Yekaterina Golubeva

Yekaterina Golubeva
Born(1966-10-09)9 October 1966
DiedAugust 2011(2011-08-00) (aged 44)
OccupationActress
SpouseŠarūnas Bartas (divorced)
PartnerLeos Carax
Children3, including Ina Marija Bartaitė

Yekaterina Nikolaevna Golubeva (Russian: Екатери́на Никола́евна Го́лубева; 9 October 1966 – August 2011),[a] usually credited as Katerina Golubeva or Katia Golubeva,[2] was a Russian actress who moved to Paris and became known for her films with such directors as Šarūnas Bartas, Claire Denis, and Leos Carax.[4][5]

Biography

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Golubeva was born in Leningrad.[5] After studying at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography[6] she began her acting career in Russian films.

She moved to Paris, France and lived and worked there. She married Lithuanian film director Šarūnas Bartas and starred in a series of films made under his direction.[5] She also was a co-writer of the screenplay for his film The House (1997).

She also starred in films by Claire Denis and in her partner Leos Carax's Pola X (1999).[4][5]

Golubeva died in Paris in August 2011; no official cause of death was given. She was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery.[4][5][1][3]

She was survived by three children. Her daughter Ina Marija Bartaitė became an actress. She was killed at the age of 25 in a traffic accident in April 2021 while bicycling, after being hit by a drunk driver. [1]

Partial filmography

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Actress
  • Nauchis tantsevat (1985) – Larisa
  • Skazka pro vlyublyonnogo malyara (1987) — Katusha
  • Three Days (1991)
  • I Can't Sleep (1994) – Daiga
  • Solina (1994, short) – Solina
  • The Corridor (1995)
  • Pribytiye poyezda (1995, segment Exercise No.5)
  • Sur place (1996)
  • Few of Us (1996)
  • Sans titre (1997, short)
  • Un affare trasversale (1998)
  • Pola X (1999) – Isabelle
  • L'Âme-soeur (1999, short) — Natalia
  • Rostov-papa (2001, segment Les hommes de sa femme) — Natasha (dans le générique — Katerina Korf)
  • Twentynine Palms (2003) – Katia
  • Katia (2004, short) — Katia
  • The Intruder (2004) – La jeune femme russe
  • 977 (2006) – Tamara
  • Essai 135 (2007, short) — Voix off
  • Il dit qu'il est mort (2008, short) – La femme
  • American Widow (2009) – Traveling woman
  • Suite noire (2009, segment La reine des connes) — Aïcha
  • Kotorogo ne bylo (2010) — Daria
  • L’invention des jours heureux (2011, short) — Olga
  • Dom s bashenkoy (2011) – Boy's ill mother
  • The Funeral Party (2014) — Nina (film shot in 2010 but released in 2014)
  • Histoire de l’ombre (histoire de France) (2014)
Screenwriter
  • The House (1997, co-writer, dir. Šarūnas Bartas)

Notes

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  1. ^ Golubeva's death date is sometimes given as the 3rd,[1] sometimes as the 14th of August.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Дочь загадочно погибшей актрисы Екатерины Голубевой умерла в 25 лет (The daughter of the mysteriously deceased actress Ekaterina Golubeva dies at 25)" (in Russian). Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Thomson, David (26 March 2014). "Yekaterina Golubeva, 1966-2011". British Film Institute.
  3. ^ a b "DISPARITIONS: Katerina Golubeva". Le Monde (in French). 23 August 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Décès de Katerina Golubeva, icône trop rare du cinéma". Telerama.fr (in French). 17 August 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Décès de l'actrice Katerina Golubeva". Liberation.fr (in French). 17 August 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Звезда тревоги – Умерла Катерина Голубева – Некролог (Anxiety Star – Katerina Golubeva died – Obituary)". Kommersant (in Russian). 20 August 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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