Ekaterina Parfenov

The fate of Ekaterina Parfenova may seem like a beautiful fairy tale to someone. At the age of 12, the girl became a star after a bright role in the popular film "Above the Rainbow". Then the prestigious title of World Miss University, work as a model in an elite agency on foreign catwalks. Marriage - first one, then another - with a millionaire lawyer, two wonderful children. However, after a high-profile divorce, everyone learned about the flip side of the success of the actress and model.

Ekaterina Vladimirovna Parfenova was born on December 24, 1972 in Moscow. Mother is the administrator of the Bolshoi Theater, father is a scientist. The parents divorced when their daughter was 6 years old. Katya grew up as an obedient, diligent girl, she studied well - her mother sent her to a French special school.

At the age of 12, the teenager was noticed and invited to Mosfilm, where he auditioned for the new youth film by Georgy Yungvald-Khilkevich, Above the Rainbow. Attractive appearance and the warm charm with which Katya literally shone, did their job - the director took her in a supporting role. She played Dasha, a girl with whom Alik Raduga is friends, the main character of the film. This role went to 14-year-old Dmitry Maryanov.

The film was released in May 1986 and won the hearts of millions of teenagers. And the image of Dasha, a blonde beauty with big sad eyes, has sunk into the souls of all Soviet boys. Katya, on the other hand, seemed to be ashamed of the glory that had fallen on her and tried not to flaunt her sudden popularity.

In 1988, another film with the participation of Katya Parfenova "Publication" was released. This time, the girl played a cruel cynical high school student in a youth drama about the relationship between teenagers and teachers.

Everyone was sure that after such a successful start, Katya would begin to build an acting biography. But the girl surprised everyone by entering the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute at the Faculty of Cybernetics in 1989.

Already in the 1st year, Ekaterina takes steps in the modeling business: the Burda agency accepts a slender beauty, and in her free time she participates in shows and advertising photo shoots, which are becoming more and more relevant. In 1990, Parfenova was entrusted with representing the country at the World Miss University competition held in Seoul.

The competition was not a traditional show of beauty; rather, it was intended to strengthen friendly relations between students from all countries and to show that everything in a person should be beautiful: mind, talent, and appearance.

And the Russian beauty won this competition of youth, intelligence and beauty. More camera flashes, applause, compliments. Parfenova began to cooperate with the then fashionable agency Red Stars. Invitations to work at shows and in advertising became more and more insistent. And Catherine, by her confession, did not want to leave the institute. However, as they say, it was too early to renounce. The 90s burst out, Katya's mother was left without work, and realizing that her daughter was unlikely to build a career as an engineer in a country engulfed in chaos, she literally ordered: “Run!”.

And although there was only a year and a half left before the diploma, Katya with one suitcase, portfolio and small savings in 1993 left for Paris. Here she began working with the agency Marilyn Gaultier. Then she moved to London, tying herself to a contract with the Nevs agency.

Ekaterina did not become a world-class model, but she participated in the shows of such couturiers as Dior, Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent. According to her, the way to the top was blocked by excessive conservatism. Even filming in revealing swimsuits was a problem for her.

Therefore, Parfenova graduated from a business school in London and, having perfectly learned French and English, began to earn money as a translator. And in 2001, another work appeared in Katya's filmography - the sitcom Ideal World, filmed by the British BBC. The model played the daughter of a Russian tycoon in one episode of the project.

In 1994, the model entered into her first marriage with an American businessman Yevgeny Okun. The chosen one, also an emigrant from the USSR, was 17 years older than the girl. Their marriage was not happy. The husband left on business trips for many months, the couple wandered around different cities because of the unstable business of Okun. Due to such instability, the couple did not dare to have children. By the end of the 8th year of marriage, the couple decided to divorce.

At the same time, Katya was overtaken by terrible news - her mother was diagnosed with cancer of the 4th degree. A desperate woman brought her parent to London for treatment. In these difficult days, Parfenova meets 45-year-old American lawyer Richard Fields in a pub.

On the very first evening of their acquaintance, Katya and Richard talked until the morning, telling each other about their lives. The American was so captivated by the beauty and soulfulness of the Russian interlocutor that he did not delay with the proposal of a hand and heart, promising even to take on the full treatment of Katya's mother, for which the bride was especially grateful to him.

The couple got married in 2002. Then Katya did not yet know that in more than 10 years her personal life would become the subject of interest of the entire American and Russian press. Parfenova became the fifth wife of a loving lawyer.

At first, the Russian woman could not get enough of her happiness: the couple lived in a luxurious New York apartment, dined in restaurants, traveled the world, settling in luxury hotels. The husband gave his beautiful wife expensive gifts. The absence of children clouded the idyll. Ekaterina managed to get pregnant with IVF only 6 years after the wedding. Their firstborn was their son Alyosha, in 2011 their daughter Liza appeared.

From that moment, the family life of the Fields couple began to collapse. The girl was born not quite healthy, she demanded constant attention and care from Katya. Fields invited his wife and children to live in London under the pretext of an upcoming visit. He did fly in soon, but only to report the divorce. As it turned out later, he just found a younger passion.

For a woman, it was like a blow to the heart. She suffered a nervous breakdown but left the hospital determined to defend her children's interests in court. The process turned out to be long, nervous and exhausting also because the attention of the press was riveted on it. Another case, when a Russian rob an American "out of self-interest", was savored by all the popular tabloids.

Parfenova wanted only one thing - to provide a comfortable future for children. She was deprived of too much in her childhood to wish for a similar fate for her son and daughter.

The court put an end to this scandalous case in July 2015, having awarded the woman over $ 5 million (including in the form of various assets - securities and real estate). In addition, Fields is required to pay almost $ 500,000 in child support annually for two children.

In 2019, Parfenova lives with her children in a London house. She still loves Russia and only here feels comfortable, but now she cannot move to her homeland, since the law prohibits taking children out of the country without her father's permission. And Richard is unlikely to go to meet a woman who has “pinched off” a solid piece of his condition.

The former model and actress is actively leading Instagram, fans subscribe to her account to find out news from the life of a star.

1986 - "Above the Rainbow" 1988 - "Publication" 2011 - "Ideal World"

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