Gana Bayarsaikhan

Gana Bayarsaikhan

Actor. Born 1 January 1950 in Mongolia.

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1 January 1950, Mongolia

Biography

Gana Bayarsaikhan is a Mongolian actress and model. Born and raised in Ulaanbaatar, she began her career as a model before completing drama training.

She made her screen debut as the android Jade in the 2015 film Ex Machina. Subsequent roles include a Throne Room Amazon in Wonder Woman (2017), Khutu in Ben-Hur (2016), and The Girl in Waiting for the Barbarians (2019). She has also appeared in Peaky Blinders (2019) and played Tuva Olsen in the television series Intelligence (2020–2023). Sources describe her as the first Mongolian actress to play a lead role in a Hollywood film.

Filmography

Beyond what we have reviewed, Gana Bayarsaikhan is known for Wonder Woman (2017), Waiting for the Barbarians (2020), Documentary Now! (2015) and Intelligence (2020).