Olga Smirnova(IV)
- Actress
Russian ballet dancer born in St. Petersburg in 1991. In 2011, she graduated from Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, Lyudmila Kovaleva's class, and the same year joined the Ballet Company of the Bolshoi Theater directly in the rank of soloist. She was promoted Prima Ballerina in 2016. She has won numerous awards including the Grand Prix of the Dance Open Ballet Festival in St. Petersburg in 2016, the Dancer of the Year Award from Positano Premia la Danza in Italy in 2014 and the Best Female Dancer Prize from the Benois de la Danse International Dance Association in 2013.
