Olesya Rulin Biography

Fast Facts

• Best known for performing the character of Kelsi Nielsen in the movies “High School Musical” in 2006, “High School Musical 2” in 2007 and “High School Musical 3” in 2008
• She was born in Moscow on March 17, 1986, as Olesya Yurevna Rulinkova, and she can read, write and speak Russian
• She performed the character of Sam Starks in the episode “The Red Ponies” of the police procedural television series “The Mentalist” in 2010
• Before becoming an actress, she was a model at age 12, a ballet dancer, a pianist and later a certified nursing assistant