Actor

Olya Zueva

July 23, 1987 · Vladivostok, USSR (Russia)

Director, actress. Born in Vladivostok. From 2006-2016 lived and worked in New York. Received actor’s training at the famous school of Susan Batson, studied at the film faculty at The New School. In parallel to her studies appeared in episodic roles (e.g., in the series “Orange is the New Black”), played the lead role in Anna Melikian’s short “Such a Mood. Bach’s Adagio and a Small Fragment from the Life of the Girl Lena”, scripted and directed short films. In 2016 moved to Moscow. In 2018 played the leading female role in the film “The Coach”.

Notable work

6.4
Salt (2010)
as Chenkov's Mother
7.7
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
as Jamie
6.3
Love Is Strange (2014)
as Eugenia

Often works with

Danila Kozlovsky
2 titles together
The Coach, In the Hood

Full filmography · 6

In the Hood
as Lida and Director
2018
The Coach
as Varya
20186.6
A Mood Like That, Bach’s Adagio and Several Episodes from the Life of the girl Lena
as Lena
2014
Love Is Strange
as Eugenia
20146.3
Salt
as Chenkov's Mother
20106.4