Few people in the 80s did not know the young actress Katya Parfyonova, who became famous after filming in the film “Above the Rainbow”. Then millions of boys were in love with the young star. Today, the matured Catherine continues to win the hearts of her fans not only in Russia but also abroad.
Childhood
So where did the biography of Ekaterina Parfenova begin? Date of birth of the actress: December 24, 1972. Place of birth: Moscow. There is practically no information about the parents of Ekaterina Parfenova. It is only known that the mother of the actress died in 2003. At that time, Catherine was a little over 20.
What is cinema, actress Katya Parfenova learned at age 12. In the mid-80s, she was invited to play the role of Dasha in the film "Above the Rainbow." Our heroine’s partners on the set were the well-known Mikhail Boyarsky and Dmitry Maryanov.
Four years after the release of the film “Above the Rainbow”, Ekaterina Parfenova again comes up with an offer to star in the movie. This time, it was a film by the director Victor Volkov “Publication”. As in the film "Above the Rainbow", in this film Parfenova got one of the main roles. Together with our heroine in the "Publications" starred: Lyudmila Arinina, Ekaterina Voronina, Evgeny Markov and others.
A pretty girl with an unusual appearance, artist-nugget Ekaterina Parfenova in those years won the recognition of millions, she fell in love not only in Russia but also abroad. Every day, the young actress Katya Parfenova received many promising offers, the doors of all theaters were open in front of her. And who would have thought that such a talent would change course and go into a completely different sphere. After graduating from school, our heroine enters the Engineering Physics Institute.
Adulthood
In the first year of the Engineering Physics Institute, Ekaterina Parfyonova takes part in the Miss World University contest. After this competition brought our heroine first place, her life has undergone significant changes.
After studying for only a year at the institute, Catherine drops her studies and goes to Paris, where she was invited to work in a modeling agency called Marilyn Gauthier. In 1992, a year later, after working with a modeling agency, our heroine went to London to study at a prestigious business school. At the same time, Ekaterina Parfyonova does not quit her job in France. So, the Russian actress perfectly masters two languages - English and French.
Return to the cinema
At the beginning of the two thousandth actress Katya Parfenova appears in the TV series "Ideal World", in which the daughter of a businessman played. This movie was broadcast on the BBC channel.
After the series was released, popularity again returned to our heroine. They began to recognize her on the street, asking for autographs. Then many thought that now the actress will begin to act in films, but, unfortunately, this did not happen. Today, “Ideal World” is the last picture in the filmography of Ekaterina Parfenova.
Personal life
The hottest topic in the biography of Katya Parfenova is personal life. This is especially true of the second marriage of the actress. But let's talk about everything in order.
Information about her first marriage, the Russian actress carefully hides to this day. But still managed to dig something. With her first husband Eugene - a businessman from Paris, Parfyonova lived as much as 8 years. This marriage broke up for the commonplace reason - distance. The busy schedule of Catherine in London did not allow her to often see her husband, who was actively engaged in entrepreneurial activities in France.
The second choice of Ekaterina Parfenova was also a wealthy man - a businessman from Miami, Robert Flint. At the time of meeting with Catherine, Robert was already married. But for the sake of our heroine, he left his family. After some time, Robert Flint and Ekaterina Parfenova got married. The wedding took place in 2002. For the sake of her beloved, the actress moved from London to the United States.
The lovers lived together for almost 10 years. During this time, they had two beautiful babies (Robert and Elizabeth). It would seem that such a beautiful couple, having lived together so much time under one roof will never be able to break up. But, unfortunately, a divorce was inevitable. The reason for the divorce was the departure of Richard Flint to another woman - Eleanor Smolyan.
Interesting Facts
We talked about the personal life and biography of actress Ekaterina Parfenova. Now it’s time for interesting facts:
- As we wrote above, Ekaterina Parfyonova was fluent in English and French. Thanks to such skills, the actress worked as a translator for some time.
- After a divorce from Richard Flint, Catherine sued $ 5 million from her former lover.
- It was rumored that Richard Flint paid our heroine a million dollars to leave her first husband.
- Currently, Ekaterina Parfenova lives with her beloved children in Chelsea.
- Parfyonova was so hard at going through a divorce with her husband Richard Flint that she got to the hospital due to a nervous breakdown.
- In her free time, our heroine writes poetry.
