A native of the capital and continuer of a creative dynasty known in our country (father Anatoly Nikitin is a Soviet director, and mother Tatyana Odemlyuk is an actress) - Ekaterina Anatolyevna Nikitina is known to the general public for her ingenious film works in the serial film "Secrets of Palace Revolutions" (2000) and the series "The Moscow Saga" (2004). Interestingly, the actress made her film debut at the age of eleven, starring in her father's film "Peace After the War".
The popular theater and film actress - Ekaterina Nikitina - today has many film works behind her shoulders, but it is the glory of 2000 and 2004 that is still unsurpassed in her career. An interesting fact is that there are not many artists in our country who have a MGIMO diploma as confirmation of their second higher education.
Brief biography of Ekaterina Nikitina
On July 18, 1977, a future theater and film actress appeared in the capital of our Motherland. Since the artistic environment in the family fully contributed to the development of Katya's creative abilities, then the corresponding startup was, of course, provided for her. As a child, she was actively involved in music and dance, and at the age of eleven she made her debut on the set in her father's film project "Peace After the War."
Studying in high school with in-depth study of the English language, Nikitina, in the tenth grade, becomes a free listener to the acting course of Anatoly Romashin at VGIK. In 1997, she successfully graduated from the university and continued her education at MGIMO in the paid department.
An interesting fact from her creative biography is that Ekaterina Nikitina, within the framework of the international project "Moscow - Berlin", played in the play "Woe from Wit", appearing on stage with Yuri Lyubimov and many foreign actors.
Despite the first experience of behavior on the set, which Nikitina received in her father's film "Peace After the War" and the subsequent short film "An Ordinary Tale", filmed in her student years, her real film debut should be considered precisely her role in the serial film "Secrets palace coups ". Here she played an important historical character - Elizaveta Petrovna. The picture, due to the difficult financial situation in the country and the industry, was very tightly constrained in the budget, and therefore filmed for a long time and with great obstacles and problems. The beginning of filming was dated 1995, and the film was released only in 2000.
From that moment on, the actress began to enjoy immense popularity. Passers-by on the streets recognized her, and journalists asked for an interview. And then the filmography of Ekaterina Nikitina began to be replenished with the following film works: "Why do you need an alibi?", "Witchcraft Love", "Thieves", "Margosha", "Once in Rostov", "The Law of the Stone Jungle".
Personal life of the actress
Currently, Ekaterina Nikitina is divorced. Her only husband and the love of her life was a certain businessman, whom the actress was introduced to by her friend Anna Mikhalkova. This relationship had a completely unique history.
Having met at the age of fourteen and falling in love with a man whose name Catherine today carefully hides, she broke up with him for seven years. And then there was a wedding during the filming of the film "Secrets of Palace Revolutions". In 1999, the couple had a son, Nikita, but a year later this seemingly unshakable union was broken.
Currently, the actress lives with her son and mother in her parents' apartment.
