Ekaterina Samsonov (Russian-language editions sometimes use the Samsonov form, English Ekaterina Samsonov , January 2, 2003 , New York , USA ) is an American actress and model of Russian-Ukrainian origin. In 2014-2017, the British “ ID magazine ” and “ Daily Mail ”, the American “ The Hollywood Reporter ”, “ New York Post ”, “Teen Vogue” , the French “ Le Point ” named Samsonov among the most notable models of the business of fashion and celebrate the success of the girl at the Cannes International Film Festival 2017 in one of the two main roles in the film “ You Have Never Been Here ”, awarded two festival awards, where Joaquin became her partner Phoenix [1] .
| Ekaterina Samsonov | |
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| English Ekaterina Samsonov | |
| Date of Birth | January 2, 2003 (16 years old) |
| Place of Birth | New York , USA |
| Citizenship |  Russia  USA |
| Profession | actress model |
| Career | 2005 - present |
| IMDb | |
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 | Ekaterina Samsonov at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. |
| Ekaterina Samsonov in the photo of Ryan Mills. 2016. |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Personality
- 3 Filmography (by IMDb)
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Biography
The girl was born in New York in a Russian- Ukrainian family of emigrants from the Russian Federation, speaks English, but understands the Russian language and can communicate in it, which she considers her merit to be her grandmother. Her mother came to the United States as a teenager, and her father immediately after serving in the army. They met in New York [2] . The girl began her modeling career at 2 years old [3] , and the first shooting took place when the girl was not even a year old [2] . The girl’s parents (Gala’s mother (Galina) is also the daughter’s manager) signed an agreement with Wilhelmina International, a New York-based modeling agency, in [4] . For the first time, international attention to Yekaterina Samsonov was attracted to articles in the British newspaper Daily Mail entitled “Meet the Model Children Who Take the Fashion World by Storm and Make Big Money” and in the American New York Post with the headline “Meet Supermodels the size of a pint that can earn $ 50 thousand per year, ”released in October 2014. By this time, she had starred in an advertisement for J.Crew companies , Hewlett-Packard , JC Penney , Macy's , LittleMissMatched, Ruum, a DKNY fashion house, earning $ 50,000 in just one year [5] . The girl at that time concluded a long-term cooperation agreement with the modeling agency New York Model Management . Photographers believed that the most compelling element in Catherine’s image was an unusual hairstyle (short from the back), which she first did at the age of three. In their opinion, it produced a magical effect on the audience [6] . The girl has a younger brother, Luka, with whom she participates in photo shoots [3] and an older sister, Katya [2] .
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| Ekaterina Samsonov in an advertisement for Nutella. | |
| Ekaterina Samsonov in an ad for selling goods for teens. | |
The success of Ekat (as the girl in the family is called) in the fashion world has led to a sharp aggravation of relations with peers at school (“Hudson Valley in the state of New York, where we live, is a backwater, for most of my classmates a trip to Manhattan - it’s already an event, like a journey to the ends of the world. And here I am with my model shootings and travels around the world. Why should they love me? ”, says Ekaterina herself after years [2] ). She switched to home schooling, which allowed her to devote more time to photographing and begin her career as a movie actress. By 2014, the girl’s first successful contract (she earned a five-figure sum on it) was to advertise a sweet spread with hazelnuts , cocoa and Nutella milk for network television by 2014 [6] . She plays the daughter of an annoyed mother who is trying to get her children to have breakfast before going to school [4] . “We should have eaten the spread, but during the breaks of filming a man came up with a bowl so that we could spit it out,” the girl said in surprise to the New York Post, “if you think I'm tired of the spread, then as soon as I returned home, immediately asked her mother to make a sandwich with Nutella. " [6] .
Ekaterina Samsonov debuted on television in 2014 in the series “ Mozart in the Jungle ” directed by Roman Coppola , where she played a small role [7] . Following this, the girl starred in two more films, “Ticket” and “Amnesia”, which went on a wide distribution, received awards at international and national festivals, but the roles of Ekaterina Samsonov were again episodic [8] .
International success for Samsonov as an actress came in 2017 at the Cannes International Film Festival, where two films were presented at once, in which Ekaterina Samsonov played. If in the film “A World Full of Miracles ” by Todd Haines, her heroine was again a supporting character, then in the film Lynn Ramsey “ You Have Never Been Here ” based on the American novel Jonathan Ames , Catherine plays the second most important and highly controversial role - the teenager Nina. Film critics noted that although her partner Joaquin Phoenix received the festival prize for best actor (the second award to the Cannes Film Festival for the film for the best screenplay), Catherine became the center of public attention and earned more prolonged and stormy applause (a standing ovation lasted ten minutes) than he did. The girl plays the daughter of an ambitious politician who has been kidnapped in sexual slavery . The hero of the Phoenix, a former FBI agent , signed a contract with her father that would save the girl and bring justice to the kidnappers. However, events begin to unfold unpredictably. Critics found echoes of Martin Scorsese 's Taxi Driver in the film , and one of them even predicted the possibility of Catherine Samsonov repeating Jodie Foster’s career, which Scorsese made famous 41 years ago. Criticism noted that Catherine plays Nina as a complex and mature personality, and not just a helpless victim [1] . The press notes, in addition to outstanding acting data (so the director of the film in an interview with the French weekly political and news magazine “ Le Point ” called Ekaterina Samsonov “amazing” [9] ), the beauty of the young actress is also. Russian film critic Anton Dolin admitted that Ekaterina Samsonov “is a miracle as good” in this film [10] , and the critic “ The Hollywood Reporter ” called her an attractive girl [11] .
The director deliberately supported the friendly atmosphere on the set. “This is a gloomy film, so I was very nervous on the first day,” Catherine admitted in an interview, “but soon we were just making noise and laughing. There were several shooting episodes when I had to pack up and focus on the role, but Lynn helped me a lot. All the time when we shot, we joked. It really was an experience that inspires optimism ” [1] .
Personality
Catherine fears that the fame that came to her after the 2017 Cannes Festival will lead to the fact that her whole familiar world may change. “It’s actually great to think that the film can make me famous,” she says, “but the only thing that really worries me is the chance of losing my old friends and the fact that people can just pretend to be my friends because I'm famous . Glory can help the continuation of the film career, I don’t feel that it is pressing on me ” [1] .
The girl speaks fluent Russian, is fond of drawing, singing, horse riding and reading [3] . Catherine feels comfortable in the family: “Mom and brother are my best friends. I can always count on them. And dad ... dad is my protector ” [2] . She admires the models of Candice Swanepoel and Behati Prinslo [3] , but connects her future with the movie: “I definitely want to continue playing. This is my strongest desire! ” [12] . In an interview, she admitted that she dreams of a dog for her birthday, hopes that she will have “two boys and a girl”, and is afraid of spiders. She says of her attractiveness: “I feel like every girl should feel: I look in the mirror and love my reflection. I don’t want to change anything. It was given to me by nature, and it's great! ” [2] .
Filmography (by IMDb)
| Year | Film | Role |
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| 2017 | You've never been here ( You Were Never Really Here , United Kingdom, France, United States, 85 minutes) [13] | Nina |
| 2017 | A world full of wonders ( Wonderstruck , USA, 116 minutes) [14] | Anna |
| 2016 | Ticket ( The Ticket , USA, 97 minutes) [15] | Anna |
| 2015 | Anesthesia ( Anesthesia , USA, 90 minutes) [16] | Angie |
| 2014 | Mozart in the Jungle ( Mozart in the Jungle , USA, TV series, 29 minutes, season 1, episode 7, series You Go to My Head ) [7] | Alice |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Petty, 2017 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sidelnikova, 2018 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Woman, 2016 .
- ↑ 1 2 Berman, Nat. Five Things You Didn't Know About Ekaterina Samsonov. (eng.) . TVOvermind (February 20, 2018). Date of treatment March 10, 2018.
- ↑ Lankston, 2014 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Ridley, 2014 .
- ↑ 1 2 You Go to My Head on the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Ekaterina Samsonov on the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Guedj, Philippe. Lynne Ramsay: “A Beautiful Day doit beaucoup aux séries télé” (French) . Le Point (11/08/2017). Date of treatment December 5, 2017.
- ↑ Valleys, 2017 .
- ↑ Felperin, 2017 .
- ↑ Holevas, 2017 .
- ↑ You Were Never Really Here on the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Wonderstruck on the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ The Ticket on the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Anesthesia on the Internet Movie Database
Literature
- Dolin, Anton. “You've Never Been Here” Lynn Ramsey: Children and Death. An outstanding but unfinished picture in which Joaquin Phoenix plays the sad killer // Meduza: Internet magazine. - 2017 .-- May 27.
- The most successful child models: who will become the new Shake, Croesus and Hadid. Ekaterina Samsonov, 13 years old - future Behati Prinslo // Woman: Internet Journal. - 2016. - March 25.
- Sidelnikova, Maria. Ekaterina Samsonova - supernova Hollywood star // Vogue: Journal. - 2018 .-- March 23.
- Felperin, Leslie. "You Were Never Really Here": Film Review. Cannes 2017. Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in "You Were Never Really Here." (Eng.) // The Hollywood Reporter: Newspaper. - 2017 .-- 25 May ( no. 33 ).
- Holevas, Christina. We're Calling It Now - These Are the Future ICONS You Need to Know (Eng.) // Teen Vogue: Magazine. - 2017 .-- August.
- Lankston, Charlie. Meet the child models who are taking the fashion world by storm - and earning big bucks in the process. (Eng.) // The Hollywood Reporter: Newspaper. - 2014. - .29 October.
- Petty, Felix. Ekaterina Samsonov is not your average 14-year-old. (Eng.) // ID magazine: Journal. - 2017 .-- 6 September ( no. 349 ).
- Ridley, Jane. Meet the child models who are taking the fashion world by storm - and earning big bucks in the process. (Eng.) // New York Post: Newspaper. - 2014 .-- October 28.
Links
- Ekaterina Samsonov on the Internet Movie Database