Larisa Oleynik
Larisa Romanovna Oleynik (; born June 7, 1981) is an American actress who became a teen idol in the 1990s.
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| Full name at birth | Larisa Romanovna Oleynik
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| Claim to fame | her roles as Alex Mack in the Nickelodeon science-fiction teen comedy-drama series The Secret World of Alex Mack, Dawn Schafer in the 1995 comedy-drama film The Baby-Sitters Club, Bianca Stratford in the 1999 teen romantic comedy film 10 Things I Hate About You, Cynthia Cosgrove in the AMC period drama series Mad Men, Maggie Cutler in the ABC Family/Freeform mystery teen drama series Pretty Little Liars, and Karen Ferris in the Netflix family comedy series The Healing Powers of Dude
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| Date of birth | 7 June 1981
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| Place of birth | Santa Clara County, California, USA
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| Height | 5' 7" (170 cm)
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| Weight | 124 lbs (56 kg)
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| Residence | New York City, New York, USA
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| Net worth | $4,000,000 USD
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| High school | Pinewood School in Los Altos, California, USA
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| University | Sarah Lawrence College
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- In January 2013, Larisa was granted a restraining order against one of her fans who apparently was so obsessed that he altered his surname to hers and used to leave presents for her at her mother’s residence.
- She has revealed that she has despised Valentine’s Day since she has always been disappointed.
- She has stated that if given an option, she would always choose her friends over her career.
- The Secret World of Alex Mack became a much-loved show among children and teenagers, and kids meeting Larisa used to ask her to “morph” for them. Instead of explaining, she would pretend to look around and then tell them that she could not do so since everybody would see.
- She won the lead role in the TV show The Secret World of Alex Mack over 400 other contenders. Thomas W. Lynch who had co-written the pilot script for the show has explained that for the main character Alex Mack, they were not looking for someone who had worked a lot in television having the clichéd reactions and had found Larisa to be refreshingly different from the others especially because of the great natural instinct she had, which added new tones and shades to the mysterious character.
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