Miller is known for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and The Invisible Man (2020).
Olga Miranda
Olga Miroshnikova
Olga Miroshnikova is known for Planeta, Privet, mama (2023) and Papa (2004).
Olga Molina
Olga Molina is an actress and producer, known for Extra Terrestres (2015), Ficcialidad (2018) and Through the Ashes (2019).
Olga Mouak
Olga Mouak is a French actress based in Paris. Born and raised in Orléans, she began her journey into performing arts in Bordeaux, studying dramaturgy and drama theory. By way of RESAD in Madrid, Olga entered the renowned School of Performing Arts in Montpellier, graduating in 2016. She has since then honed her skills and performed modern and classical theatre on stages across France, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal and Italy. She's fluent in English, french and Spanish. She is currently learning Swedish.
Olga N. Bogdanova
Olga N. Bogdanova is actress, dancer, and model located in New York. Olga was born in Moscow, Russia shortly before the collapse of USSR. Olga's parents, Nicolay and Natalia, have realized very early on her love for the performing arts. At the age of 4 she joined the ballet studio and never stopped dancing ever since. Olga has began acting in theater plays while still in a kindergarten. Being in love with the stage, she didn't miss a single theatre production that was directed in her school. While pursuing her degree at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Olga has continued acting in theater and film productions, and performing with various dance companies. Since 2004 Olga has been acting in variety of American-based film and theater productions, most notably acting opposite of Darya Ekamasova (The Americans) in Ben Barenholtz's drama "Alina" (2017).
Olga Natividad
Olga Natividad is an actress, known for Mga dayo (2012), Eskapo (1995) and The Sleep: Survival Horror - Part One (2022).
Olga Nedovodina-Finney
Olga Vodin was born Olga Nedovodina on 23 November 1972, in Krasnodar, in southern Russia. Her father was a lead ballet dancer in the Krasnodar Theater of Operetta, so Olga grew up in the city of Krasnodar. From an early age she was trained in ballet, acting, and also took piano. In the 1990s she studied acting at Shchukin Theatrical School, affiliated with the Vakhtangov Theater in Moscow, Russia. There she mastered the methods of Stanislavsky, Chekhov and Vakhtangov. She graduated in 1993 with a Master's Degree in Theater and Acting. While a student in Moscow, Olga worked on the stage and also appeared in several Russian-made films, such as Dukhi ada (1992) ('Spirits of Hell'), 'Svobodnaya zone' (1991) ('Zone of Freedom'), Vashi paltsy pakhnut ladanom! (1993) ('Your Fingers Smell Like Incense'), and Nastya (1994). In 1993 she emigrated from Russia and moved to California with her new American husband and continued her acting career while raising her first child. In America she took a stage name - Olga Vodina. She appeared in such American productions as Americanski Blues (1995) ('American Cop'), Dangerous Cargo (1996), Swimsuit: The Movie (1997), and a guest appearance in the TV show Marker (1995). In the 2000s she switched jobs from acting to co-producing several stage shows, including one in St. Petersburg, Russia. She has 2 children from her first marriage, which ended in divorce, and one from her second. She and her second husband live in Puget Sound, Washington, USA.