Russian theater and film actress; People's Artist of Russia (2021). From 1987 to 1991 she studied at the Moscow Theater Arts and Technical College. She graduated from the B. V. Shchukin Theater Institute in 1995 (course of A. A. Kazanskaya). In the same year she was accepted into the troupe of the Vakhtangov Theater. Olga began acting in films in 1998. In 2007 she was awarded the honorary title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Things did not work out for Olga Tumaykina with the Moscow Art Theater School already in the first round. When the girl entered the audition, the admissions committee (which included Oleg Tabakov) was already quite tired. Olga was asked what she had prepared. "Chekhov, Tsvetaeva, Garcia Lorca, Dostoevsky," she answered. "Well, read us some Chekhov," they said and leaned back casually. And then the girl, deciding to be mischievous, began reading a Tsvetaeva text. Her move was not appreciated and they parted ways. But at the Shchukin Institute the applicant was appreciated and accepted.

Olga Tumaykina graduated from the Shchukin Theater Institute in 1995. In the same year she was accepted into the troupe of the Vakhtangov Theater. The debut of the former student was successful - she wonderfully performed the role of Adelma in "Princess Turandot," the cult play of the Vakhtangov troupe. Over time, Olga Tumaykina became one of the leading actresses of the theater, whose role type is the character heroine. Her credits include: Polina Andreevna in Chekhov's "The Seagull," the pharmacist Kashkina in the play "Last Summer in Chulimsk" based on Vampilov, the scatterbrained fool Pronya Prokopovna in the sparkling comedy "Two Hares," the robber woman in "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," Mademoiselle Georges in the play "Frederick, or the Boulevard of Crimes," Clarice in the fairy tale "The Stag King" and other roles. The actress brilliantly performed the role of the drunken colonel's wife Sofya Petrovna Farpukhina in the play "Uncle's Dream" based on Dostoevsky.