[1] Prior to her current appointment, Lyubimova has served the Deputy Minister of Culture since 2015 and as the head of its cinematography department since 2018.

[2][3] She is the daughter of Boris Lyubimov (currently the acting president of the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School) and the great-granddaughter of renowned actor Vasily Kachalov.

However, she received support from film critic Anton Dolin, who said "she loves culture, or at least, cinema".

[5] On 6 May 2020, Olga Lyubimova's Press Secretary announced that she had contracted the COVID-19, but the disease is mild, so hospitalization is not required.

[7] On 17 July 2023, Lyubimova was sanctioned by the United Kingdom for "using her position to support the Russian state's damaging anti-Ukrainian policies".