Read the biography of Olga Sumskaya and find out all the most important things about her personal life and family. Olga Sumskaya is a Soviet and Ukrainian actress and TV presenter. Honored Artist of Ukraine, People's Artist of Ukraine, Laureate of the National Award of Ukraine named after Taras Shevchenko.
The sex symbol of Ukrainian cinema, Olga Sumskaya, is the embodiment of femininity, grooming and style. It's surprising that a confident gait, graceful movements and straight posture were not always the actress's best friends.
Olga began to develop all this already at a conscious age, so Sumskaya’s biography is an amazing example of a self-made woman.
Childhood and youth
Olga was born into a family of actors in August 1966, in the western Ukrainian city of Lvov. My parents worked at the Ivan Franko National Drama Theater and were constantly absent from work. Fortunately, Olga did not grow up alone, but with her older sister Natalya Sumskaya. It was in her care that the girl often found herself. The sisters often visited the theater and grew up behind the scenes. This determined their future: both chose the acting profession.
Parents have achieved considerable heights in the profession. Mother Anna Opanasenko became an Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, and father Vyacheslav Sumskoy became a People's Artist of Ukraine. The older sister Natalya is the leading actress of the Ivan Franko Theater.
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Olga Sumskaya in childhood with her father
Olga first appeared on stage at the age of 5. She played a small role in the play "Jenny Gerhardt". And the girl appeared on the screens when she turned 17. In “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka,” the young artist got 3 roles at once: Muse, Sotnikovna and Pannochka.
It is not surprising that Sumskaya Jr. saw her future connected only with the profession of an actress. Therefore, I entered the Kiev Institute of Theater Arts.
From ugly duckling to swan
The actress herself admitted in an interview that as a child she was an ugly duckling. According to Olga, she was the tallest in the class and always slouched. In addition, poor eyesight forced the girl to wear huge glasses.
“Around the age of 16, I really was an ugly duckling. Huge glasses, tall, taller than everyone in the class, always hunched over. I didn't know anything about myself. Only later, when I entered the theater school, the teachers opened my eyes, as they say,” Sumskaya confesses.
Personal life
The actress is happy in her second marriage and is the mother of two children. The first union, in which Olga’s husband was colleague Evgeniy Paperny, lasted 4 years. According to the performer, already at the first meeting with her future husband, she realized that they were destined to be together. The relationship developed rapidly, despite the 16-year age difference. This marriage gave birth to a daughter, Antonina Papernaya, who followed in the footsteps of her parents and today is making a career in Russia.
Sumskaya’s personal life received a happy continuation immediately after the divorce: the young actress married colleague Vitaly Borisyuk. The couple met at a rehearsal of a play at the Russian Drama Theater and have not parted to this day. In 2002, the lovers had a daughter, Anna Borisyuk.
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Olga Sumskaya and Vitaly Borisyuk
Today Olga Sumskaya is a famous socialite who can often be seen at various public events. She still looks great, as slim and charming as in her youth. With a height of 178 cm, her weight does not exceed 66 kg. The artist shared the secrets of her unfading beauty in her book, which is called “Secrets of Beauty.” Here are collected many old recipes that Olga inherited from her grandmother and great-grandmother. Sumskaya is also an excellent cook. This is the subject of her second book, “Cooking Together.”
In the summer of 2017, a rumor appeared in the press that Olga Vyacheslavovna had become a grandmother. The eldest daughter of the performer Antonina Papernaya has been living with Russian actor Vladimir Yaglych for 2 years and does not hide the relationship. According to journalists, Sumskaya’s granddaughter was born with a weight of 3.43 kg and a height of 53 cm. Her parents named her Eva. According to the TV presenter, the girl turned out to be a copy of her son-in-law.
However, the Ukrainian actress did not comment on the birth of her granddaughter for a long time. Firstly, Olga was working on a new film in Poland at that time, and secondly, the celebrity was upset that there were constantly rumors surrounding her daughter’s personal life, so Sumskaya still refuses to talk to journalists about this topic.
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Olga Sumskaya with her husband and her daughters Anna Borisyuk and Antonina Papernaya
The artist’s second grandson appeared in April 2021, at the height of quarantine due to the spread of coronavirus infection. Olga managed to visit her daughter in Moscow, but at the time of her birth, the celebrity was already in Ukraine. Nevertheless, in Sumskaya’s recording we were able to hear the baby’s first cry. According to the screen star, the boy’s voice sounded like a mature male baritone. The actress regarded this as a good sign, indicating that the child will become a creative person.
Sumskaya maintains an account on Instagram, where she covers the events of her own life. Olga Vyacheslavovna publishes photos from social events and selfies with makeup and hair styling. The star regularly pleases her subscribers with shots from her travels, where she goes accompanied by her husband. In 2021, she showed off her perfect body proportions in a swimsuit photo.
Beauty secrets of the actress
Despite the fact that the actress has already celebrated her fiftieth birthday, she looks much younger than her age.
The beauty of Olga Sumskaya is not only in her ideal facial features, incredible smile and slender figure, but also in her ability to properly care for herself.
What is the actress's secret? Sports, separate nutrition and natural cosmetics.
By the way, the actress’s favorite face mask is a mask made from sour cream, and Olga takes a shower without soap or gel. She replaced them with natural oils.
As the actress says, use everything in your refrigerator to take care of yourself. The main thing is that the products are without preservatives.
Olga has published a book in which she shares ancient beauty recipes inherited from her grandmother.
Theater and films
In 1987, a graduate of the theater institute was accepted into the troupe of the Lesya Ukrainka Russian Drama Theater. On stage, Olga Sumskaya almost immediately began to be trusted with the main roles. In her youth, she played in the plays “The Inspector General,” “The Lady Without Camellias,” “The Suicide,” “Mad Money,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and many others.
Sumskaya’s cinematic biography began much earlier than her theatrical biography. During her student years, the actress starred in several films. The most notable of them are the war film novel “At the Call of the Heart” and the biographical film “And Memory Will Respond in Sounds.”
After a short break filled with work on the theater stage, Sumskaya returned to cinema. In the early 1990s, the film “The Voice of the Grass” was released, in which Olga was entrusted with the role of a seductive witch. This work brought the young artist first prize at the Constellation-94 film festival.
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Olga Sumskaya in her youth
The star role went to the performer in 1997. The audience immediately fell in love with the beautiful Hürrem Sultan (Roksolana), whom Olga brilliantly played in the historical series “Roksolana - the Sultan’s Captive.” This film brought the artist to the top of her popularity. Later, the artist played in two sequels of the romantic film - the films “Ascension to the Throne” and “Flower of the Empire.”
The actress's filmography is quite extensive. It contains many TV series and various projects filmed both in Ukraine and in Russia. Among the most notable works in cinema are the detective story “The Mystery of St. Patrick” and the biographical film “Utesov. A song that lasts a lifetime,” the drama “Days of Hope” and the series “Territory of Beauty.” Together with Alexander Domogarov, the Ukrainian performer appeared in the main cast of Yuri Kara’s action film “I Am a Doll.”
In 2003, viewers enjoyed watching the New Year's musical comedy “Chasing Two Hares,” where Olga Sumskaya appeared in the role of Galya. And the main characters here were played by Alla Pugacheva and Maxim Galkin.
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Olga Sumskaya and her sister Natalya Sumskaya
In Ukraine, People's Artist Olga Vyacheslavovna Sumskaya is also known as a wonderful presenter of many television shows. The screen star became a participant in the 1st season of Dancing with the Stars. She was paired on the floor with Igor Bondarenko. Interestingly, one of the rivals of the creative duo was Vladimir Zelensky and his partner Alena Shoptenko.
The performer does not hide her political views. She joined the European Capital party, and in 2012 she signed a letter against Yulia Tymoshenko.
In 2016, the actress played the main role in the comedy mini-series “The Best Week of My Life,” a remake of the British project The Worst Week of My Life. Sumskaya reincarnated as the heroine Anastasia Valerievna. Anastasia's daughter gets married and decides to spend the last days before the wedding visiting her parents with her groom.
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Olga Sumskaya as Roksolana
In the same year, the artist played the minor role of Sofia Nikolaevna Elagina in the mystical detective series “Anna the Detective”. The heroine of Sumskaya appeared in the 5th film of the project called “Family Values”.
Also this year, the performer starred in the melodrama “Threads of Fate,” a Ukrainian adaptation of the Korean series “Shoes for Cinderella.”
In 2021, Olga Sumskaya appeared on screens in two minor roles. In February, the celebrity played in the detective story “Loner”, and in April – in the melodrama “Temptation”.
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Olga Sumskaya and Evgeny Paperny
Later, the performer was invited to the Russian series “Weeping Willow,” which starts at the beginning of the 20th century and then goes through a series of reincarnations.
The star of Ukrainian cinema and theater continues to delight his fans with new images in melodramas. In 2021, she appeared in the projects “Stamp in the Passport”, “Letter by Mistake”, “Two Mothers”. The actress played a cameo role in the acclaimed comedy by Vladimir Zelensky “I, You, He, She.” A year later, the celebrity joined the cast of such series as “The Return”, “Don’t you dare tell me goodbye!”, “I’ve had enough.”
Theater career
After graduating from university, Olga entered the National Academic Theater of Russian Drama. On its stage she performed many performances, including “Mad Money”, “The Inspector General”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “The Incredible Ball” and others. After almost two decades of serving the academic theater, Sumskaya went into the enterprise and does not regret it at all. The new work schedule is very flexible and allows you to combine theater with filming and television. And a close-knit team, where there are no strife and squabbles, contributes to this.
Olga Sumskaya now
In 2021, the series “Serf” began airing on Russian television, in which Vladimir Yaglych’s mother-in-law played one of the main characters, Sofia Kosach. This film tells the story of a girl, Katerina, who, thanks to her wealthy godmother, was raised as a noblewoman and received an appropriate education, while remaining a serf.
In the fall, it became known that the actress was again ready to demonstrate her choreographic skills on the set of the TV show “Dancing with the Stars,” 14 years after her last appearance on the project’s floor. The next season is dedicated to the participants of previous years, who were loved by the audience.
Talented in everything
In addition to her film career, Sumskaya is actively trying herself in the television field. Since 1997, she has been the host of the popular program “Cinema Empire,” aired on channel 1+1. In 2006, the actress took part in the Ukrainian version of the project “Dancing with the Stars”. Since 2011, Olga Vyacheslavovna has headed the Kiev International Film Festival, replacing the founder of this forum, B. Stupka, in this field.
The actress shows interest in politics and at one time joined the ranks of the European Capital party. In 2006, Olga tried to become a deputy of the Kiev City Council and ran for the post of mayor of the Ukrainian capital. In 2012, she put her signature in defense of ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yu. Tymoshenko, against whom criminal prosecution was initiated and a harsh verdict was handed down in the form of 7 years in prison. Then Sumskaya wrote: “I sympathize with her very much and hope that the situation will improve.”
Olga Vyacheslavovna is the author of several books. The first of them, “Cooking Together,” was dedicated to cooking, where the author presented a series of homemade family recipes. Readers were able to get acquainted with a scattering of wonderful dishes, the secrets of the earliest of which go back to the time of the actress’s great-grandmother. Then the book “Secrets of Beauty” was published, telling about the rules of self-care. The author’s creative plans include a story about the Sumsky acting dynasty.
Filmography
- 1992 – “The Voice of the Grass”
- 1994 – “Several Love Stories”
- 1995 – “Mad Money” (film-play)
- 1997 – “Roksolana. Nastunya"
- 1997 - “Roksolana 2. Beloved wife of the Khalifa”
- 2001 – “I am a doll”
- 2002 – “Slackers”
- 2003 – “Roksolana 3. Mistress of the Empire”
- 2004 – “The Mourner, or New Year’s Detective”
- 2006 – “Eldest Daughter”
- 2006 – “The Mystery of St. Patrick”
- 2007 – “Days of Hope”
- 2009 – “Return of the Musketeers”
- 2009 – “Territory of Beauty”
- 2010 – “Not Pruhi”
- 2012 – “Rita’s last role”
- 2014 – “Greek”
- 2016 – “The best week of my life”
- 2016 – “Threads of Fate”
- 2017 – “Temptation”
- 2017 – “Temptation-2”
- 2018 – “Two Mothers”
- 2018 – “Letter by mistake”
- 2018 – “Indebted to the past!”
- 2019 – “Don’t you dare say goodbye to me!”
- 2019 – “I’ve had enough”
- 2019-2021 – “Fortress”
- 2020 – “Saga”
Star role
Already in 1997, Olga Sumskaya became a star. The biography of the actress indicates that this happened thanks to the series “Roksolana: Nastunya”. In this television project she embodied the image of Anastasia Lisovskaya. The story begins with the fact that a Ukrainian girl, Nastya, is kidnapped by a detachment of Crimean Tatars. The groom Stefan tries his best to save his beloved, but the attempt fails. A simple resident of Rohatyn finds herself a powerless captive in the harem of the padishah of the Ottoman Empire.
While working on the series, Olga refused the help of understudies. The actress even managed the dangerous horse chase scene on her own, which delighted all members of the crew.
The series gained many fans, so almost immediately a sequel was filmed, called “Roksolana: The Caliph’s Beloved Wife.” In this part, Anastasia Lisovskaya is already the legal wife of Suleiman the Magnificent. Her main enemy is the eldest son of the padishah, Mustafa, who should inherit the throne after the death of his father.
Hobbies
Olga is not only an actress, but also a writer. At 50 years old, Sumskaya looks great; ancient recipes inherited from her great-grandmother help her stay young and slim. The star gladly shared her secrets with the fair sex in the book “Secrets of Beauty.”
Also, the performer of the role of Roksolana loves to cook and feed her husband and children delicious and original dishes. It is not surprising that her second book is dedicated to this hobby. “Cooking Together” is a work containing many ancient recipes. All of them have been repeatedly tested by the actress herself.
Notes
- [zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=1174%2F97 Established by Decree of the President of Ukraine dated June 22, 1997 No. 1174]
- [www.president.gov.ua/documents/8840.html Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 26/2009 dated January 16, 2009] (Ukrainian)
- [www.bulvar.com.ua/arch/2005/492-13/424ac2d904bed Anna OPANASENKO-SUMSKAYA and Vyacheslav SUMSKOY: “We have never interfered in the personal lives of our daughters. They chose their own husbands - let them decide how to live with them"]/
- [www.shevchenko-institute.org.ua/main/index.php?go=Page&id=422 TONYA PAPERNAYA - daughter of Olga SUMSKAYA (UNEXCELLENT PHOTO)]
- [who.com.ua/index.php/sart/8-aktors/79-2009-03-24-20-10-01 Olga Vyacheslavivna Sumska] (Ukrainian) (24 February 2009). Retrieved April 22, 2011. [www.webcitation.org/66yh6BEXk Archived from the original on April 17, 2012].
- [1plus1.ua/nashi-pani-u-varshavi/novyny/olga-frejmut-ludmila-barbir-i-olga-sumska-prezentuvali-nasi-pani-u-varsavi-u-lvovi Olga Freimut, Lyudmila Barbir and Olga Sumska Our ladies were presented in Warsaw and Lvov] (Ukrainian). 1+1 (10.06.2016). Retrieved July 4, 2016. [archive.is/S0OL4 Archived from the original on June 22, 2016].
- [atn.ua/newsread.php?id=74009 The letter against Tymoshenko was signed by Sumskaya, Skorik and Kadochnikova]
- [censor.net.ua/news/191340/gospod_daet_ispytaniya_bednoyi_nasheyi_yule_aktrisa_sumskaya “The Lord gives tests to our poor Yulia,” actress Sumskaya]
