Olesya Rulin
Rulin in 2016, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Olesya Yurivna Rulina/Rulinkova/Rulinskaya
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Date of Birth: 17 March, 1986
Ethnicity: Russian
Olesya Rulin is an American actress. She is known for co-starring in the High School Musical films.
Olesya was born in Moscow, Russia, Olesya, the daughter of Natalia Nikolaevna and Yuri Anatolievich Rulinkov/Rulinsky. She spent time in Likhoslavl, Russia, and moved to the U.S. when she was eight years old, living in Texas and then Utah. She can speak, read, and write in Russian. Olesya is married to entrepreneur Joseph Noel Pauline, with whom she has a daughter.
I thought she was Jewish since Jews were able to leave the Soviet Union when it collapsed in the early 90s. Her name Rulin seemed like an Ashkenazi surname. But, I realized it’s a stage name and she has an ethnic Russian surname.
Her birth name is Olesya Yurievna Rulinkova or Rulinskaya.
Her father is Yuri Anatolievich Rulinkov/Rulinsky.
Olesya’s mother is Natalia Nikolaevna.
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