Russian actress Ekaterina Olkina: biography, film career and personal life

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Ekaterina Olkina is known to the Russian audience thanks to her diverse acting and many starring roles. The most striking films with the participation of the actress are considered to be: "St. John's Wort 2", "Double Life", "Family Album", "The Three Musketeers" and others.

Biography

Catherine's birthday fell on November 8, 1985. The hometown for the actress is Kotlas, located in the Arkhangelsk region. However, her childhood passed in Samara, where the family moved almost immediately after the birth of her daughter. The girl tried herself in drawing, swimming and dancing, but she did not get pleasure from this. Having become a first grader, Catherine began attending a music school and performing in a choir. Later, the girl switched to classical and pop vocals, the lessons of which brought her prizes in competitions.

At the gymnasium, she studied French, English and Latin in depth. At school age, she managed to pass a tough casting for the lead role in the musical "Another World". Thanks to this event, the girl finally decided on a profession. Having gone to Moscow, Ekaterina Olkina entered GITIS(workshop of A. Barmak). The young student planned to play exclusively in the theater, but the teacher pushed his student to work in the film industry.

Films with the participation of the actress

Olkina's debut took place in college time. She played Zoya in the historical drama Stalin. Live. For some time, she was offered only episodic roles in the films Morozov, Cop in Law and Servant of the Sovereigns. Ekaterina's talent was noticed by the authors of the film "The Volga River Flows", in which she was invited to play the main character Luda.

In 2010, the actress again worked on key roles in two TV series at once - Capital of Sin and St. John's Wort 2. Later, the premiere of the melodrama "Only You" took place, in which Olkina played Irina. In 2012, Ekaterina once again appeared on television in the title role of the crime mini-series The Road to Easter Island. At the same time, she starred in the films "Night Swallows" and "Gold of Gloria", playing the heroines of a secondary plan.

The following years were marked by the release of the comedy Diamond in Chocolate, the melodrama Double Life, the crime mini-series The Remedy for Death and Once Upon a Time in Rostov. In the above pictures, Olkina Ekaterina again got the main roles. This is not surprising, since the appearance of an actress in a particular film automatically portends him a resounding success. In 2013-2014, the girl starred in the historical film adaptation of The Three Musketeers, the melodramas Widower and Live On.

Later filmographyEkaterina Olkina was replenished with the detective "Cop 2", the comedy "Reverse Turn", the saga "Family Album", the series "Broken Hearts", "Substitution" and "While the Village Sleeps". In these films, the actress played the main characters. In 2018, with her participation, the premieres of the films "Parma Violets", "The Green Van" and "Potapov and Lucy" are expected.

Private life

Olkina Ekaterina is the wife of the composer and singer Ivan Zamotaev. The couple first met at a film festival. Catherine and Ivan were in a relationship long before the wedding. In the fall of 2015, the actress became a mother.

Ekaterina Olkina loves to drive an off-road vehicle and watch movies all day long at the weekend. The artist once said that she prefers visiting various exhibitions and excursions rather than traveling to the sea.