Gana Bayarsaikhan

Gana Bayarsaikhan is a Mongolian model, TV and film actress best known for her role as "the girl" in the 2019 film Waiting for the Barbarians and as Tuva Olsen in the 2020 Sky TV series Intelligence.

Career

Bayarsaikhan was born in Mongolia.[1] She started her career as a model[2][3] and has appeared in Schön[4] and Where magazines.[5] After finishing drama training, she took a coaching programme to help her accept her own speech and accent for auditions.[6]

Bayarsaikhan made her screen acting debut as the android Jade in the 2015 film Ex Machina alongside Domhnall Gleeson.[7] She was cast as "the girl" in the 2019 film Waiting for the Barbarians which premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 6 September 2019 and co-starred Johnny Depp and Mark Rylance.[8] Director Ciro Guerra described how Bayarsaikhan and the other Mongolian actors shared their culture, enriching the film in the process.[9] Bayarsaikhan attended the 76th Venice International Film Festival in 2019.[10][11]

Bayarsaikhan plays Tuva Olsen, a main character in the 2020 Sky TV series Intelligence, alongside David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed.[12]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role
2020 Three Dots and a Dash (short film) Nikita Hayashi
2019 Mad Lord (Short film) Sokushitsu
2019 Waiting for the Barbarians [8] The Girl
2018 Sweet Lies (Short film) Honey
2017 Wonder Woman [13] Throne Room Amazon
2016 Ben-Hur Khutu
2014 Ex Machina[7] Jade

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2019 Intelligence[12] Tuva Olsen Main role - 6 episodes
2019 Peaky Blinders Li 1 episode ("The Loop")

References
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  2. "Portfolio: Gana Bayarsaikhan". profile-models.com. 2020.
  3. "Glowing in Chanel: Gana Bayarsaikhan". beautyisboring.com. 2017.
  4. "Lucent". schonmagazine.com. 2014.
  5. "How 'Ex Machina' Abuses Women of Color & Nobody Cares Cause It's Smart". Sharon H Chang -Multi-Asian Families. 2015.
  6. "Testimonial: Gana Bayarsaikhan - "Most of all I started accepting myself"". dnalightup.net. 2018.
  7. "Ex Machina". netflix.com. 2015.
  8. "London Film Festival `Waiting for the Barbarians'". theupcoming.co.uk. 2019.
  9. "Director Ciro Guerra on Venice competition player `Waiting for the Barbarians'". variety.com. 2019.
  10. "76th Venice Film Festival 2019". gettyimages.co.uk. 2020.
  11. "Gana Bayarsaikhan in Ashi Studio Waiting for the barbarians Venice Film Festival photocall premiere". redcarpet-fashionawards.com. 2019.
  12. "Intelligence: Who is Gana Bayarsaikhan? Sky One star impresses as Tuva Olsen". hitc.com. 2020.
  13. "Gana Bayarsaikhan is a Mongolian actress known for Wonder Woman". Mongolia live on facebook. 2020.
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