Olga Kurylenko was born in Berdyansk, Ukraine. Her father Konstantin is Ukrainian and her mother, Marina Alyabusheva, is an art teacher of Russian and Belarusian descent, who was born in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Kurylenko was featured on the cover of the December 2008 issue of the US edition of Maxim and on the cover of the February 2009 issue of the Ukrainian edition of Maxim magazine. She is the first Bond girl from a post Soviet state received mixed reactions in Russia. Olga Kurylenko, a Ukrainian-born actress and model who grew up in poverty sharing a Soviet flat with her aunt, uncle, grandparents and cousin, is now starring as Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig.

Olga Kurylenkos cinematic roles have been notably steamy, and her natural beauty and explicit nudity attracted the attention of the male audiences.Olga Kurylenko was discovered by a female model scout while on vacation in Moscow at the age of 13.When she was 17, she signed a contract with the Paris-based Madison modeling agency. By the age of 18, she had already appeared on the covers of Vogue and Elle. She became the face of Triumph lingerie, Lejaby lingerie, Bebe, Clarins, and Helena Rubinstein.Furthermore, she modelled for Roberto Cavalli and Kenzo, and appeared in the Victoria's Secret catalog.