Olesya > Facts
From High School Musical "Pop Up" Edition:
- When 'Kelsi' fell during the call back scene, "it took several falls to make this scene work. The manuscript would either stick together or fly off the stage. Finnaly, it landed perfectly. Olesya's knees were happy."
- She is a classically trained Russian ballerina and model.
From the High School Musical 2 Premiere Press Conference:
- She has worked at Victoria's Secret.
Said by KayCee Stroh in MAD Kids Magazine:
- She won a lot of awards in high school.
- She went to Paris to study and now knows French.
From Seventeen.com:
- Olesya has sold clothing at Nordstrom, was a certified nurse's assistant, and worked at the pound.
- She lived in Paris for six months to study economics.
- HSM 2 was the first time Olesya ever really sang.
- She never played piano before she played her role in HSM.
- She is in the process of double majoring in Economics and Business Marketing and minoring in Psychology.
- She goes back to Russia twice a year to visit her extended family.
- Jessica Simpson gave her some red carpet pointers for her first red carpet appearance.
From Portrait Magazine's Interview With Olesya (October 2008):
- She would love to work with Scarlett Johansen, Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman, Goldie Hawn, and much more.
- She has a brother in the army.
- Her favorite color is grey.
- Her favorite type of food is Russian.
- She loves fruit.
- She doesn't eat ice cream.
- She likes watching "The Girls Next Door," and all of the shows on TLC.
- Her favorite book is Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.