The wife of Marat Basharov , Ekaterina Arkharova, was not so famous in Russia until recently: the name of the actress appeared in the headings of the tabloids only after her high-profile wedding and no less high-profile scandal that erupted after. What is the biography of Catherine and can a woman be proud of anything besides the close attention of the yellow press?
Family, childhood
Catherine is a native Muscovite. She was born in 1975 in a fairly wealthy family (Arkharova’s father was at the head of a construction company). And although her parents had no craving for art, nevertheless, the famous artists Emanuel Vitorgan and Alexander Abdulov turned out to be close friends of the family. Apparently, this to some extent influenced the further choice of the girl’s profession.
In the meantime, little Ekaterina Arkharova was more interested in painting. The girl attended art school and even showed remarkable abilities - the teachers praised her still lifes, landscapes and studies. But most of all, relatives and friends were struck by how skillfully Katya copes with caricatures - they were always very accurate and funny. Until now, Arkharova admits that painting for her is not just a hobby, but a whole world.
In addition, Katya took piano lessons, so she can be called a comprehensively developed personality.
Careers in Italy
Few people know that Ekaterina Arkharova - the wife of Basharov - has made a fairly successful acting career in Italy. At the age of 14, she had to move to this country with her family, so by the age of 17, when she needed to determine her profession, Arkharova knew Italian perfectly. The girl did not listen to the advice of her parents, refused a lawyer career and went straight to the National School of Cinema in Rome. For Italian cinema, the appearance of Arkharova (the actress is a blue-eyed blonde) was quite exotic, so it was difficult to refuse a Russian girl. And in the third year, Catherine was offered the first role in her life: in the Italian film "Night Youth" Katya played the Russian girl Irina, who overcomes life's difficulties in an unfamiliar city and goes to her goal.
Then, in the film “Random Mom”, Arkharova gets the no less dramatic role of an Arab woman who has become a victim of traffickers. After this work, Catherine, as they say, "woke up famous."
Career in Russian cinema
The creative career of Ekaterina Arkharova rapidly developed in Italy - her partners on the set were Ornella Muti, Raffaella Carra and even Keanu Reeves. But the case threw Arkharova to Moscow (Dmitry Malikov invited her to shoot one of his videos), and nostalgia awoke in the girl. Catherine admitted that she really wanted to try to make a career in her homeland, so she immediately turned to one of the capital's acting agencies.
It’s hard not to notice a spectacular blonde, so after some time Catherine got her first roles in the movie “Kamenskaya” and the movie “Temptation of the Titanic”. The first major work in Russia for Katya was the role of detective Tatyana Volkova in the television movie Private Detective. But most of all, Ekaterina is proud of her participation in the Maltese Cross project, which also involved Oleg Taktarov, Yuri Solomin, Alexander Inshakov and other stars of Russian cinema.
Marriage
Everything in Catherine’s life went too perfectly. “Fly in the ointment” in the “barrel with honey” was the marriage of the actress.
On May 31, 2014, Russian editions spread the news that Ekaterina Arkharova had married Marat Basharov. Catherine was delighted with such an adventure: she met Marat only a month ago, but claimed that she and her husband were incredibly happy.
According to the newlyweds, Basharov fell in love with Catherine at first sight and made an offer almost on the same day. Catherine agreed, because the Russian womanizer seemed to her a very nice, attentive and caring person. The actress met his daughter Amelie, and Marat immediately began to call his future mother-in-law "mother." June 1 was a huge celebration, which was attended by many distinguished guests. Arkharova at that time turned 39 years old, but she was never married.
Scandal and denouement of history
Ekaterina Arkharova, whose acting fame in Russia had not yet managed to gain a foothold, from now on has become known to everyone as “Basharov’s wife”. Newspapers were full of articles about the details of their family life, as well as declarations of actors in love for each other. But literally in October of that year, pictures of Catherine appeared on the Internet, which showed that the actress had a broken nose, and her face was covered with multiple hematomas. The scandal could not be avoided: all of Russia learned that Basharov had beaten Arkharov.
The couple did not comment on what happened for a long time, so the most diverse explanations of what happened began to appear. One camp, which took the side of Catherine, claimed that Basharov was unfaithful to his wife, and in three months of living together she received 3 concussions because of him. Others told stories of how Catherine abused alcohol and created constant tantrums to her husband, which made him crazy.
Be that as it may, Ekaterina Arkharova filed for divorce and, according to rumors, left for some time in Italy. Whether the actress will continue her career in Russia is unknown.