Yekaterina Golubeva (Russian: Екатерина Голубева; also known as Katya Golubyova) (9 October 1966 – 14 August 2011) was a Russian actress, perhaps best known for her role in the 1999 French film, Pola X.

Golubeva was born in Leningrad. She was married to Šarūnas Bartas, a Lithuanian film director, but they divorced and Golubeva subsequently moved to France, where she lived until her death. The cause of her death remains unknown. Golubeva and Bartas had one child, a 15-year-old daughter who lives with her father in Lithuania. Golubeva also has an adult son by her first husband, who lives in Russia, and a 6-year-old daughter she was raising with Leos Carax in Paris.

Biography

Katerina Golubeva étudie à l'Institut national de la cinématographie. Elle est révélée par le réalisateur lituanien Šarūnas Bartas (qui fut son époux) et avec lequel elle a coécrit le scénario du film A Casa en 1997. Elle a tourné dans de nombreux films d'auteur, notamment français, de Claire Denis et Leos Carax dont elle était devenue la compagne.



Katerina Golubeva, mère de trois enfants, se donne la mort le 14 août 2011. Elle est inhumée au cimetière du Père-Lachaise (73e division).