Talk:Olga Kurylenko

Nationality

Sorry for edit warring and being ignorant. I realized that we can't describe Kurylenko's nationality as "Ukrainian and French". Ukraine doesn't recognize dual citizenship. Should we omit her nationality in the first sentence and explain it later (e.g., ... is an actress and former model. Born and raised in Ukraine, she moved to France at age 16 to pursue a modelling career and acquired citizenship in 2001 ...)? Or describe it as "Ukrainian-born French"? Or just "French"?

Regards, Thedarkknightli (talk) 16:50, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Clear Looking Glass, could you please take a look at this? Thanks in advance! Thedarkknightli (talk) 18:17, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Thedarkknightli - I'm so sorry for not seeing this until two months later.

Anyways, given Ukrainian nationality laws, I do doubt that Kurylenko maintains dual citizenship (there was similar, extensive discussion with Mila Kunis). Furthermore, Kurylenko's notability has never been in Ukraine. She began modelling and acting in France. AFAIK, her career has been primarily in French or Anglophone cinema.

There was past discussion which (for a while) resulted in Kurylenko solely being called a "French" actress/model in 2014.[1][2][3] At some point, there was a hidden comment saying to not add "Ukrainian" in the lede. October 2014 discussion pointed out that Kurylenko was a resident of France and a French citizen, though some argued that she might've had dual citizenship. Again, this is unlikely given Ukrainian laws and she began her career as a model/actress in France, not Ukraine. But the hidden comment was eventually removed (possibly by an IP editor) and users have been trying to add "Ukrainian" in the lede ever since.

To me, my top opinion is to just omit the nationality, especially since this is a rather contentious topic. We cover her birth in Ukraine and subsequent immigration to France in the opening paragraph. But I'm also fine with simply calling her "French", with the subsequent sentence describing her birth and immigration, as what was done with Mila Kunis's opening sentence. What I don't agree with is adding "Ukrainian-French" or something to that effect since she's presumably not a dual citizen, hasn't lived in Ukraine since she was a teenager, and just about all of her major work as a model and actress was never in Ukraine. She doesn't even live in Ukraine now (having been based largely in Paris and later moving to London as of 2009). Clear Looking Glass (talk) 09:14, 18 April 2024 (UTC)