From featuring in shows like Drop Dead Diva, The Sopranos, and The Blacklist, as well as movies like Cold Souls, The Big Take, Safe and, Oksana Lada has had quite a career in Hollywood since she made her debut appearance in 1999 in the show, Law & Order. The Ukrainian born actress has made quite an impression in the industry playing morally questionable characters on the screen.
However, across the range of shows and movies, Oksana Lada has starred in, it is her role as Irina Peltsin, playing the mistress of Tony Soprano in The Sopranos that is her most popular role. This came as a result of the popularity and critical acclaim of the show.
Here is everything you need to know about the life and career of the actress.
Oksana Lada’s Biography
Before she became known to us as Oksana Lada, she was Oksana Babiy, born on the 3rd of March, 1976 in the Soviet Union, specifically in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukrainian SSR. Much of her background is unknown but she spent her childhood and teenage years in the Soviet Union, studying all the way to the university level at the National Technical University of Capital Oil and Gas, where she earned a degree in Economics and Engineering.
After graduation and before she emigrated to the United States, Oksana Lada did some modeling in her home country. In the US, an interest in continuing the artistic life she began in Soviet Ukraine as a model expanded into a desire to become an actress. Thus, she enrolled at W.H. Studios in New York where she studied theatre.
As part of her life in theatre, Oksana Lada was cast and acted in a few Off-Broadway plays, one of which was a revival of the play, Pentecost on Off-Broadway. Oksana’s role as the lead in the play led to recognition from critics and directors and the play was subsequently nominated for an award, the Drama Desk Award in 2005.
Onscreen, Oksana Lada got an early start to her career when she was cast as Irina Peltsin in The Sopranos. It was her very first major role in a TV show and she appeared in thirteen episodes, playing the mistress of Tony Soprano. It was a breakthrough role for her, playing the character from 1999 to 2002.
In the year she appeared in The Sopranos for the last time, Oksana Lada also appeared in an episode of Hack, playing the character, Katrina Nibs. In the following years, she appeared in short films like Music, Four Simple Rules, The Technical Writer and Solidarity and she equally appeared in an episode of CSI: Miami as Nia Revay.
In 2007, Oksana Lada played a saleswoman in an episode of 30 Rock. It was her only appearance in a project in that year as she did not star in another role until 2009 when she appeared in the film, Cold Souls as Sasha. In the 2010s, Oksana appeared in a bunch of projects ranging from film to TV shows such as NYC 22, Drop Dead Diva, Orange Is the New Black, The Blacklist, Safe and a couple more others.
In 2018, she appeared as Oxana in the movie, The Big Take, which starred actors like James McCaffrey, Robert Forster, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.
Family of The Ukrainian Actress
As far as her family goes, very little is known about Oksana Lada. There is no knowledge of her extended family as she has decided to keep their identity away from the press.
As for her personal life, specifically her relationships, Oksana Lada is yet to be married and although she may have been in a few relationships in the past, she is currently believed to be single with no knowledge of the identity of her past partners.
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Other Facts About Oksana Lada
- Oksana Lada has a body height of 5 feet 9 inches, which is accompanied by body weight of 55kg.
- The actress has a distinctive pretty face that makes her recognizable and it is complemented with a body measurement of 35, 26 and 36 inches for her bust, waist and hip sizes respectively.
- Additionally, she has black colored hair and green eyes.
- Although not the most popular of actresses, Oksana Lada has a fairly decent amount of presence on social media, particularly on Instagram via the handle, @oksana_ladaofficial.
- She is also on Facebook as Oksana Lada.
- Oksana Lada has her own official website, Oksanalada.com.
- She is fluent in four languages – Polish, Russian, English, and her native language, Ukrainian.
