Biography of Ekaterina Astakhova
Ekaterina Pavlovna Astakhova is a popular artist, familiar to viewers from her participation in the war film “The Ballad of a Bomber,” the 4-episode film “Greetings from the Stork,” and the television series “Always Say Always,” “How I Met Your Mother,” and “Ranetki.”
In the photo: actress Ekaterina Pavlovna Astakhova
The talented artist, who previously starred mainly in small roles, in recent years has not only delighted fans with her growth in acting skills and leading roles, but also surprised her with her beautiful voice, soulfully performing romances in the dramatic film “The Institute of Noble Maidens”, songs behind the scenes in the films “Love. RU" and "Prisoner of the Old Manor".
You have two children. While you are filming in Kyiv, do they stay at home with their husband?
E: Mom helps us on one side, mom helps us on the other. So we're lucky.
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Actress Ekaterina Astakhova
Childhood
Katya Astakhova was born on April 24, 1986 in the town of Zheleznodorozhny near Moscow (since 2020 - part of Balashikha), in a large family where, in addition to her, her brother Dima and sister Anya grew up.
From an early age, Katya loved to fantasize and play pranks on those around her. For example, she made up stories about how she allegedly did something at school. She told her parents this with a sad look, observing the reaction, and admitted that she was joking only after they, believing her story, began to get ready for school and confess.
She really enjoyed being in the choir and performing in concerts. Together with the team, she toured the country and traveled abroad. Over the years of vocal training, she became a soloist of the group and, although she studied satisfactorily in secondary school, she graduated from music school with honors.
GITIS graduate Ekaterina Astakhova sings. In 2003, having received a certificate, she entered GITIS and, after 5 years of study, received a diploma as a musical actress. Her graduation works were the play “The Odyssey of Captain Blood” based on the work of the same name by Rafael Sabatini and the musical “Jekyll and Hyde” by composer Frank Wildhorn.
Loving family unit
Not only Catherine’s professional career developed happily, but also her personal life. She considers her husband Dmitry the best and most wonderful person in the world. The girl is sure that we need to constantly work on relationships and sometimes allow each other privacy without losing a sense of trust. She is sure that the main thing in a family is love, and the lack of an apartment or car should not affect the feelings of the spouses.
In the photo is actress Ekaterina Astakhova. Still from the film “Bird in a Cage.”
The couple does not have children yet, but Astakhova already has experience communicating with them, since she has five nephews from her brother and sister. She tries to spend her free time with her family. The girl loves extreme types of recreation, preferring to ride an ATV, moped or snow scooter tied to a car.
Actor career
In her last year at the institute, the actress first appeared on television in a small role in the 12-episode comedy “Kings of the Game.” A year later, after graduating from university, she was busy in “The Tale of Lost Time” at the Taganka Theater. Then she got the role of a teacher in “Ranetki”, starred in several more minor roles in the films “Pickup: I’ll eat without rules”, “Urgently to number 2”, “One night of love”.
Ekaterina Astakhova as a teacher in “Ranetki”
She later recalled this period as a time of unemployment and lack of money. But it didn't last long. Since 2009, she began playing Tanya, the bride of the Baryshevs’ eldest son Misha (Alexander Orav), in the highly rated television project “Always Say “Always””, beloved by many viewers. The role brought her long-awaited popularity and invitations to other projects.
Ekaterina Astakhova in the film “Always Say “Always””
In 2010, the artist played Nastya, the daughter of the main characters Marina and Leonid Koltsov (played by Elena Obolenskaya and Kirill Kozakov), in the television series “Russian Chocolate”, as well as Victoria in our adaptation of the American series “How I Met Your Mother” with Alexander Ratnikov starring.
Ekaterina Astakhova and Kirill Kozakov starred in the TV series “Russian Chocolate”
During the same period, she was entrusted with embodying the image of Tata, one of the graduating class students and subsequently the second wife of Professor Zotov, in a series about love, fidelity and epoch-making historical events - “The Institute of Noble Maidens”. In 2013, a continuation of this series was released - the drama “Secrets of the Institute of Noble Maidens”.
Ekaterina Astakhova as Tata in the series “Institute of Noble Maidens”
In an interview, Katya noted that at first she and her heroine had “contradictions” - she did not condemn Tatu, but felt discomfort because of her love for a married man, who also has a sick wife and two children. Personally, she would never do that. But then she came to respect her for her humility and patience.
Ekaterina Astakhova in the comedy “Supermanager, or the Hoe of Fate”
In 2011, the comedy film “Supermanager, or the Hoe of Fate” was released, where the actress portrayed the main character’s beloved Daria on the screen. The girl joked that she recommended watching this film, if only to see her Dasha’s incredibly expensive and beautiful outfits. The artist’s colleagues on the set were Ekaterina Vilkova, Yuri Chursin, Sergei Medvedev, Ivan Okhlobystin, Konstantin Milovanov.
The greatest fame and even, according to the girl, internal maturation was brought to her by filming in the 8-episode film “The Ballad of a Bomber,” where, together with Nikita, the son of the famous Mikhail Efremov, they played lovers - radio operator Katya and bomber pilot Andrei Grivtsov.
Ekaterina Astakhova and Nikita Efremov in the film “The Ballad of the Bomber”
According to the plot, their plane crashed, but they and the film’s negative character, navigator Linko (Alexander Davydov), managed to survive. A lot of excitement was caused to her heroine and the audience by the circumstances when Grivtsov, due to intrigues on the part of ill-wishers, was considered a traitor and, according to the laws of war, could have been shot.
Ekaterina Astakhova and Mikhail Zhigalov in the film “Bird in a Cage”
In 2013, the artist’s creative repertoire included another central role in the mini-series “Bird in a Cage.” She played an orphan girl who overcame a lot of tragic circumstances - the death of her parents at the hands of church thieves, marriage to an unloved person, separation from her son - but managed to find her true happiness.
In addition to films, the actress could be seen in music videos of musical groups, for example, in the video for the song “Sandals” by the group “Boombox”.
Video “Sandals” by the group “Boombox” with Ekaterina Astakhova She often performed vocal numbers: in 2020, she performed the song “A Blizzard Again” in a duet with Elena Zhuravskaya at a vocal and poetry evening called “Songs of Our Cinema.” In February of the same year, at the celebration of the anniversary of the director of the Pioneer choir school, Alexandra Lvovna Veremeenko, she stunningly sang in French a romantic song from Lara Fabian’s repertoire “Je t’aime”. Ekaterina Astakhova at the anniversary evening of Alexandra Lvovna Veremeenko, director of the Pioneer Children's Art School named after. G.A.Struve
Personal life of Ekaterina Astakhova
The actress is married.
She gives almost no details about her family life. It is known that her wife’s name is Dmitry, like her brother, and that she is happily married. Together they often go to the cinema, ride in the field on a snow scooter tied to a car. She sometimes allows herself extreme riding on an ATV or moped.
Ekaterina Astakhova protects her personal life from strangers
The girl noted that she is capable of being firm and defending her opinion, but if it turns out that she is wrong, she will always admit her mistake. She never set anyone up, betrayed her, or took her away from the family, because she was sure that everything done to a person would definitely come back: both good and evil.
Personal life
The details of her personal and family life are unknown to fans of the work of the heroine of Russian melodramas. The actress prefers to leave her relationship with her close and beloved husband behind the scenes. The girl does not maintain official pages on Instagram or other social networks, and does not post personal photos on the Internet. It is known that Astakhova’s husband’s name is Dmitry and the man makes his beloved’s life happy and calm.
Ekaterina Astakhova
According to the girl’s reviews, her husband is a reliable shoulder, support and support. At the same time, in family and love, money and well-being are far from the most important thing. If a wife is ready to return to the hut for her husband at any moment, these are true, sincere feelings.
The couple has no children yet. However, Astakhova has experience communicating with children, because her large family already has five nephews and nieces.
Ekaterina Astakhova now
In 2020, the 4-episode melodrama “Greetings from the Stork” was released on the Russia 1 channel, where Ekaterina played the role of Yulia. Her heroine became pregnant and decided to keep the child, despite the demands of her husband, who threatened to leave if she did not have an abortion. This strong-willed act radically changed the life of her heroine.
Ekaterina Astakhova on the set of the film “Greetings from the Stork”
At the same time, the filming of the series “Alien Life” was underway. The actress will appear before the audience in the role of a woman who does not dare to confess to her beloved about her past mistakes, because the truth can destroy their happiness and break his heart. The premiere of the 12-episode melodrama should take place in 2020. Together with Astakhova, Sergei Strelnikov and Ilya Malakov will appear on the screen.
Are they not planning to come here?
E: Now it’s not entirely easy to do this. My half is working, no one is letting him go yet. Dimka came to Kyiv when I was working here several years ago, I remember that time as an adventure, as a journey. We really love Kyiv, Podol, Andreevsky Descent, we played a little trick here then (laughs). When I come here for filming, I live in different places - in whichever area they settle, I live there. I travel completely calmly on the subway or bus - everything is like everyone else.
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