Varnava Ekaterina Vladimirovna

Once upon a time, a girl was born into the family of a Cossack and a doctor, who was destined to become a sex symbol in one of the popular Russian shows. This is how Varnava Ekaterina Vladimirovna was born, whose nationality still causes heated debate.

At the moment she is one of the most famous women in Russia. This article tells you who Ekaterina Varnava is: biography, photos and facts from the life of the star.

First years of life

Many people ask how old Ekaterina Varnava is. It's pretty easy to calculate: her birthday is December 9, 1984. When Katya was born, her father was transferred to serve in the city of Wünsdorf in Germany, where she lived until she was 7 years old. Then the family of the future star returned to their homeland, Moscow.

The return to Russia was difficult. When she went to school, the girl became an outcast in the class because she had bright and beautiful things that were inaccessible to other children. The shortage in Russia was very acute, and Moscow schoolchildren decided that Katya was an ordinary upstart.

But the girl didn’t wear anything that she hadn’t worn in her previous school in Germany. However, this did not bother her classmates, and therefore in the first years of her life in Moscow she was very lonely.

Passion for dancing

Ekaterina Varnava studied ballroom dancing from a very early age. This was the girl's real passion. She attended training almost every day, and was predicted to have a great future. But when Katya turned 13, she stretched out very much and found herself taller than her dance partner by as much as 20 cm!

Of course, she was not allowed to dance with him, and finding someone suitable in other schools was also not so easy. Well, when they found a pair of suitable height for her, Katya injured her back during training. So at the age of 14 she had to give up her career as a dancer.

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After filming Maxim, Katya wanted to make some changes to her appearance. For this she underwent plastic surgery. Surgeons enlarged her lips and performed rhinoplasty. Some believe that the procedures only spoiled the celebrity. However, she has the opposite opinion.

Katya constantly appears in various television projects. She starred in Happy Together and also had a minor role in 8 First Dates. In 2012, she began broadcasting the NTV Morning program. In addition, she participated in the “Battle of the Choirs”. In 2014, the long-legged brunette was made the host of “Who’s on Top” on Ukrainian television. But since 2020, Ekaterina Varnava, a participant in Comedy Vumen, has been prohibited from entering the border country because she visited Crimea.

Student years and the beginning of a career in KVN

Initially, Katya dreamed of continuing her creative activity and going to the University of Culture, but she could not pass the selection.

And then, on the advice of her father, the girl applied to MISiS to study law and was admitted. After graduating, she became a certified lawyer, but Ekaterina did not have to work in her specialty.

Katya really liked student life. Of course, legal was not what she wanted, but here, too, the talented beauty found a creative streak.

She began playing in KVN, initially playing for the team “Svoi Sekretiki”, and in 2005 she joined the permanent team of the “Team of Small Nations” from the KVN Premier League.

It was very difficult to combine playing KVN and studying. Constant rehearsals took up almost all of the star’s time, and she was almost expelled from the university. In addition, at night the girl worked as a go-go dancer in a Moscow club.

In 2007, the team ceases to exist, and Varnava decides to return to his old team “Svoi Sekrety”, where he continues to play until its collapse.

KVN greatly helped the girl decide on her place of life and future career. It was here that the image of a fatal beauty was formed, dreaming of a beautiful life and material wealth, which Barnabas plays on the stage of show business.

Varnava, Ekaterina Vladimirovna

KVN

Since 2003, he has been playing for the KVN team “Own Secrets”.

In 2004, Ekaterina Varnava first appeared on television; she played for the “Team of Small Nations” in the music competition for the 1/4 finals of the 2004 Premier League season (for now as a guest participant)[3].

Since the Premier League festival of the 2005 season, Ekaterina Varnava has been playing for the “Team of Small Nations” as a permanent member. In total, in 2005 the team played five games in the Premier League (including the festival) and reached the final, in which they took fourth place. In the same year, the “Team of Small Nations” took part in the “Voting KiViN 2005” festival with a non-competitive performance. Simultaneously with her performances for the “Team of Small Nations” in the Premier League, Ekaterina plays for “My Secrets” in the season of the Ukrainian Higher League, where she reaches the semi-finals.

Following the results of the Sochi festival “Voting KiViN-2006”, Ekaterina Varnava, together with the “Team of Small Nations”, was invited to the Major League of KVN. However, in the very first game (1/8 finals), the team faces failure, and the “Team of Small Nations” ceases participation in the 2006 season. The team also takes part in the Jurmala festival “Voting KiViN 2006” with an out-of-competition performance, but does not make it into the final television version. However, Ekaterina Varnava and Maria Kravchenko get on air thanks to their participation in the recording of the final song of the festival. In the same year, Ekaterina, as part of “My Secrets,” becomes the champion of the Volga League after a draw in the final with Samara SOK.

After the Sochi festival “KiViN-2007”, the “Team of Small Nations” actually ceases to exist, and from that moment on, Ekaterina Varnava plays only for the “Own Secrets” team, which since 2007 has represented the Moscow University of Finance and Law (formerly MISiS). “Your Secrets” are included in the television version of the festival, and are also invited to the 2007 Major League season. The central actresses of the team are Ekaterina Varnava and Maria Kravchenko, who also take part in the recording of the final song of the festival. In their game at the 1/8 finals, the “Svoi Sekrety” team takes fourth place, stops participating in the Major League season and moves to the Premier League. In the quarterfinals of the Premier League, Svoi Sekrety takes third place and does not qualify for the semifinals. In the same year, Ekaterina, as part of “Her Secrets”, with a non-competitive performance, gets into the television version of the Jurmala festival “Voting KiViN 2007”.

Ekaterina Varnava also plays her last season in KVN for “Svoe secrety”. As in the previous year, the team in its 1/8 finals takes fourth place and is eliminated from participation in the 2008 Major League season. At the Jurmala festival “Voting KiViN 2008”, “Their Secrets” repeat the fate of the “Team of Small Nations” in 2006: in The team's performance is not included in the final television version, and Maria and Ekaterina appear on air again during the performance of the opening and closing songs of the festival. Ekaterina Varnava played her last game in KVN as part of the Moscow National Team at the KVN Special Project 2008[4].

She took part in KVN “Outside the Game”. Once as a member of the “Team of Small Nations” (issue No. 14) and several times as a member of the “Own Secrets” team (issues No. 11, 16-19, 21, 24, 26-27). She was the presenter of issue No. 15 (together with Alexander Maslyakov Jr. and Maria Kravchenko)[5].

A television

Since its first release in 2008, she has been participating in the television program “Comedy Woman” in the image of a “sex symbol of the show” [ source not specified 325 days

], and also produces choreographic numbers.

From August 27 to September 10, 2012, she hosted the “NTV in the Morning” (NTV) program. She was also one of the hosts of the “Battle of the Choirs” program on the Russia-1 channel.

In 2014, she became the host of the Ukrainian television project “Who’s on top?” on the New Channel, replacing Olga Freimut. She remained the host of this show until 2020, until she was banned from entering Ukraine for visiting Crimea[6]. In March 2020, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine included it in the list of people who “pose a threat to national security”[7].

In 2020, she became the host of the Channel One television project “Dance!” In July 2020, together with Natalya Andreevna, she starred in the video for the Record Orchestra group for the song “Lada Sedan”[8].

In November 2020, she took part in the show “Explorer” on the TV channel “Friday!” and became, together with Andrei Bednyakov, the presenter of the issue, which was dedicated to Moscow.

In 2020, she became a participant in the TNT channel show Love is[9].

In December 2020, she was the host of one episode of the Ukrainian television show “Heads and Tails.”

Since April 21, 2020 - host of the show “Songs. Reality" on TNT.

Since August 2020, she has been the host of the “Questions for an Adult” program on the Futures YouTube channel.

Since April 2020, she has been the host of the comedy show “Fight with Girls” on the “Friday!” channel. (together with Alexander Gudkov).

Filmography

Magazines

She starred for the April 2010 issue of the Russian version of the men's magazine "Maxim"[10][11].

In November 2012, Ekaterina Varnava appeared on the cover of XXL magazine[12].

Filming in advertising

In the fall of 2013, she took part in the filming of an advertising campaign for the online shoe store “Sapato.ru” as the main character of the video[13].

In August 2020, she took part three times in filming advertisements for the Gloria Jeans chain of stores[14].

Since 2020, he has been the advertising face of Loko-Bank[15].

Filming in videos

• 2015 - Vitaly Kozlovsky - “I Spend”
• 2015 - Record Orchestra - “Lada Sedan”
• 2015 - Arthur Pirozhkov - “Love”
• 2019 - Alexander Gudkov - “Tektonik”
• 2020 -
  2019 - cartoon “The Secret Life of Pets 2” - Daisy

Ekaterina Varnava in the Comedy Woman show

But real fame came to the star when in 2008 she was invited to Comedy Woman. Ekaterina Varnava became the sex symbol of the program and part-time choreographer of the show. In this she greatly benefited from the dancing skills she acquired in childhood.

“Comedy Woman” is a female humorous show from the “graduates” of KVN, proving that women also have humor. All participants are young girls under 30 years old, playing a variety of roles that complement each other. The comedians come up with all the jokes and skits on their own in an all-female team.

This show brought incredible popularity to all the girls. Ekaterina Varnava also became famous, whose personal life began to interest the public much more than her acting activities.

Many cannot share the sexy heroine Katya on stage with the real Catherine in life.

Carier start

After receiving a school certificate, Varnava Ekaterina Vladimirovna becomes a student at the Faculty of Law of MISiS. The girl’s creative abilities and cheerful character did not go unnoticed: she became a member of the team of the Cheerful and Resourceful Club “Own Secrets”. Ekaterina Varnava first appeared on the big stage in 2006 during one of the quarter-final meetings of novice teams.

For three years, Ekaterina Varnava has been playing for two teams at once. One of them, the “Team of Small Peoples”, managed to reach the Major League. In 2008, both teams broke up, and a new stage began in the biography of Barnabas.

Participation in Comedy Woman

Even while playing in KVN, a tall, slender brunette with an excellent sense of humor stood out from the other few team members. It is not surprising that when selecting the cast for a female comedy show, her candidacy was among the first to be considered. In Comedy Woman, Barnabas got the role of a sex symbol.

The show almost immediately gained popularity among viewers. And completely because there are not so many female humorous projects on television. The main reason for the demand is good humor and a talented team. For several years, girls have successfully refuted the widespread assertion that only men can joke well.

In addition to writing jokes and drafting scripts, together with her colleagues, Ekaterina Varnava also choreographs dance numbers.

Ekaterina Varnava: biography, personal life

Fans of show business are interested in the personal lives of stars such as Ekaterina Varnava. It was unclear for a long time who the actress was dating, because she does not like to advertise her personal life to the public.

In one of the interviews, Ekaterina admitted that she once dated a married man, and this changed her greatly. She understood that it was wrong to do this, she resisted this feeling for a long time, but still gave up. Their relationship lasted for two whole years, and after breaking up, Barnabas decided that she would never start such an affair again.

In 2012, she began dating her colleague Dmitry Khrustalev. Looking at this couple, I can’t even believe that they were connected by a great bright feeling. But despite everything, they had a sincere and sensual romance, they even started living together and were going to get married. But in 2014, the couple broke up due to the fact that their relationship had exhausted itself.

“We are not together, but we still remain friends,” says Ekaterina Varnava.

The star’s personal life is not too turbulent at the moment. Not long ago it became known that she began dating a young dancer Evgeniy Borodenko.

Personal life

For a long time, Ekaterina Varnava hid her personal life from the general public. Most likely, this is due to the fact that the girl’s first chosen one was a married man. After two years of secret meetings, the girl decided to break off the relationship.

At the beginning of 2012, it became known that the TV presenter was dating Dmitry Khrustalev, who took part in one of the projects. Despite the fact that Varnava and Khrustalev denied a romantic relationship, photos leaked online confirming that the couple has more than just romantic feelings for each other. Ekaterina Varnava and Dmitry Khrustalev broke up in the summer of 2013.

In the same year, rumors began to persistently spread that another colleague of hers, Evgeny Borodenko, became the celebrity’s new chosen one. The reason for the speculation was the numerous photos in which Ekaterina Varnava and Evgeny Borodenko look like a real couple in love. For a long time, despite the denials of the actress herself, the couple was credited with a romantic relationship. However, in October 2020, doubts were dispelled: shocking news appeared in all top online publications - a dancer in one of the European countries officially registered a relationship with a man.

A year ago, on the show “Dance!”, in which the girl took part as a presenter, a real romance began between her and one of the project participants, and not one assumed by fans. Varnava and her boyfriend Konstantin Myakinkov hid their romantic relationship for a long time, but after photos of the couple appeared on the Internet, the actress did not deny a romantic relationship with a former colleague in the project.

Varnava and Myakinkov took part in the next television project, demonstrating to both colleagues and television viewers their tender and touching attitude towards each other. The actress assures that Konstantin is exactly the man she always dreamed of meeting. Rumors about the TV presenter's secret marriage and her pregnancy currently have no official confirmation.

Appearance of Catherine Barnabas

Many people wonder why she has such an extravagant appearance. Who is Barnabas Catherine? The girl’s nationality is half Cossack. Therefore, her appearance is very specific, which simply needs to be emphasized with cosmetics.

The girl wears quite bright makeup for the stage. Without makeup, Katya immediately fades, and her beautiful expressive eyes are lost. Although the comedian is not shy about appearing in public without makeup.

For example, she was photographed more than once on the beach with absolutely no makeup, and she is not at all shy about it. Ekaterina believes that stars are people too, and they don’t necessarily have to wear makeup all the time. True, the girl still had to change her mind on this matter.

When she arrived at a friend’s birthday party without makeup, those around her reacted very violently, and Katya decided that she would go out only with makeup.

But we must admit that in ordinary life she does not like to wear bright makeup. And a completely different Barnabas Catherine appears before us. Nationality has nothing to do with it. On stage she is a spectacular fatal beauty, but in life the girl prefers a nude style, hiding skin imperfections, emphasizing the eyes, but at the same time creating the impression of no makeup.

Stage image

But Katya spends tons of cosmetics on her stage looks. Placing great emphasis on her eyes, she does not hesitate to use bright lipsticks. For the sake of the image of a vamp lady and a sexy beauty, she tightens her already thin waist into corsets, puts on miniskirts and huge heels. At the same time, Katya’s height is quite high - 181 cm, and her weight is only 63 kg. Looking at her, you can’t even tell right away how old Ekaterina Varnava is. But on December 9, 2014 it will be thirty years old.

But it’s not just the beauty’s eyes that attract the eye. Many girls would like to have the same chic curls as the star. Despite the fact that she has dyed her hair many times, her hair remains very thick and beautiful. The real hair color of Catherine Barnabas is jet black. But the girl was both blonde and brown-haired.

Now Katya has dyed her hair a beautiful chestnut color, but for how long?

Candid photo shoots of Ekaterina Varnava

The popularity of Comedy Woman participants attracted the attention of many publications, including men's ones. In 2010, the girls were invited to a candid photo shoot in the Maxim magazine. Varnava Ekaterina also decided to take photographs. The girl’s nationality and upbringing did not immediately allow her to agree to undress in front of the camera, but she did it anyway.

Katya was very afraid of how her conservative parents would perceive this. But surprisingly, they reacted quite adequately, even though my father bought several magazines so that at least someone would not get them.

A photo shoot in Maxim magazine was not the only creative experiment of the beautiful Katya. In 2012, she stripped off her clothes again for XXL magazine, even appearing on the cover.

Candid photo shoots

At the end of 2012, the famous Russian men's magazine Maxim invited Ekaterina to star in an erotic photo shoot. The girl did not immediately decide to undress in front of the camera lens; she was worried about how conservative parents would react to such pictures. But, after thinking, Katya accepted the offer of a glossy magazine, and, oddly enough, mom and dad reacted quite calmly to such an act of their daughter.

The opinion of her parents is indeed very important for Catherine; she grew up in such a prosperous family that for a long time, being independent and famous, she continued to live with her mother and father. They will always be a shining example of an ideal family for her.

Ekaterina herself was satisfied with working with photographers. But dad still bought all the issues at a nearby kiosk and brought them home with the words: “I will know that at least that many people will not see this issue.”

In 2012, Varnava repeated the erotic photo shoot, but for XXL magazine.

Family relationships

Ekaterina Varnava has a very close and trusting relationship with her family. She even agreed to a photo shoot for Maxim magazine only when her parents reacted well and did not object.

She even moved into her own apartment only in 2011, having long hesitated to move out from her parents and start an independent life.

Family relationships greatly influenced the development of the girl’s personality. For example, she firmly believes that you only need to get married once in your life. Perhaps this is precisely why they broke off their engagement with Dmitry Khrustalev, so as not to make a mistake in their choice.

When her father fell ill, Katya completely reconsidered her attitude to life, realizing that any everyday conflicts and hassles pale in comparison to real misfortune. And that you shouldn’t waste your nerves on stupid things and empty insults. Catherine's father was ill for a whole year, and during this time she learned to be more tolerant of everyone around her.

Relationships with colleagues

Barnabas has very good relationships with all his colleagues on the Comedy Woman show, because in reality they are all far from the same as on stage.

It’s just for the cameras that they constantly quarrel, sort things out and tease each other in every possible way. But in real life this is a very friendly team. All participants went through the KVN school, which unites and forces them to play on the same wavelength.

Ekaterina Varnava’s closest relationship is with Maria Kravchenko, but she is also very friendly with other girls. All of them are no longer at that age to conflict and quarrel, each brilliantly plays their role and has their own niche in the show, so Ekaterina is very comfortable in this female team.

In addition, the show sometimes begins to reflect reality, which Barnabas really likes.