Olga Freimut
Date of Birth: 25.02.1982
Olga Mikhailovna Freimut
Olga Mikhailovna Freimut (Ukrainian: Ольга Михайлівна Фреймут, maiden name - Konyk, married - Lokotko) is a Ukrainian television presenter, writer, journalist, and actress.
Place of Birth. Education.
Olga was born on February 25, 1982, in Novyy Rozdil, Lviv region. Her father is a football player, and her mother is a master of sports in swimming. She obtained her bachelor's degree at Vistula University in Warsaw. She received a master's degree in international journalism at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and City University London, where she graduated 'magna cum laude'. While studying, she worked as a waitress.
Career.
She worked as a journalist at the BBC. She appeared in advertisements. In 2005, she returned from London to Kyiv and got a job in the international department of 5th Channel. Soon, she realized that the work of an international journalist did not satisfy her. For a while, she worked as a fashion journalist on the 'Breakfast with 1+1' program on the 1+1 channel.
In 2008, the morning show on 1+1 was closed. She learned about the casting for the morning show of the New Channel from producer and journalist Lyudmyla Padlevska, and after successfully passing the tests, she became co-author of 'Podyem' along with Alexander Pedan and Serhiy Prytula. The last episode of 'Podyem' in this composition was aired on May 27, 2011.
From June 2011, she hosted the program 'Shoumania' together with Dmytro Kolyadenko. In March 2012, the project was closed.
At the end of August 2011, the program 'Revisor' started, where Olga Freimut checked the quality of service establishments in Ukraine. This show became one of the most successful projects of the New Channel in the 2011/2012 season and won in the nomination 'Best Information and Entertainment Show' at the Teletriumph 2012 awards.
On December 2, 2011, she conducted the draw for the group stage of the UEFA Euro 2012.
From March 2012 to 2013, she hosted the show 'Who is on Top?' together with Serhiy Prytula.
In the summer of 2012, she hosted the program 'Cabriolet' with Serhiy Prytula and Alexander Pedan, where they traveled around Ukraine.
In the autumn of 2012, she was a jury member of the show 'Shoumasohon' on the New Channel.
Since October 2013, she had been hosting the show 'War of the Worlds. Revisor vs Chef' on the New Channel with Aram Mnatsakanov.
From September 2014, she hosted the program 'Inspector Freimut' on the 1+1 television channel.
In 2015, Freimut became the host of the fourth season of the show 'Voice of the Country. Reloaded' on the 1+1 channel.
In October 2015, she was a coach in the show 'Little Giants' on 1+1.
In April 2016, she hosted the reality show 'On Knives' on the 1+1 channel.
On November 1, 2016, the project 'New Inspector Freimut' started, in which Olga conducted a global inspection of cities in Ukraine in various areas of life.
Since February 2018, she has been the director of the School of Ladies in the project 'From Boy to Lady' on the New Channel.
Since August 2018, her own talk show 'Olya' based on the format of the American talk show Ellen DeGeneres has premiered on the New Channel, hosted by Freimut.
From September 17 to October 4, 2019, she hosted the talk show on family problems 'Roman with Olga' on the Inter channel.
In 2020, Olga participated in the dance show 'Dancing with the Stars' on the 1+1 channel, with her partner being dancer Ilya Padzin.
Books.
In September 2015, at the Publishers' Forum in Lviv, she presented her first book 'Where Freimut Eats and [with whom] Sleeps'.
In the spring of 2018, she presented two books: a children's fairy tale 'The Flying Bat Jean' and an ironic master class 'School of Lady Freimut: Etiquette' for 'ladies and gentlemen with a sense of humor and self-irony'.
Actress.
In November 2013, the film 'Shadows of the Unforgotten Ancestors' directed by Lyubomyr Levitsky was released, where Freimut appeared in a cameo role as a journalist. She also starred in the film 'Double Life' (2013).
In 2016, she played a cameo role in the Russo-Ukrainian series 'Hotel Eleon'.
She has experience in voice acting: in the summer of 2011, she voiced Smurfette from the animated film 'The Smurfs' and Grace Kelly in the movie 'Princess of Monaco' in 2014.
Ratings.
In 2011, according to the ranking of the magazine 'Focus' of '30 Most Successful TV Hosts of Ukraine', Olga Freimut ranked 26th.
In 2014, she was included in the hundred most influential women in Ukraine according to the 'Focus' magazine.
In 2017, according to the 'Novoe Vremya' magazine, Freimut entered the TOP-100 successful women in Ukraine.
Personal Life.
At the 5th Channel, Olga Freimut met Alexander Rakoed, the channel's chief director, who soon became her husband. They were not officially married, only had a church marriage. However, a few years later, they separated.
In February 2006, she gave birth to daughter Zlata in London from a native Briton Neil.
With her current husband Volodymyr Lokotko, she has two more children: son Valerii (born 2016) and daughter Yevdokiya (born 2017).
03.03.2022.