Olga Alexandrovna Budina (, born 22 February 1975) is a Russian theater and film actress.

Biography Olga Budina was born in Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. She studied history and literature at the Lyceum college. She was actively involved in social work and was a creative student in her school years. She learned to play accordion and piano. The Lyceum Theatre created its own musical "The Princess and the Pea" in which she was a soloist of the school choir and orchestra. She performed at a school dance as a part of amateur vocal and instrumental ensemble, where she was invited as a soloist. After the ninth grade of high school she tried to enter the State School of Music Gnesin. Having failed, she returned to school to obtain secondary (full) general education. While in high school, she graduated from the School of Olga Budina young philology at Moscow State University. Qualified as a category 3 guide, she conducted tours of the Pushkin village Zakharovo located near Odintsova.

A year after graduation, Olga Budina planned to re-enter the Gnessin School, but then changed her mind in favor of the Supreme Shchukin Drama School. Having obtained the maximum score in the entrance test, Olga became a student of the 'University Theater Examination Commission' led by Vladimir Etush.

Artistic Director Olga Budina the Shchukin School became Marina Panteleyeva. The first time was given to Olga Study hard. At the first session, it had suspended all offsets, and even the question was about her dismissal. With a great effort, Olga managed to catch up in their studies, and in the second year, she received the highest score on the actor's skill.

While studying in her second year, Olga Budina received an offer from Mosfilm to work in the short film Game „The Little Prince“. However, the tape did not come out in the rental.

Olga Budina secured her first role as a movie actress in Gleb Panfilov's film The Romanovs: An Imperial Family, portraying the professional Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna as a student of the fourth course.

In 2000, Olga Budina gained national popularity in the movie by Alexander Mitta Border: Taiga Novel. In the same year, the film was played at the opening of the Moscow Film Festival XXII.

Charity For several years, Budina has supported an orphanage in Uglich. In 2011, her charitable foundation allocated two million rubles for renovations to the building, during which misuse of budget funds was uncovered.

On 27 December 2012, Budina stated on the programme Live on Russia-1 that conditions at the institution were appalling and that there was corruption there. The incident attracted the attention of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, and in January 2013 criminal cases were opened against the orphanage's management. Although on 1 February 2013 the prosecutor's office, citing the results of its investigation, rejected the actress's claims, on 30 May of that year, the case against the director under Part 3 of Article 160 (misappropriation) and Part 1 of Article 286 (abuse of authority) was referred to court.

Public position Budina supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine and later urged mothers to prepare their children for the war. She was later included by the Anti-Corruption Foundation on its list of "corrupt officials and warmongers" for supporting the actions of the Russian authorities during the aggression against Ukraine.

In 2023, the actress said that she perceived certain "Western values" in the Russian film Cheburashka.

On 28 April, she stated that "the authorities" had deliberately instilled in women the idea that they too were people in order to collect taxes from them.

Personal life Olga Budina was married to businessman Alexander Naumov; they are now divorced. They had a son named Naum.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes1996Game „The Little Prince“actressShort film1998Ne poslat' ly nam gontsa?Vika 1999Dosye detektiva DubrovskogoLeraTV series1999Tsvety ot pobediteleyLiza 2000The Romanovs: A Royal FamilyGrand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia2000Checkclerk2000His Wife's DiaryGalina Plotnikova2000Empire under AttackOlga2000Border: Taiga Novel Marina GoloschekinaTV series2001Down HouseMaria2001SalomeSalomeTV series2002Railroad RomanceVeraTV2003The IdiotAglaia YepanchinaTV2003Joys and Sorrows of a Little LordNora2003BajazetOlga KhvoshchinskayaTV series2004Moscow SagaNina Gradova-KitaigorodskayaTV series2006Stalin's Wife Nadezhda AlliluyevaMini-series2007Private Life of Dr. SelivanovaElena Selivanova, gynecologistTV series2007Necklaces for Snow WomanKatyaTV2008Heavy SandElena Moiseyevna, Levii's wifeTV series2008Equation without unknown variablesAnna SamoylovaTV2008Phoenix SyndromeTatianaMini-series2010Dr. Zemsky Dr. Olga SamoylovaTV series2010Mother's HeartVera Guryanova, criminal prosecutorTV series2013Einstein. Theory of loveMargaritaMini-series2014Mystery idolTV series

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