Gana Bayarsaikhan


Gana Bayarsaikhan is a Mongolian model, TV and film actress best known for her role as "the girl" in the 2019 film Waiting for the Barbarians and as Tuva Olsen in the 2020 Sky TV series Intelligence.

Career

Bayarsaikhan was born in Mongolia. She started her career as a model and has appeared in Schön and Where magazines. After finishing drama training, she took a coaching programme to help her accept her own speech and accent for auditions.
Bayarsaikhan made her screen acting debut as the android Jade in the 2015 film Ex Machina alongside Domhnall Gleeson. She was cast as "the girl" in the 2019 film Waiting for the Barbarians which premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 6 September 2019 and co-starred Johnny Depp and Mark Rylance. Director Ciro Guerra described how Bayarsaikhan and the other Mongolian actors shared their culture, enriching the film in the process. Bayarsaikhan attended the 76th Venice International Film Festival in 2019.
Bayarsaikhan plays Tuva Olsen, a main character in the 2020 Sky TV series Intelligence, alongside David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed.

Filmography

Film

Television