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Larisa Oleynik Biography
Larisa Oleynik is one of the most popular and richest TV Actress who was born on June 7, 1981 in California, California, United States. Actress who played the title role in Nickelodeon’s The Secret World of Alex Mack from 1994 to 1998. She also played Maggie Cutler in Pretty Little Liars from 2012 to 2014 and did voice acting for the Nickelodeon series Winx Club.
She was in the film 10 Things I Hate About You with Heath Ledger.
Larisa Oleynik (/l ə ˈ r ɪ s ə oʊ ˈ l eɪ n ɪ k / ; born June 7, 1981) is an American actress who became a teen idol in the 1990s. During her period as a teen idol, she was described as “one of America’s favorite 15-year-olds”, and “the proverbial girl next door”.
Oleynik began acting in a San Francisco production of Les Misérables in 1989 after seeing an audition ad in a newspaper when she was eight years old. She obtained two parts in the production (young Cosette and young Eponine), both with singing roles. After appearing in the musical, she was referred to an agent by her Les Misérables co-star, Rider Strong, and began to take formal acting lessons. “I remember being 10 years old and thinking, ‘I want to be good at this’… It wasn’t about, ‘I want to be on TV’. It was more looking around at the other kids and being like, ‘I’m not good at sports, I’m not really smart. I think I could be good at this, though’.”
Her parents are Lorraine and Roman Oleynik.
| Name | Larisa Oleynik |
| First Name | Larisa |
| Last Name | Oleynik |
| Occupation | TV Actress |
| Birthday | June 7 |
| Birth Year | 1981 |
| Place of Birth | California |
| Home Town | California |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Parents | Roman Oleynik, Lorraine Allen |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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Later in 1993, she was cast in the lead role of the series The Secret World of Alex Mack where she portrayed a teenage girl who receives telekinetic powers as the result of an accident. She won the role of Alex Mack over 400 other aspirants. The series ran on Nickelodeon from 1994 to 1998 and was one of the network’s top three most watched shows, becoming quite a favorite among the child and teen audiences and turning Oleynik into a teen idol. During the show’s heyday, children who met Oleynik (and were too young to understand special effects) would often ask her to “morph” for them. Rather than try to explain things, she would quickly glance around, then tell them “Not here – everybody would see!”. Oleynik reprised the role in an All That sketch, although the name was changed to “Alex Sax”. She later made an appearance in the 100th episode of the show.
Larisa Oleynik Net Worth
Larisa Oleynik is one of the richest TV Actress from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Larisa Oleynik's net worth $4 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She made her acting debut at age eight after landing a role in a production of Les Miserables.
She also appeared in films such as The Baby-Sitters Club and 10 Things I Hate About You.
Larisa Romanovna Oleynik was born June 7, 1981 in Santa Clara, California, to Lorraine (née Allen), a former nurse, and anesthesiologist Roman Oleynik (1936–2003). Her father was of Ukrainian ancestry, and she was raised in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Oleynik was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She graduated from the Pinewood School in Los Altos, California, in 1999. As her acting career flourished, she would “divide her time between normal childhood experiences in Northern California and auditions in Los Angeles.”
| Net Worth | $4 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | TV Actress |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Her onscreen acting career began at age 12, in a 1993 episode of the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; the same year she also appeared in the made-for-television film River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene, and provided the voice of young Odette in the animated feature film The Swan Princess (1994).
In 1996 she made a cameo on the series The Adventures of Pete & Pete as a nurse at the beginning of the episode “Dance Fever”. Also during her time on The Secret World of Alex Mack, she played Dawn Schafer, one of the lead characters in the 1995 feature film The Baby-Sitters Club (1995), opposite Rachael Leigh Cook and Schuyler Fisk, appeared in several episodes of Boy Meets World, wrote an advice column for Tiger Beat magazine, and was involved in Nickelodeon’s The Big Help charity, Hands Across Communication, Surfrider Foundation and the Starlight Children’s Foundation. She has also hosted the CableACE Awards, Daytime Emmy Awards, YTV Achievement Awards, The Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards as well as The Big Help. She has commented that she stayed “grounded” during her period as a teen star, mainly through the help of a “strong network of people” that she is close to.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Larisa Oleynik height 5 ft 7 in Larisa weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
| Height | 5 ft 7 in |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Born in Santa Clara and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, Oleynik began her career as a child actor, first appearing onstage as young Cosette in a national touring production of Les Misérables (1989–1991). She was subsequently cast in the titular role on the Nickelodeon sci-fi series The Secret World of Alex Mack from 1994 to 1998. She also began a film career, starring in an ensemble cast as Dawn Schafer in the film adaptation The Baby-Sitters Club (1995), and in a lead role in the teen comedy 10 Things I Hate About You (1999).
Oleynik subsequently had a supporting role in the comedy 100 Girls (2000), after which she starred opposite Nastassja Kinski and Scarlett Johansson in the period film An American Rhapsody (2001), and the independent drama Bringing Rain (2003). She later had supporting roles in Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2011) and the horror film Jessabelle (2014). From 2010 to 2015, she had a recurring role as Cynthia Cosgrove on the AMC series Mad Men, and as Icy on the animated series Winx Club (2011–2015).
Who is Larisa Oleynik Dating?
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Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Larisa Oleynik. You may help us to build the dating records for Larisa Oleynik!After The Secret World of Alex Mack ended its run, Oleynik had a starring role in the film 10 Things I Hate About You as Bianca. The film was released in April 1999 and did fairly well at the box office, grossing a total of $38 million domestically. From 1998 to 2000, Oleynik appeared in twenty-one episodes of the NBC series 3rd Rock from the Sun as Alissa Strudwick. During 2000, she also appeared in two independent films: 100 Girls (opposite Emmanuelle Chriqui, Katherine Heigl and Jonathan Tucker) and A Time for Dancing (opposite Shiri Appleby); neither film received a theatrical release in the United States.
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Oleynik had a supporting role in the independent drama film An American Rhapsody (2001), opposite Nastassja Kinski and Scarlett Johansson, which follows a young woman whose parents are forced to leave her behind in Communist Hungary while they flee to the United States.
What is Larisa Oleynik doing now?
In 2016, Oleynik starred in the one-woman show I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, New York. Beginning in 2017, Oleynik starred in the Off-Broadway musical comedy Baghdaddy. In 2020, Oleynik starred in the Netflix family comedy series, The Healing Powers of Dude.
Does Larisa Oleynik have kids?
While she has no kids, she says she’s “in the mom zone.” Other than a public romance with 10 Things co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt from 1998 to 2002 and an Instagram-fueled report that she’s married to Who’s Your Baghdaddy? co-star Olli Haaskivi, Oleynik has kept her private life out of the headlines and has no children.
Who is Larisa Oleynik in PLL?
Pretty Little Liars (TV Series 2010–2017) – Larisa Oleynik as Maggie Cutler – IMDb.
What movies is Larisa Oleynik?
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Why did Larisa Oleynik stop acting?
After ’10 Things I Hate About You,’ Oleynik Left Acting To Pursue A College Degree. Instead of pursuing a life of celebrity and fame, Oleynik enrolled in New York’s Sarah Lawrence University at the height of her success.
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