Ekaterina Shchelkanova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ekaterina Shchelkanova

Russian singer, actress and dancer

Date of Birth: 02-May-1970

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Profession: actor, singer, ballet dancer

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Ekaterina Nikolaievna Shchelkanova (Russian: ????????? ?????????? ?????????, also spelled Chtchelkanova; born May 2, 1970) is a Russian ballerina, singer and actress from Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR (now St.
Petersburg, Russia).
To the American audience, she is most notably cast as Hunyak, the Hungarian prisoner from the musical Chicago (2002).
Chtchelkanova was also cast as Darya in the Canadian film The End of Silence and held parts in the films Odin's Shield Maiden, and Center Stage. Shchelkanova is a graduate from the Vaganova Academy, where she studied under Ludmila Safronova, then joined the Kirov Ballet.
During a tour to the US in 1992, she defected.
From 1995-2001, she was a member of the American Ballet Theatre.
She has appeared with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal in 2008, and with the Space Coast Ballet in 2005.
In 2010, she founded the Open World Dance Foundation.