Isolda Dychauk was born in Surgut, Western Siberia on February 4th, 1993. Her first high-profile film was the lead role in Faust (2011), directed by Russian auteur Aleksandr Sokurov, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Following the film's success, she was cast in her first English-language project, the international series Borgia (2011), produced by Tom Fontana. Since then she has gone on to work with directing stalwarts like Athiná-Rachél Tsangári, Denis Côté, Gust Van den Berghe, etc. In 2017 she wrapped production on The Book of Vision working alongside Charles Dance and executive produced by Terrence Malick. She is collaborating on a new half fiction project with her fiancé, Mike Ott. Isolda lives part-time between Los Angeles and Berlin.