Olya was born in 1983 in Vladivostok, Russia. At age 15 she left her homeland and started a modeling career living and working between London, Milan, and Paris until she moved to New York in 2006.
She got her acting training at Susan Batson’s studio which led her to discover a passion for directing and writing. In 2013 Olya graduated from The New School with a screenwriting BA.
After directing a few shorts, her first feature film, “In the Hood” was released in 2018 in over 1,000 theaters across Russia and film festivals in London, New York, and Sydney. In the Hood explored the masculine world and its struggles for power and money. Olya continues to live and work in New York while raising her 3 y.o. daughter.