Olga Kurylenko Will Knock You Into 'Oblivion'

Growing up in poverty, Olga Kurylenko's mother was still able to scrounge up enough dough to put her through five years of ballet, as well as language, music and art courses.

At age 13, Olga Kurylenko was discovered in a subway in Moscow by a modeling agency talent scout. This eventually led to her signing with the well-known Madison Agency three years later.

Olga Kurylenko has graced the covers of every magazine from Glamour, Vogue, Elle, Madame Figaro, Marie Claire and FHM. She has also been the face of the Bebe clothing line, Lejay lingerie and Helena Rubinstein cosmetics. And it's not hard to see why.

Olga Kurylenko has been married and divorced twice: once to French fashion photographer Cedric Van Mol from 2000 to 2004, and again to American mobile phone accessory entrepreneur Damian Gabrielle from 2006 to 2007.

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Olga Kurylenko  made her film debut in French drama "L'Annulaire" aka "The Ring Finger." She then starred in several foreign films before making the jump to American film in 2007's video game adaptation "Hitman."

Olga Kurylenko landed her most famous role opposite Daniel Craig in 2008's James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" as a Russian-Bolivian agent who aids Bond on his mission.

In addition to dancing, modeling and acting, Olga Kurylenko is a talented pianist, film buff, and speaks Russian, English and French.

Since her breakout performance in "Quantum of Solace," Olga Kurylenko has starred in TV series such as "Tyranny" and "Magic City." She has also had roles in several films such as "To the Wonder" alongside Ben Affleck, "Seven Psychopaths" with Colin Farrell, and "Oblivion" starring Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman, to be released later this month.