Childhood
Katya Klimova was born in Moscow, in the family of a housewife Svetlana and a “free artist” Alexander. When the baby was one year old, her father went to prison for 12 years for manslaughter, so Ekaterina Klimova spent her early childhood in the company of her mother and older sister Vika.
Ekaterina Klimova shared a childhood photo
Despite the 4-year age difference and completely different characters, the girls were very friendly. They went to camp together and even smoked their first cigarette together - in the kitchen. It was in the camp that the first prerequisites for the girl’s future profession arose. She gladly took part in amateur performances, and every performance with her participation received a storm of applause.
Ekaterina Klimova in childhood and now
Filmography of Ekaterina Klimova
- Film “Poisons, or the World History of Poisoning” 2001 → Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre
- TV series “You Can’t Choose Times” 2001 → Inna Gavryushina
- TV series “Truckers” 2001 → saleswoman at the market
- Film "Games of Throwing" 2001 → Sinya
- TV series “Moscow Windows” 2001 → Raisa
- Film "Don't leave me, love!" 2001 → Katya
- Film “And in the Morning They Woke Up” 2003 → Kat
- TV series “The Best City on Earth” 2003 → Raisa
- Film “Farewell in June” 2003 → Tanya Repnikova
- TV series “Poor Nastya” 2003-2004 → Natalya Repnina, sister of Mikhail Repnin, junior maid of honor of the Empress
- TV series “Sins of the Fathers” 2004 → Ekaterina Androsova
- Film “Two at the Christmas Tree, Not Counting the Dog” 2005 → Sasha
- TV series “My Prechistenka” 2005 → Katya Barinova
- TV series “Kamenskaya 4” 2005 → Yulia Blokhina
- Film "Oscar" 2005 → Colette
- TV series “Demon in the Rib, or the Magnificent Four” 2006 → Yunna
- Film “Storm Gates” 2006 → Alina Doronina
- Film “Everything is not by chance” 2008 → Ksenia Pavlovna
- Film “Second Wind” 2008 → Captain Alexandra Bakhteeva, military psychologist
- Film “We are from the future” 2008 → Nina Polyakova, nurse of the sanitary battalion
- Film “Side Effect” 2008 → Svetlana
- Film “Quiet Family Life” 2008 → Inessa
- The film "Antikiller D.K." 2009 → Katya, young financial director of the bank
- Film “Love Undercover” 2010 → Tatyana
- Film “We are from the future 2” 2010 → Nina Polyakova, nurse of the sanitary battalion
- TV series “Escape” 2010 → Svetlana Gennadievna Dunaeva, lawyer, unofficial wife of Kirill Panin
- Film “Strong Weak Woman” 2010 → Masha
- TV series “Boiling Point” 2010 → Dasha Korshunova
- TV series “Everyone has their own war” 2010 → Nastya
- TV series “Spring in December” 2011 → Olga
- Film “Pushken (not finished)” 2011 → Character name not specified
- Film “Match” 2012 → Olga Kovtun
- Film “Defender” 2012 → Maria Komissarova
- Film “Dreams from Plasticine” 2012 → Oksana
- TV series "Mosgaz" 2012 → Vera
- TV series “Once Upon a Time in Rostov” 2012 → Lilya, cryptographer in the KGB
- TV series “Escape 2” 2012 → Svetlana Gennadievna Dunaeva, lawyer, unofficial wife of Kirill Panin
- Film “Date” 2012 → Anna Svetlova
- TV series “Dragon Syndrome” 2012 → Evgenia Shchegoleva, FSB lieutenant colonel, deputy of Konstantin Zaporozhets
- Film "Happy New Year, Moms!" 2012 → Victoria
- Film “Courier from Paradise” 2013 → Anna Sergeevna
- Film “Icon of the Season” 2013 → Snezhana
- Film “I will never forget you” 2013 → Vera, wife of the oligarch Victor
- Film “Love in the City 3” 2013 → Anna
- TV series “Cancellation of all restrictions” 2014 → Irina Morozova
- Film “7 Main Desires” 2014 → fairy
- Film “Champions” 2014 → mother of Bori, a young hockey player
- TV series “Wolf Sun” 2014 → Beata
- TV series “Goryunov” 2014 → Maria Arkadyevna Kalinina, nurse at the naval hospital, wife of Alexander Petrovsky
- TV series “Angel Heart” 2014 → Nadezhda Petrovna, literature teacher
- TV series “Kuprin. Duel" 2014 → Raisa, Peterson's wife
- Film “A Gift with Character” 2014 → Diana
- Series "Gregory R." 2014 → Anna Aleksandrovna Vyrubova
- TV series “Women in Love” 2015 → Sveta
- TV series “Plague” 2015 → Matilda
- TV series “Lyudmila Gurchenko” 2015 → Valentina
- TV series “Guardian” 2015 → Nikolaeva Olga Olegovna
- Series “According to the Laws of Wartime” 2015 → Svetlana Petrovna Elagina, investigator, military lawyer
- Film “Love and Sax” 2021 → Lyuba
- Film “I Love My Husband” 2021 → Olga / Emma
- TV series “Jackal” 2021 → Vera Ilyinichna Tomilina, Cherkasov’s ex-wife, director of the Moskovsky department store
- The series “You all piss me off!” 2021 → Christina, lawyer
- TV series "TORGSIN" 2021 → Yarovaya
Theater career
After school, which Ekaterina Klimova graduated from in 1996, the girl entered the Shchepkinsky School, in the workshop of Nikolai Afonin, where Maxim Konovalov and Pyotr Krasilov became her fellow students. Katya finally found herself in her environment: the hated algebra, physics and geometry were replaced by acting classes. In the first year, students were forced to imitate cats, dogs, and even plants. “It made everyone laugh. And if someone passed by on the street and looked through the window into the office, he probably thought that everyone had gone crazy,” said the actress.
Ekaterina Klimova at the beginning of her career
At graduation, Klimova played in the production of “Romance”. The costume used was an antique dress, which was found in critically dilapidated condition in the bins of the Maly Theater. Catherine completely restored it, decorating it with beads and lace at night.
Ekaterina Klimova on the stage of the theater
In 1999, Ekaterina Klimova graduated from the Shchepkinsky School and immediately got a job at the Russian Army Theater. The young actress was immediately entrusted with the role of Desdemona in the play Othello. For her outstanding work, she was awarded the “Crystal Rose of Viktor Rozov” award in the “Actors under 30” category.
Ekaterina Klimova was also involved in the productions “The Stingy”, “Much Ado About Nothing” and many others. At the same time, the girl worked part-time in the theater company of S. Vinogradov and in the projects of Pyotr Stein.
Theater
After studying at the Shchepkinsky School, Ekaterina Klimova went to the Russian Army Theater, where she immediately played Desdemona in the play “Othello.” For her work in the production she was awarded the “Crystal Rose of Viktor Rozov” award. In addition, Catherine was involved in the performances “The Miser,” “Much Ado About Nothing” and others.
The actress has always paid attention to her theatrical career. In 2014, she appeared in the productions of “Boeing-Boeing”, “Conspiracy in English” and “The Master and Margarita” at the M. A. Bulgakov Theater, where she played the main female role.
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Ekaterina Klimova without makeup
Already 3 years later, the artist shone on the stage of the Atelier Theater (Independent Theater Project) in Love Letters based on the play by the 20th century American playwright Albert Ramsdell, where her partner was Gosha Kutsenko. At one time, Ekaterina collaborated with the Sergei Vinogradov Theater Company, and also participated in the theatrical projects of P. A. Stein.
In addition, the celebrity taught stage speech and acting at a children's modeling agency, and worked in radio and TV advertising. Klimova starred in Stas Mikhailov’s video for the hit “Save Me.”
Her voice timbre is appreciated by many composers and directors, so songs performed by Klimova are heard in many films and musicals. And the musical composition to the music of Ivan Burlyaev, where the vocals of the screen star sounded, was used in the number of Tatiana Navka and Alexander Zhulin, which they staged for the TV show “Ice Age. Professional Cup".
Heyday of film career
One of Klimova’s first film jobs was the role of Raisa in the TV series “Moscow Windows,” released in 2001. Together with the girl, Igor Petrenko worked on the project, whom Ekaterina met in college - the actor was a junior in school. Ekaterina Klimova in the “Smak” program In the same year, several more series were released with the episodic participation of Ekaterina: Jeanne de Albret in the phantasmagoria “Poisons or the World History of Poisoning” with Oleg Basilashvili, a saleswoman in “Truckers” with Vladimir Gostyukhin and Vladislav Galkin, “Best city of the earth" with Irina Lachina and Elena Ksenofontova.
One of the first roles of Ekaterina Klimova (“Poisons or...”)
Popularity fell on Ekaterina Klimova out of the blue after the premiere of the series “Poor Nastya,” which took place in November 2003. Ekaterina Klimova was invited to audition by director Pyotr Stein, who was already familiar with Katya’s talent from the Oscar production. “Natalie’s Romance” performed by Ekaterina Klimova (“Poor Nastya”) According to most critics, Ekaterina Klimova’s heroine, Princess Natalya Repnina, turned out to be the most charming female character in the project, eclipsing the lead actress Elena Korikova.
The role of Natalya Repnina brought fame to Ekaterina Klimova
The success of the pseudo-historical novel turned out to be fateful for Catherine: they began to vying with each other to invite her to popular television projects. In 2004, she appeared on screen in the series “Sins of the Fathers”, in 2005 in the fourth season of “Kamenskaya” together with Elena Yakovleva and Sergei Garmash, and in 2006 she starred in several episodes of the series “Storm Gates” with Mikhail Porechenkov and Andrei Krasko.
“Sins of the Fathers” with Ekaterina Klimova
In 2008, the actress was cast in the role of Nina in Andrei Malyukov’s science-fiction film “We are from the Future.” In the story, the hero of Danila Kozlovsky and his three friends, “black archaeologists” conducting illegal excavations, inexplicably find themselves in 1942, in the midst of hostilities. During filming, Ekaterina Klimova was pregnant, so a stunt double performed all the dangerous stunts for her.
Ekaterina Klimova played Nina in the film “We are from the Future”
The film received very warm responses from the audience, and in 2010 the second part of the blockbuster was released, but it failed to repeat the success of the first film.
In 2009, Ekaterina Klimova, in tandem with Gosha Kutsenko, starred in the third part of the crime thriller “Antikiller”. Critics greeted the film coolly, noting that there was nothing to see in it except the attractive heroine Katya, fights and chases with special effects.
Action-packed “Antikiller” with Ekaterina Klimova in the title role
This was followed by the main female role in the Russian remake of the series “Escape”. The place of the heroes Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell was taken by Yuri Chursin and Vladimir Epifantsev, but the project still failed, unable to withstand comparison with the original version. Despite the criticism, in 2012 the second season of the domestic “Escape” was aired with the same cast. Ekaterina Klimova visiting Ivan Urgant In 2011, Klimova was involved in Malyukov’s new project “Match”, a film about the historical football match between Dynamo Kiev and the Luftwaffe team. The audience's attention was focused on the drama between the main characters, the characters of Sergei Bezrukov and Anna Shvetsova, and Katya received the minor role of Olga Kovtun.
Ekaterina Klimova in the film "Match"
In the early 2010s, Ekaterina Klimova actively starred in TV series, often simultaneously participating in several projects (“Once Upon a Time in Rostov”, “Mosgaz”, “Dragon Syndrome”, “Defender”).
Ekaterina Klimova on horseback
In 2012, Ekaterina joined the cast of the New Year’s comedy “Happy New Year, Moms!”, where not only domestic stars (Pavel Volya, Elizaveta Boyarskaya and many others) played, but also Alain Delon, who was invited for a cameo.
Ekaterina Klimova on the set of “Happy New Year, Moms!”
In 2014, Klimova played the role of Diana in Karen Oganesyan’s film “A Gift with Character.” A kind, bright comedy with Mikhail Galustyan, which somehow reminded viewers of “The Toy” with Pierre Richard, became the actress’s last work in a feature film before the protracted “serial” period. Over the next 2 years, Katya took part in 11 different television projects.
Bondarchuk and Klimova on the set of the film “A Gift with Character”
The series “Cancellation of All Restrictions” received the highest ratings from viewers, where Igor Petrenko and Ekaterina Klimova played a couple trying to save their marriage in every possible way - the images of constantly quarreling spouses turned out to be very vital for both actors.
Ekaterina Klimova and Igor Petrenko played spouses
Movies
Ekaterina Klimova’s first film role in 2001 was Jeanne d’Albret in the film “Poisons, or the World History of Poisoning” directed by Karen Shakhnazarov.
This was followed by several more episodic roles in the films “Truckers” with Vladislav Galkin and Vladimir Gostyukhin in the leading roles, “You Can’t Choose Times” with Anatoly Vasilyev and Alena Yakovleva, “Moscow Windows”, where the aspiring actress worked with Igor Petrenko.
The creative biography of Ekaterina Klimova experienced an unprecedented leap after the release of the series “Poor Nastya”. Klimova was invited to audition for the serial film by Peter Stein, for whom she played in the Oscar film. Klimova was immediately approved for the role of Natasha Repnina, whose character evoked the warmest emotions among viewers. The film also stars Dmitry Isaev, Elena Korikova, Daniil Strakhov.
Actors of the play LENINGRAD ROMANCE are visiting the Bunin art cafe: Igor Petrenko Ekaterina Klimova Dmitry Isaev
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Igor Petrenko, Ekaterina Klimova and Dmitry Isaev
The unconditional success of the historical telenovela, which was broadcast in 34 countries around the world, led to a number of proposals for well-known projects. At that time, Ekaterina Alexandrovna starred in the TV series “Sins of the Fathers”, “My Prechistenka”, “Kamenskaya”, “Storm Gates”.
The actress received another round of popularity after the release of the science fiction film “We are from the Future” with Danila Kozlovsky in the title role. Klimova received an offer to participate in this film from director Andrei Malyukov, who subsequently trusted the Muscovite more than once to play diverse characters in his projects.
In one interview, Ekaterina admitted that this is her favorite director. The film is also notable for the fact that Klimova performed the famous romance “Thank you for everything, good friend” in the film.
Later, the star’s filmography was supplemented by the crime drama “Once Upon a Time in Rostov,” where the main roles were played by Vladimir Vdovichenkov and Kirill Pletnev, as well as the TV series “Mosgaz” and “Dragon Syndrome.”
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The figure of Ekaterina Klimova
In 2012, the artist played in the historical drama “Match”, the main characters of which were Sergei Bezrukov and Elizaveta Boyarskaya. Ekaterina Klimova was given a secondary role here, which she coped with perfectly. Filming took place in Ukraine.
In 2014, the melodrama “Women in Love” was filmed there with the participation of the actress and other screen stars - Anton Khabarov, Ravshana Kurkova and Daria Ekamasova. The premiere of the film was announced in the Evening Urgant program.
The actress was able to show her talent again in the film “Grigory R.”, the role in which Klimova called a gift from her beloved director Andrei Igorevich Malyukov. The artist’s partners on the set were Vladimir Mashkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite and Andrei Smolyakov.
Ekaterina is grateful to them for the work experience they gained. Participation in this film is remarkable for the actress because for the first time she played a real person who existed in history. This is the maid of honor Anna Vyrubova, who ardently revered Grigory Rasputin.
Ekaterina Klimova and Kristen Wiig look alike / Instagram, Instagram
In May 2021, the premiere of the television series “According to the Laws of Wartime” took place, where Ekaterina played the main female role of investigator of the Dnepropetrovsk Criminal Investigation Department Svetlana Elagina. Klimova’s colleagues on the set were Evgeniy Volovenko, Maxim Drozd, Igor Petrusenko and others.
In the same year, the artist was involved in the TV series “You’re All Infuriating Me!” and "Torgsin". And in December, viewers saw the star in the New Year’s film “New Christmas Trees.” Klimova played the role of TV presenter Ksenia Lastochkina.
At the beginning of April 2021, filming began for the last season of the series “Molodezhka”. The actress joined the cast in the role of the Bears' sports director Victoria Kashtanova, who set herself the goal of charming the exemplary family man Sergei Makeev, the character of Denis Nikiforov.
Personal life of Ekaterina Klimova
The actress began dating her first husband, Ilya Khoroshilov, while still at school, at the age of 15. Everything went according to the usual scenario: a marriage proposal after graduation, a wedding, the birth of their daughter Lisa (the girl was born in 2002). But with the advent of popularity, discord began in Catherine’s family, but the actress could not even dream of taking the child and leaving her husband.
Ekaterina Klimova and daughter Lisa
In 2003, on the set of the series “Moscow Windows”, the girl became close to an old acquaintance from school, Igor Petrenko. Even then, sympathy flashed between the young people, but they gave vent to serious feelings only while working on the sequel (“The Best City on Earth”). Both actors were married at that time, and for some time Katya tried to build a secret relationship, but in the end she got tired and briefly asked Igor: “That’s enough.” Why did all 3 marriages of Ekaterina Klimova break up? They didn’t see each other for a whole year. During this time, Petrenko managed to divorce his wife, and Ekaterina, forced to forcefully smile at her husband every day, was on the verge of divorce proceedings. And yet, Igor could not get thoughts of Catherine out of his head and, unable to bear it, he called the girl himself.
Family idyll of Ekaterina Klimova
A month later, the lovers began to live together. Katya’s parents were horrified, and Catherine’s first husband did not give up trying to win back his ex-wife and daughter, using the entire arsenal of tricks, from lush bouquets to threats to shoot the “groom.” But it was all in vain - the wedding of Ekaterina Klimova and Igor Petrenko took place exactly on the eve of 2005, December 31. There was no luxurious ceremony: the newlyweds were late to the registry office, showed up without rings, signed quickly and went to celebrate the New Year.
Klimova and Petrenko got married on December 31, 2004
In her marriage to Petrenko, Ekaterina Klimova had two children: in 2006, a son, Matvey, and two years later, a boy was born, named Korney.
Ekaterina Klimova with children on vacation
The union of Catherine and Igor was considered exemplary, often comparing their couple with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, but at the end of 2014 the actress stunned fans with a statement about divorce. “Our relationship is in the past... We don’t have any disagreements,” Klimova commented on the news.
The marriage of Petrenko and Klimova lasted 10 years
Klimova did not remain in the status of a single lady for long. In the summer of 2015, the tabloids were full of headlines reporting the wedding of Ekaterina Klimova and Gela Meskhi. Catherine met this actor on the set of the series “Wolf Sun”.
Ekaterina Klimova and Gela Meskhi
Soon the name of Ekaterina Klimova’s fourth child became known. The actress named the girl she was born with the unusual name Bella. Children from previous marital unions remained to live with their mother and new father.
Ekaterina Klimova has four children
Personal life
For the first time, the actress got married after graduating from college to her school love Ilya Khoroshilov. The lovers' relationship began in their youth, when Katya was only 15 years old. The man, as expected, proposed to Katya, the couple got married, and in 2002 a child appeared in the family, a girl named Lisa.
When Catherine became popular, the family slowly began to collapse. The spouses often argued. But Klimova did not want to destroy what she had been building for so many years. Therefore, she did not dare to divorce.
Igor Petrenko
Everything changed in 2003, when the actress starred in the film “Moscow Windows”. The girl met with her former classmate Igor Petrenko. A romance began between them, which later developed into true love.
It should be noted that at that time both lovers were married. For some time, Igor and Katya hid their relationship. But at one point Klimova got tired of it. She decided to reveal her secret.
A month after the divorce from Ilya, Ekaterina and Igor began to live together. The parents were horrified. They could not imagine that their daughter would leave her family and follow her heart. Catherine’s ex-husband did not believe that his wife was gone forever. He was trying to get the girl back. He gave gifts, flowers and even threatened Igor to deal with him.
Before the New Year 2005, on December 31, Igor Petrenko and Ekaterina Klimova officially became husband and wife. The lovers did not have a lavish wedding. They didn't even wear wedding rings.
In 2006, Igor and Katya had their first child together, a boy, Matvey. Two years later, a third baby appeared in the family, the son of Korney.
Gela Meskhi
Fans considered the pair of Igor Petrenko and Ekaterina Klimova the strongest. The family was compared to the union of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. But, despite this, the couple broke up. In 2014, Katya and Igor officially divorced.
Soon after the divorce, on the set of the film “Wolf Sun,” Ekaterina met her third husband, Gela Meskhi. In 2015, the lovers got married.
Not long ago, the actress gave birth to her fourth baby. The girl was named with a beautiful foreign name Bella. Children from previous marriages remained to live with their mother.
Ekaterina Klimova now
In 2021, Ekaterina Klimova starred in the continuation of the series “Angel Heart”, and was also involved in theatrical productions of “The Stingy”, “Boeing-Boeing” and “Conspiracy in English” at the Independent Theater Project and the Russian Army Theater.
In 2021, Ekaterina Klimova surprised fans with a new tattoo. In
the spring of 2021, television viewers were finally able to see the series “Wolf Sun” about a Soviet intelligence officer in Poland, who played a key role in the fate of Ekaterina and Gela. The actors demonstrated genuine love and passion, however, for Catherine the role turned out to be extremely emotionally draining - her heroine more than once had to balance on the brink of madness.
How Ekaterina Klimova lost weight after giving birth
After giving birth, Ekaterina Klimova lost a lot of weight, and for this she followed the following rules:
- Her sleep was at least 7 hours a day. This rule is difficult to adhere to when working as an actress, but only with this regime can one hope for positive results.
- When eating, you should not overeat, but leave the table feeling slightly hungry. Within 10-15 minutes you will feel completely full, but there will be no problems with consuming too many calories.
- Each meal is followed by any physical activity. This could be squats/bends, a brisk walk with the children, a light, unobtrusive run on a treadmill, swimming in the pool - it is important to work the muscles and burn the calories already in the body.
- Exercises are performed every morning. And this despite the fact that, according to Catherine herself, sports are not her hobby! 15-20 minutes are enough to “wake up” your body, warm up your muscles and start your metabolic processes after a night’s sleep.
- Several times a week, the actress visits the pool and receives a body massage. 2-3 times a week is enough to keep the skin tightened and areas with cellulite not to form.
- Ekaterina consumes all high-calorie dishes only in the first half of the day. In the morning, she allows herself pastries, sweets, and greasy bacon with toast - the rest of the time, until the night's rest, is enough to burn off these calories.
Ekaterina Klimova with children
Ekaterina Klimova claims that work helps her avoid depression and eliminate stress - constant movement, acting on the theater stage, filming in TV series and feature films, speaking in front of correspondents allows her to expend her energy to the maximum.
But in the life of every actor there are periods when there is simply no work, and at these moments, Ekaterina’s children and household chores help her maintain her beauty - there is no time for stress, relaxing on the couch. It is important not to be in the kitchen at such moments - a gastronomic breakdown is inevitable.
