Katsiaryna Zharkova
Biography
Katsiaryna Zharkova is a Belarusian-Russian stage and screen actress. Born on March 7, 1994, she graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in 2015. She began her career at the Moscow Region Youth Theatre (2015-2017), then joined the Vakhtangov Theatre’s apprentice troupe in Moscow (2018-2022). On stage, she performed lead and supporting roles in “First Love”, “Cinderella”, “Casanova”, “Tout viendra…”, “Minetti”, “Richard III”, “Mademoiselle Nitouche”, “Platonov. Stories”, and others. Zharkova also appeared on screen in the Russian TV drama “Good Hands” (2014, credited), in “Curious Varvara 3”, (TV, 2015), and in Stanislav Govorukhin’s feature film “The End of a Beautiful Epoch”, (2015, uncredited). In 2024, she performed as an actress and movement artist in “Salome” and “La Vestale” at the Paris Opera.
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Journalist
Drama based on life and stories of one of the most popular Soviet/Russian writers - Sergei Dovlatov.
Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Christina
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Maid
For the sake of justice and to protect the innocent, Varvara once again demonstrates her extraordinary detective skills, uncovering criminal plots and intrigues. Investigator Safronov will have to admit his jealousy, but he just needs to figure out what he's more jealous of—her beloved detective hobby or the director of the tourist base, who, as luck would have it, turns out to be an old acquaintance of Varvara's and, at the same time, her new beau... We are about to find out which of them she will choose and what cunning ways Curious Varvara will use to expose the criminals this time.