Olga Chernova

Biography

Olga Chernova is a 23-year-old actress, dancer, and choreographer from Minsk, Belarus. She studied choreography for nine years at the Minsk State Palace of Children and Youth, where she gained valuable experience working in a team. She continued her artistic path in the inclusive theatre "I," where she studied and performed as an actress. In 2021, she entered the European Humanities University in Vilnius, Lithuania, in the "Theatre Arts and Acting" program and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre. During her studies, she performed in seven theatre productions and participated in numerous creative and organizational projects. She also worked as an assistant director and choreographer for the performance Ivona, Princess of Burgundy. Beyond university, Olga has been active in film and international theatre projects. She attended the Avignon Theatre Festival in 2024 and participated in the international theatre seminars Theatre for Social Change and Empowerment in Youth Work (Berlin, 2023) and Humankindness and Solidarity (Gartow, 2025), both supported by Erasmus+. Olga played the main character Sonya in the teaser for Sasha Stelchenko's film 37th Kilometer and portrayed the lead role of Anna in the short film Ariadne Protocol by Andrei Kalesnikau.