Larisa Oleynik
Biography
Larisa Oleynik is an American actress who started as a child performer onstage, playing young Cosette in a national tour of Les Misérables. Born in Santa Clara, California, and raised in Los Gatos, she moved into television as the lead of Nickelodeon's The Secret World of Alex Mack, which ran from 1994 to 1998 and made her a teen idol. She played Dawn Schafer in The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) and took the part of Bianca in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999). Later film work included 100 Girls (2000), An American Rhapsody (2001), Bringing Rain (2003), Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012), and the horror film Jessabelle (2014). On television she had a recurring role on Mad Men and voiced Icy on the Winx Club revival. She also appeared in the Off-Broadway musical comedy Baghdaddy and starred in the Netflix series The Healing Powers of Dude.
45years old
Turns 46 on June 7in 237 days
- Born Santa Clara
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Larisa Romanovna Oleynik (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 26 years1995 to 2021
Genres
- Drama63%, 5 films
- Comedy50%, 4 films
- Romance38%, 3 films
- Documentary13%, 1 film
- Family13%, 1 film
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First role
Oleynik's acting career started in 1989, when she was eight, in a San Francisco staging of Les Misérables. She had spotted an audition notice in a newspaper.
Early training
Rider Strong, who acted with Oleynik in Les Misérables, gave her the name of an agent, and she then started taking formal acting lessons.
Larisa Oleynik movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
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Films together
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Gil JungerDirector, 1 film, 1999
All films by Gil Junger
All films by Kevin Greutert
All films by Michael Davis
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