Olga Korsak
Acting
Biography
Olga Korsak is a Canadian actress, former Olympic figure skater and singer/songwriter under the stage name Livva. She is best known for her lead role in Junga Song's movie "The Petrichor," playing alongside celebrated Russian-Canadian film star Aleksey Serebryakov. Her performance as the retired figure skater who decides to pursue her skating career again in her late twenties won Best Actress at the Canadian Cinematography Awards, Hollywood North Film Festival, New York Oniros Film Festival, and American Golden International Film Festival. She was also nominated for Best Actress at the Moscow International Film Awards. Olga wrote and recorded the soundtrack for the movie "Not Afraid to Fall," which won Best Film Score at the Soundtrack Music Festival and Venice Film Festival. Olga has had lead roles in the award-winning horror drama "Unmasking" and the Sci Fi movie "Artificial Selection," and appeared in the last season of the Amazon original series "American Gods." In 2024, Olga starred as Svetlana in "Stealing the Sky," a Canadian narrative feature directed by award-winning filmmaker Megan Follows. The film explores interconnected stories amidst Toronto's evolving skyline and won Best Feature and Best Director at the Montreal Independent Film Festival.
Known For
Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.
Mayday
An ex-con becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods trying to recruit troops to battle the upstart deities. Based on Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel.
American Gods
Maya is a former figure skater who, due to personal tragedy, fails her first two attempts at senior international competition. Inspired by her skating idol, Igor Rusky, she decides at the age of thirty, to get back on the ice and pursue her dream of competing once more. As she starts skating again, she is overcome with the painful memories of her past and develops a unique form of visualization, placing Igor Rusky into her old memories to replace pain with inspiration and giving her a chance to pursue her dreams.
The Petrichor
A mosaic of interlocking stories set against the backdrop of Toronto's swelling urban landscape.
Stealing the Sky
Faced with deportation after their visas expire two Russian students in Canada must grapple with their conservative upbringings and feelings for each other as they try to find a way to stay.