Known For: American actress (born 1981)
Category: Actresses
Occupation: television actor, film actor, stage actor
Country: United States of America
City: Santa Clara
Date of Birth: Sunday, 07 June 1981
Language English
Larisa Romanovna Oleynik is an American actress. 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 title 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).
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Larisa Romanovna Oleynik was born in Santa Clara, California. Her father was of Ukrainian and Russian ancestry, and she was raised in the Orthodox tradition. 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." After the success in her role as Alex Mack, Oleynik decided to attend college, enrolling at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, which she later described as "the best decision I’ve made".
