Anne Frida Carolin Stoltz (born 2 May 1981 in Borås, Sweden) is a Swedish actress, who is best known for her role as Ukrainian immigrant Olena Petrovich in the British TV soap Emmerdale.
[1][2] She has previously had minor TV roles in the British television series Doctors and the ITV Christmas special Clash of the Santas, where she played a German terrorist determined to undermine a 'best Santa' competition.
As a stage actress, she appeared in the Agatha Christie play Witness for the Prosecution at County Hall, London, a former municipal building transformed into a performing arts venue.
[7][8][9][10] She also appeared in the play Birdsong at Birmingham Rep.[11] Stoltz grew up in Borås, Sweden, before moving to Gothenburg.
She applied to Balettakademien in Gothenburg, dreaming of a career in musical theatre, but wasn't accepted; this led her to move to the United Kingdom.