Gana Bayarsaikhan Explained

Gana Bayarsaikhan
Birth Place:Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:2014–present

Gana Bayarsaikhan (Mongolian: Баярсайханы Ганчимэг) is a Mongolian actress and model known for her role as "the girl" in the 2019 film Waiting for the Barbarians and as Tuva Olsen in the 2020 Sky TV series Intelligence.

Early life and career

Bayarsaikhan was born and raised in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[1] She started her career as a model,[2] [3] and has appeared in Schön[4] magazine. After finishing drama training, she took a coaching programme to help her accept her own speech and accent for auditions.[5]

Bayarsaikhan made her screen acting debut as the android Jade in the 2015 film Ex Machina alongside Domhnall Gleeson.[6] and secured small roles as Khutu in Ben-Hur (2016) and in Wonder Woman (2017).[7]

Bayarsaikhan purportedly became the first Mongolian actress ever to play a lead role in a Hollywood movie when she was cast as "the girl" in the 2019 film Waiting for the Barbarians,[1] which co-starred Johnny Depp and Mark Rylance,[8] and premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival on 6 September 2019, to which Bayarsaikhan attended.[9] [10] Director Ciro Guerra described how Bayarsaikhan and the other 14 Mongolian actors [1] shared their culture, enriching the film in the process.[11]

Bayarsaikhan plays Tuva Olsen, a main character in the 2020 Sky TV series Intelligence, alongside David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed.[12] Series 2 of Intelligence was released in 2021.[13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2014Ex MachinaJade
2016Ben-HurKhutu
2017Wonder WomanThrone Room Amazon
2018Sweet Lies (short film)Honey
2019Mad Lord (short film)Sokushitsu
2019Waiting for the BarbariansThe Girl
2020Three Dots and a Dash (short film)Nikita Hayashi

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019Peaky BlindersLi1 episode ("The Loop")
2020-2021IntelligenceTuva OlsenMain role - 12 episodes
2021Queens of MysteryYetao2 episodes - Modern Art of Murder 1 & 2
2022Documentary NowMasho2 episodes - Soldier of Illusion, Parts 1 & 2

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The First Mongolian Actress to Create the Role of a Main Character in Hollywood Film . montsame.mn. November 2, 2020.
  2. Web site: Portfolio: Gana Bayarsaikhan . profile-models.com . 2020 .
  3. Web site: Glowing in Chanel: Gana Bayarsaikhan . beautyisboring.com . 2017 .
  4. Web site: Lucent . schonmagazine.com . 2014 .
  5. Web site: Testimonial: Gana Bayarsaikhan - "Most of all I started accepting myself" . dnalightup.net . 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20190915075342/http://dnalightup.net/gana-bayarsaikhan-most-of-all-i-started-accepting-myself/. September 15, 2019 . usurped.
  6. Web site: Ex Machina . netflix.com . 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200329153510/https://www.netflix.com/title/80023689 . 29 March 2020 . dead.
  7. Web site: Gana Bayarsaikhan is a Mongolian actress known for Wonder Woman . Mongolia live on facebook . 2020 .
  8. Web site: London Film Festival 'Waiting for the Barbarians' . theupcoming.co.uk . 2019 .
  9. Web site: 76th Venice Film Festival 2019. gettyimages.co.uk . 2020.
  10. Web site: Gana Bayarsaikhan in Ashi Studio Waiting for the barbarians Venice Film Festival photocall premiere. redcarpet-fashionawards.com . 2019.
  11. Web site: Director Ciro Guerra on Venice competition player 'Waiting for the Barbarians' . variety.com . 2019 .
  12. Web site: Intelligence: Who is Gana Bayarsaikhan? Sky One star impresses as Tuva Olsen . hitc.com . 2020 .
  13. Web site: Series 2, Episode 1 . comedy.co.uk. 2021 .

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