Olga Arntgolts: biography, filmography and personal life of the actress (photo)

Biography

Olga was born into a family of actors of the Kaliningrad Regional Drama Theater - Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Albert Alfonsovich Arntgolts and actress Valentina Galich. She is considered to be the youngest, since she was born twenty minutes later than her twin sister Tatyana.

For her unusual surname, the girl should thank her grandfather, Alfons Avgustovich Arntgolts, a German by birth. And when the twins were born, without hesitation, they were named after Tatyana and Olga Larin from the novel “Eugene Onegin.”

“Even at school, my sister and I wanted to become sports journalists,” recalls Olga, “although we grew up in an acting family. Tanya and I did gymnastics, swimming, and were even into ballet. But then we stopped playing sports professionally and decided that we would at least cover it...

Yes, my sister and I never thought of becoming actresses! We didn't even have such a dream. It’s just that after the eighth grade, our parents decided to transfer us to a lyceum, which is considered the best in Kaliningrad. It is almost impossible to get there. And the only class where they could place us, so to speak, through connections, was the theater class. My sister and I resisted terribly and cried. But mom and dad said: “Don’t be hysterical! Here you can gain excellent knowledge in humanitarian subjects.”

In general, we went to a new school on the first of September and did not expect anything good. And when they saw dance, vocals, movement, stage speech in the schedule, they were completely depressed. For some reason it seemed that this was not ours at all. But literally on the second day of classes we fell in love with both the new class and the teachers. We enjoyed participating in theatrical productions. And at the end of the eleventh grade we decided that we would go to Moscow and enter the theater school.”

The final point of training for the girls was the graduation school performance “Little Tragedies” based on Pushkin. Tatiana played Laura in it, and Olga played Donna Anna. The sisters set off to conquer the capital. And on the first try we entered the famous “Sliver”, which we successfully graduated from in 2003.

Cinema

Olga Arntgolts made her film debut in 1999, receiving a role in the youth series “Simple Truths.” She played Masha Trofimova, the twin sister of Katya Trofimova (Tatyana Arntgolts). This was the actress's first work together with her sister. Then she starred in the mystical film “Cleopatra” from the film anthology “The Black Room”.

Olga could have ended up in the series “Next” in a scene where she appeared in a dream as a double of the main character, played by Tatyana. But on the day of filming, Olya had a test at school, and she could not come. A similar story happened on the set of the melodrama “Three Against All,” where she played the main role, Elena Vlasova. The actress explains: “In the series “Three Against All,” the director also came up with a scene where in Yura’s (the same one who offended my heroine) dream I split into two. To do this, it was necessary to invite Tanya. But this time it was not possible to film with my sister. There was no time."

The series “Three Against All” immediately made the young actress Olga Arntgolts very popular. Over the course of 30 episodes, the film was in full swing with Shakespearean passions. In the story, Lena's father goes missing and her mother falls into a coma. Together with their brother and sister, they are trying to survive in this cruel world, overcoming the greed and cynicism of others...

And yet, the sisters’ dream of playing together in one film came true. This happened in 2003 in the detective series by Rauf Kubaev “Why do you need an alibi?” Olga played the main role of the pretty and attractive Angelica, and Tatyana played the supporting role of Natasha. In this film, the sisters had the opportunity to play with such cinema masters as: Mikhail Zhigalov, Vadim Andreev, Olga Ostroumova. And their main partner was their childhood idol, Alexander Domogarov.

"Russian"

In 2004, Olga Arntgolts was approved for the main role of Svetka in Alexander Veledinsky’s film “Russian”. It took a long time to find an actress for this role. And then, when there was already talk about inviting one of the French stars, the director, quite by chance, saw photographs of Olga and Tatyana, who were being registered with one of the acting agencies. Pointing to Olya’s photo, he asked to find her. By a strange coincidence, for some reason they began to look for Tanya, who, having met Veledinsky, agreed with him to star in the film. But work on another film prevented her from taking part in this project.

And then Alexander suddenly remembered that in the conversation Tanya mentioned her sister, who was like her like two peas in a pod. Without thinking twice, he went to the agency and asked to arrange a meeting with Olya. They met and started work a few days later.

Olga played the role of the young, calculating beauty Svetka, whom the main character Eddie (Andrey Chadov) has been courting for so long. As a result, Svetka pronounces a sentence on him: “You are too poor for me,” and this pushes the guy to extreme measures... A strong, interesting picture about growing up, first love, first disappointment...

“Almost every role,” says Olga, “reveals something in you that you didn’t know about yourself. I hope that I will have many more roles like the one I played in the film “Russian,” roles that will help me show everything that I am capable of.”

In 2005, the artist starred in the leading roles in Vladimir Basov’s film “Don’t Forget” (Nina) and Victor Priduvalov’s drama “Barbie’s Wedding” (Polina Zvonareva). A year later, she played with Basov in his crime film “Hot November” (Victoria). In the same year, 2006, fate again brought the actress together with Alexander Veledinsky and Andrei Chadov in the film “Alive” (nurse Olga).

"Gloss"

In 2007, Olga and Tatyana Arntgolts played Nastya and Oksana, respectively, in Andrei Konchalovsky’s film “Gloss”. Olya says: “This is a separate story, how we were approved for the role. When they just started selecting actresses for this project, the assistant showed Andrei Sergeevich photographs of my sister and I, taken several years ago. He looked and said: “This is not our invoice.” And then I had a photo shoot in a famous glossy magazine - one of the best in my life. Tanya also starred, but for a different magazine. And suddenly Konchalovsky’s assistant calls us: “Olga, Tanya, urgently see Andrei Sergeevich.” - "What's happened? He said that we are not suitable.” - “He saw you in magazines and said: “Who is this?” Find it urgently!” - “I showed you their photographs!” - "When? I do not remember!"

We came to Mosfilm and did screen tests. Konchalovsky works according to the American system and is not present at the auditions. The footage is brought home to him. After looking, he called us for a conversation. After the conversation, it became clear that he would film the two of us, but what role he would offer to whom remained a mystery. As a result, I played one of the main roles, and my sister starred in an episode.

Konchalovsky said that Tanya is more of a woman, and I am more of a child. Tanya is indeed visually larger than me; I am more delicate by constitution. Andrei Sergeevich needed a combination of external fragility and internal strength.”

In 2009, on the set of Olga Muzaleva’s film Lapushki, Tatyana got the role of stripper Natalya, and Olga played her twin sister, a modest, calm teacher Katya.

In 2014, the premiere of the comedy film “Concrete” took place, where the actress appeared in the frame with such Russian cinema stars as Gosha Kutsenko and Renata Litvinova.

Olga Arntgolts played the main roles in the historical film “In the Forests and on the Mountains”, the ironic detective story “Grey Gelding”, the melodramas “White Roses of Hope”, “Lyuba. Love”, “I’m going out to look for you” and “I’m near”, the crime film “Pandora”, the adventure series “Piranha”, the drama “Officers’ Wives”, the love story “Three Roads”.

In total, the artist’s filmography includes about 40 works.

Olga Arntgolts plans to continue acting in films

She is not going to stop at what this wonderful actress was able to achieve in such a short period. Her plans are to continue to delight her many fans and multimillion-dollar audience with her new roles and images. And there is no doubt that she will cope with completely new tasks just fine. Perhaps TV viewers will see Olga and Tatyana Arntgolts in films more than once, both separately and together.

Theater

The actress participates in enterprise productions and performances of the Millennium Theater House.

THEATRICAL WORKS:

• Viktosha - A. Arbuzov “Tales of the Old Arbat”
• Catherine - "Eight Women and..."
• "Treasure of Pelican Island"
• Sona - A. Tsagareli “Khanuma” (dir. R. Manukyan)
• Betty Whitehouse - “Don't Wake a Sleeping Dog” (based on the play “Dangerous Turn” by J. Priestley, directed by O. Shvedova)
• Laura Wingfield - “Blue Rose” (based on the play “The Glass Menagerie” by T. Williams, dir. A. Marin).

Personal life

In the summer of 2009, Olga Arntgolts married actor Vakhtang Beridze. In 2013, their daughter Anna was born. And in the fall of 2015, the couple officially divorced.

At the end of 2020, Olga gave birth to a son, Akim. The husband and father of her second child is the famous director Dmitry Petrun, with whom the actress began an affair during their collaboration on the series “Officers’ Wives.” .

The actress is doing great in her family life too.

Olga Arntgolts has had a successful career not only but also her personal life. Olga has built an excellent relationship with her sister Tatyana, also a successful actress.

In 2009, Olga walked down the aisle with the talented actor Vakhtang Beridze, a rising theater star. The young people dated for a short time and soon after meeting they decided to formalize their relationship. The wedding ceremony was very modest, almost secret. The only witnesses to the marriage were the parents of the newlyweds and sister Tatyana and her husband Ivan Zhidkov.

Until now, Olga and Vakhtang have not advertised the facts of their family life. Only in September 2013 did information leak to the press that the couple had their first child - a long-awaited daughter, whom they decided to name Anna.

A short time after the birth of her daughter, Olga began acting again. Over the past 2 years, the films “I’m Next,” “Piranha,” “Bomb,” and “I’m Coming Out to Look for You-2” have been released on screens. A young and talented actress took part in the filming of all these films.

Interview

About myself and my sister:

Like all twins, the Arntgolts sisters are very attached to each other. Olga admits: “I always feel when Tanya feels bad, I know why this happens to her. I shake when she takes her exams. Before we left for Moscow, my mother said: “How will you continue to live? You can't live without each other. After all, someday you will have your own families and affairs."

Despite the fact that the sisters are similar in appearance, they are different in character. Olga Arntgolts says: “When we were still at school, I was always afraid of being late for the first lesson. She told Tanka: “Let’s run, we’ll be late!” “No,” she answered, “we’ll have time.” I couldn’t stand her calmness and ran forward. Now Tanya has become more sentimental. I, on the contrary, am sharper, tougher.”

“In our couple, I am the mind, and Tanya is the feelings. That is, I am more serious, reasonable. More collected. Tanya is a rather absent-minded person. He may forget about some things and then start doing them feverishly. I don't like being late. Punctuality is in my blood."

“And in childhood, we, like any children, could fight, quarreling over trifles - erasers and pencils. In such cases, my mother always said: “Tanya, you’re the eldest. You have to control yourself." Tanya is 20 minutes older than me. That's a lot for twins. On this basis, my sister always got a little more from her parents.”

“Outwardly, we were very similar until our second year. We had the same haircuts. I remember that my sister had her bangs cut off for her first movie shoot. When I saw this, I burst into tears: “Tanya, you and I are not alike now.” She replied: “If you want, I will pin up my bangs and we will look alike again.”

“My sister is the closest and dearest person to me. I am often asked if there is any competition between us in the acting profession. Of course not! In general, I believe that envy of a loved one is a pathology.”

“Tanya films more often than me. She has a lot more work in films. But this doesn’t bother me at all. Yes, even if she filmed three times more, I will only rejoice and wish my sister good luck.”

“Yes, in our profession the element of luck is very important. And we were really lucky. Back in Kaliningrad we were warned: you are similar, and this can play either a deeply negative role or a deeply positive one. Fortunately, so far life is going according to the second, positive scenario. And, frankly, I'm surprised. I won’t speak for Tanya, but I have always considered myself an inconspicuous person. Yes, in fact, I continue to count.”

“We buy each other clothes very often. And we always guess. For example, I’m just sure that Tanya will never buy something that I don’t like. We often exchange outfits...

And we dressed the same until we were about 13 years old. Then we got tired of the fact that everywhere - on the street, in transport - we heard: “Oh, what cute twins!”

To put less emphasis on this, we asked our parents to buy us different things. It got to the point that sometimes on the street they tried to walk away from each other so that our similarity would not be obvious.”

“I remember the period when I first had a boyfriend and I began to spend a lot of time with him. For Tanya this was a real tragedy. Those around her tried to somehow calm her down: “Well, what are you doing? You should be happy for your sister.” To which she replied: “He’s taking her away from me. I was left alone."

And then we switched places. Tanya has a young man. And although I mentally understood how to behave, I still suffered terribly. Apparently, we both needed to experience this. Now, of course, we are wiser in these matters.”

Sisters often ask what to do if they like the same man? And they have an answer to this question: “We feel and understand each other. And if, say, one of us falls in love, the other understands why she fell in love with him and what she found in him. We see right through each other! We decided a long time ago that we would both leave the young man if he became an obstacle between us.”

Based on materials from Wikipedia and websites: kino-teatr.ru, tdmillenium.ru, arntgolz.ucoz.ru, rusactors.ru, fb.ru, 24smi.org, vokrug.tv, people.su, uznayvse.ru, “Arguments and facts "

Filmography: Actress

• Guardian (2019)
• Voskresensky (2019), TV series
• Saying goodbye for the first time (2019)
• Family Ties (2018)
• What We Won't Become (2018)
• Exchange (2017)
• Queen in Performance (2017)
• Three roads (2015)
• Officers' Wives (2015), TV series
• Gena-Beton (2014)
• Samara-2 (2014), TV series
• I'm near (2013)
• Samara (2012), TV series
• Piranha (2012), TV series
• Pandora (2011), TV series
• Lyuba. Love (2011)
• White Roses of Hope (2011)
• Gray gelding (2010)
• In the forests and on the mountains (2010), TV series
• Hanuma (2009)
• Alias ​​for the Hero (2009, was not completed)
• Lapushki (2009), TV series
• I'm going out to look for you (2012), TV series
• Privateer (2008)
• Maternal Instinct (2008)
• Juncker (2007), TV series
• Servant of the Sovereigns (2007)
• Gloss (2007)
• Alive (2006)
• Hot November (2006)
• Barbie's Wedding (2005)
• Commercial Break (2005)
• Take Tarantina (2005), TV series
• Russian (2004)
• Don't Forget (2004)
• Three against all-2 (2003), TV series
• Why do you need an alibi? (2003)
• Black Room (2001), film almanac
• Three against everyone (2001), TV series
• Simple Truths (1999-2003), TV series

Filmography, main roles and simply wonderfully conveyed images

She has roles in the films “Take Tarantine”, “Alive”, “Commercial Break”. In the crime drama “Hot November” Olga played the main character Victoria. In the film "Gloss" - the daughter of the editor-in-chief of a fashion glossy magazine, Nastya. In the drama "Maternal Instinct" - the main character is Lisa.

By the age of 32, the young actress managed to work with famous directors: Andrei Konchalovsky, Alexander Veledinsky, Robert Manukyan, Olga Shvedova, Rauf Kubaev. And also with Russian cinema stars: Alexey Serebryakov, Andrey Chadov, Olga Ostroumova, Alexander Domogarov, Mikhail Zhigalov, Vadim Andreev.