Amalina Olga Mikhailovna (Born 20 May 1945, Riga)

Honoured Artist of Russia and Turkmenistan

Olga Amalina is the daughter of Mikhail Yefimovich Amalin.

Education

  • Graduated from the Riga Choreographic School.

  • Studied at the Shchepkin Theatre School.

  • 1969 – Graduated from GITIS (A. V. Lunacharsky State Institute of Theatre Arts).

Theatre Career

Olga Amalina performed in theatres across various cities, including Ashgabat, Astrakhan, Smolensk, Simferopol, Almaty.

Since 1987, she has been part of the Ivanovo Regional Drama Theatre.

Awards and Recognition

  • 1994 – Awarded the "For Personal Contribution to the Development of Culture and Arts of the City of Ivanovo" Prize.

  • Twice a winner of the Lev Raskatov Prize (People’s Artist of the USSR):

      ◦ 1997 – For the role of Ognevaya in "Playing Meetings and Farewells..." (based on A. N. Tolstoy’s "Cuckoo’s Tears")

      ◦ 2002 – For the role of Nicole in "No Admittance to the Audience" (based on Jean Marsan’s play)

Film Roles

  • Iolanta (1963)

  • There Lived an Old Man and an Old Woman (1964)

  • A Game Without Rules (1965)

  • Born in a Storm (1966)