Olga Kalmykova is an actress originally from Sverdlovsk (USSR), now Yekaterinburg. Played in 40 films from 1969 to 2017. She was married to Aristarchus Livanov. The best films with her participation: “Courier”, “Russian Ark”, “Name Day” “Peter FM”. The best series: “Major 2”, “Master and Margarita”, “Deadly 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. I studied at LGITMiK on the course of Leonid Vivien. In the late 1960s, she played roles in the Youth Theater in the city of Volgograd, later she also worked in the Kazan Youth Theater and in Yaroslavl. In 1972, she got a job at the Leningrad State Academic Drama Theater named after A.S. Pushkin, where she still serves today.
The first and new theatrical roles
In 1973, she first appeared on the stage of the theater, playing the role of Glasha in the play by Sheinin, “Grave Accusation”. In 1975, she got a role in the play “Hurricane” according to Safronov, where she played Anyuta. In 2009, she was involved in the play “Ksenia. Love story". In 2010, she became a participant in the mass scenes of the play "Hamlet", staged based on the work of William Shakespeare.
Spectators, admiring the performing skills of Olga Kalmykova, call her in their comments a bright and wonderful actress. At the same time, many of them are glad that Olga Nikolaevna constantly plays not the main, but always memorable roles in the series, among which one cannot fail to note the image of mother-in-law Vasya Rogov in the project “Deadly Force 5”.
Movie roles
The actress received her first cinematic experience in 1969, playing one of the main roles in a duet with Mikhail Gluzsky in the melodrama film Innocent Fun. This is a nice and touching story about a girl, Ole, who came to the Northern capital to enter the theater university. Having a somewhat angular, boyish figure, the main character decides to change into a guy and soon, taking the name Kolya, becomes the soul of a male company. This role is still warmly remembered by the audience of the older generation, who personally saw this film back in those days when it first went to the Soviet film distribution.
The brilliant debut allowed Olga Kalmykova to thoroughly gain a foothold in the cinema environment. In 1979, the actress played a role in the drama "Morning Crawl." This film, which was released on April 9, 1980, tells the story of Dr. Nechaev (Andrei Myagkov), who lost a lot in his life and career, but did a lot of what he once dreamed about.
Great movie
The finest hour of actress Olga Kalmykova can be called participating in the comedy melodrama Karen Shakhnazarov's "Courier", in which she starred in 1986. The film, which received a special MIFF award, tells about the most interesting everyday life of a funny and talented young man Ivan, who, before being drafted into the army, spends his days working as a courier. The film was then watched by 45 million viewers in the Soviet Union.
In the early 2000s, actress Olga Kalmykova performed the role in the film "May 1". This is a story about two friends who go to May Day demonstrations from 1934 to the present. The picture consists of 11 episodes, where May Day holidays of different decades are demonstrated. Viewers who watched the film note that this film, performed in a very peculiar way, is very touching and unlike others. But they complain that he did not receive the great popularity that he undoubtedly deserves.
In the period from 2000 to 2005, the most popular TV series “Slaughter Force” was broadcast on TV channels with Konstantin Khabensky and Andrei Fedortsov, in which Olga Kalmykova played the role of mother-in-law Vasya Rogov. This multi-part detective tells about the hectic life of St. Petersburg crime investigation departments. In Russia, the film premiered on March 13, 2000.
New roles
In 2007, actress Olga Kalmykova performed the role in the comedic melodrama “Narrowed-Shot” with Maria Poroshina and Alexei Makarov. The beautiful but lonely woman Olga, who was once guessed that she would meet her love on New Year's Eve, meets a man who came from somewhere in the North on the eve of this holiday, after which incredible events begin to occur in her life.
In 2012, the actress, which many remembered for the film “Deadly Force 5”, became part of the actors of the military historical series “Life and Fate” with Sergei Makovetsky and Anna Mikhalkova. This story, originating in 1943, tells the story of a nuclear physicist, Jewish by nationality, Victor Strum, who is engaged in the creation of heavy duty weapons, being under the scrutiny of the USSR leader himself. The scientist cannot make a mistake, because his relatives on this and this side of the front are under mortal danger. The film received several 2014 Golden Eagle awards.
In 2017, actress Olga Nikolaevna Kalmykova performed the role in the action movie Survive at Any Cost. This story tells about the attempts of special services to prevent the diversion of gold from mines abroad.