When most people view Olesya Rulin they think of all american teen Kelsi Neilsen, a character from the popular High School Musical series, but actress Olesya Rulin who playes Neilsen is actually from Russia (born in the former USSR).
Olesya Rulin was born on March 17, 1986 in the capital city of Moscow, Russia (Former Soviet Union). She spent her early childhood in the small empovershed 12 house village of Likhoslavl, located 3 hrs north of the capital. When she was 8 years old her family emigrated to the United States where they joined her father who had gone over ahead of his family 2 years prior. Originally the family settled in Texas but later moved to Utah.
Olesya Rulin started her showbiz carrer when at the age of 12 her mother entered her into a modeling contest. Olesya won and picked up representation by four different modeling agencies.
In 2001 she began appearing in television productions for the Disney channel and had small roles in 3 different tevelision series for the company as well as landing parts (and one starring role) in two direct to DVD movies before her big break in 2006 came with High School Musical.
Currently Rulin is set to star alongside with Jessica Simpson in the new movie "Major Movie Star". There are also rumors that she will be reprising her role as Kelsi Neilsen for High School Musical 3 this year.
Olesya retains her Russian heritage. Though she does not speak english with a noticable accent, Rulen can read, write and still speak fluently in Russian. She is also a trained ballet dancer, a great passion among people of Russia.
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