Biography of Katya Morgunova. A sweet couple from KVN revealed the secrets of family life to KP

Ekaterina Morgunova everyone knows from the show "Once Upon a Time in Russia" on the channel TNT. “Usually my characters are nervous, bitchy and inadequate,” he smiles. Kate taking a sip of tea. She's a little embarrassed “I don’t pose for photographers that often.”), and yet it’s hard to imagine that this girl was a “gray mouse” at school.

About how to get from the Pyatigorsk technical school to the major league of a popular humorous TV show, why it is important that your loved one is from the same field as you, and what awaits us in the new season "Once Upon a Time in Russia", Ekaterina Morgunova told in an interview PEOPLETALK.

Before you get into "Once Upon a Time in Russia", I played in a popular comedy show on television.And three years ago the producer Comedy Club Production and show creator Vyacheslav Dusmukhametov gathered a certain group of people whom he wanted to see in his new project - my colleague and I were among them.

This show has no analogues, so we were immediately interested. I actually think this is something brilliant. This is pure creativity: we shoot in one take, maximum two. And everything works: the scenery, the live audience, we don’t have any overlap in laughter. So I am very glad that Vyacheslav chose me.

I have become much more confident in myself thanks to my colleagues. They are not afraid to try. At rehearsals we look for ourselves - each time in a new image, in new role. Previously, I was very constrained, I played in one role, but I looked at the guys and realized that I needed to be more confident and brave. Our team is also so friendly - we are all on the same wavelength.

Usually my heroine is quite hysterical. ( Smiling.) In life, of course, I’m different: much more restrained, I practically don’t scream. Unless I raise my voice when I play some games gambling type "Crocodile", the desire to win is already involved, and you have no control over it.

We have already started filming new episodes, and very soon they can be seen on TNT. We ourselves don’t know what will happen there, because the project is constantly developing, we don’t get tired of it. New characters can be added, the scenery is constantly updated, and they are unique - it’s easy for us to immerse ourselves in the atmosphere of the room and get used to the character. If we show a story about hockey or figure skating, our skating rink on the site may actually be flooded. If it’s a beach, you see real sand, real fir trees, if it’s a forest, then it really smells like pine. Everything is very unpredictable, but I can say for sure that "Once Upon a Time in Russia" it will be even better, even funnier, it is constantly improving, and we are with it.

I believe that a sense of humor is inherent in a person from birth, but it can be learned - it all depends on your social circle. But, in general, a sense of humor is improvisation, it should be in the blood, so I was probably lucky.

I was born and raised in Pyatigorsk. I love my city very much, when I have free time, I definitely fly there. My mother is a fashion designer: my sister and I always had the most fashionable and unusual outfits. Mom is Armenian, and dad is Georgian (an explosive mixture, despite the fact that I am blonde). Dad works in a construction company. My parents never stopped me creativity, for which I am very grateful to them. I was always an excellent student and was never scolded for anything. At school I was a “gray mouse”, sitting on the first desk in front of the teacher.

You can say that until the ninth grade I earned my authority, and then I became more sociable: I began to be friends not only with girls, but also with boys. I graduated from school with a medal, I really wanted to sew, so I came to the technical school. At the same time, I entered Pyatigorsk State Technological University for HR manager. In college, we often did some skits for events, and I wrote scripts. And then one day a wonderful woman who studied at the university saw me, creative part Irina Leonidovna Karmen

. This man changed my life. At our first joint event, she appreciated our skit and asked: “Who wrote the text?” I, naturally, answered. And since then she began to help me develop in this direction. That’s how I ended up on the university team, we participated in city and regional competitions. And then Olga Kartunkova

invited me and my teammates to the city team, as part of which we reached the major league and won it. By the way, my husband and I ( Leonid Morgunov ) that’s how I met – we were rivals on a TV show. They played in one season, and then I didn’t notice him at all. I was so immersed in that she barely communicated with anyone. And somehow on tour we started talking - this was four years ago. Then they came and analyzed whether it was necessary and whether it was true. So things started to happen, and after a while he proposed to me, and we had a wonderful wedding.

We are from the same field, so we understand each other very well, we have never had any jealousy because of work. That is, if I have a rehearsal late, then this is in the order of things, and no one doubts it. It’s the same for him if he goes to another city to perform.

We don't have a common hobby, but we really love watching movies. A wonderful evening to lie around and watch a good movie. In general, we have a fixed idea - watch 100 best paintings. We also travel when we have the opportunity.

My husband swears at me because I eat both night and day. ( Laughs.) I don’t play sports, unfortunately, but I probably don’t need to, I have a good metabolism and genetics. My weight has not changed since school – 45 kg. So I don’t need sports yet. But I love adrenaline – I’m an extreme sports enthusiast. And jumped with a parachute, and did a bungee jump in Sochi.

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TBILISI, February 28 – Sputnik, Alexey Stefanov. The usual image of a hysterical woman from humorous program“Once Upon a Time in Russia,” which is firmly entrenched in the show’s participant Ekaterina Morgunova, completely collapses when you see this fragile, friendly and pretty girl. And as soon as you start a conversation with her, it seems as if there are two different people- that's what acting means.

Although vocational education Katya Morgunova does not. She went from a certified dressmaker to a philosopher, but found herself in humor. And after that she received an invitation to participate in the television project “Once Upon a Time in Russia” on TNT.

All countries in the Caucasus are close to me

Katya, I would immediately like to ask you about the roots. You yourself are from Pyatigorsk, but your maiden name Utmelidze - according to your father Guram Ruslanovich, you are Georgian. And I also heard that you have Armenian roots?

— Yes, my dad is Georgian, he comes from Borjomi. My grandmother Valentina and my father’s father still live there. younger sister- Aunt Maka (Maya). I didn’t go there often—only a couple of times as a child—but I was baptized in Georgia. From that time I even remember some pictures - what was the situation in the apartment, the nature around, and it is very beautiful in Georgia, in the resort area of the House of Composers, where my grandmother worked... I really like this country - with its energy, wonderful people.

- Surely, dad came to Pyatigorsk to study and met mom there.

- Yes, it was study or even practice, he was still studying in Tbilisi. And my mother is a native of Pyatigorsk and just an Armenian - Larisa Arkadyevna Arushanova. And if mine" Georgian grandmother"Russian by nationality, then everyone here is Armenian. Her family has been living in the North Caucasus for several generations. Maybe that’s why we didn’t go to Armenia as children - the Arushanovs took root in Pyatigorsk a long time ago. I filled this gap myself when my husband and I They hosted a travel show “Russo Touristo”. Once they filmed a program in Yerevan, and I fell in love with this city and this country. Armenia is also very beautiful.

But I grew up in the Caucasus, so all the cities and countries in this region are close to me. The people there, of course, are very kind, hospitable, sincere, everything is so emotional. I'm used to it. That is why at first it was difficult for me to adapt to Moscow. People here are completely different, more indifferent. But in the Caucasus, everyone knows everything about everyone, they worry about everyone, they ask about everyone, they are interested in who lives, how and where, who gave birth to whom, and so on.

- Have you managed to visit Georgia as an adult?

— Yes, we also filmed a story there for a travel show, drove past Borjomi and made a stop. Bye film crew I was resting, we went to my grandmother. It was a spontaneous meeting, but no less warm for that. Georgia was very impressive, Tbilisi is beautiful, and Batumi too. I want to go back there.

- It turns out that you have Georgian, Armenian and Russian blood. Who do you consider yourself to be?

- I don’t even know... Probably more Georgian, after all, I spent 27 years with Georgian surname(Utmelidze - editor's note). In addition, Georgians successfully and moderately combine modernity and tradition, this is very close to me.

A girl with a candidate's minimum

I followed your search for yourself - you either wanted to become a fashion designer, then manage personnel, then went into philosophy. What kind of throwing was this?

— (laughs) I wanted to become a fashion designer because I really liked sewing - my mother does it wonderfully. She was engaged in individual tailoring and taught at a technical school. And, of course, since childhood, my sister had the most elegant dolls, and we ourselves had very beautiful dresses.

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And although I graduated from school with a silver medal, I went to sewing college. My mother knew that they provide a good foundation there and teach wonderfully. But this is a rare case when a girl with a medal goes to a sewing college (laughs). And therefore in admissions committee They were very surprised, they even called the director: “Look, the medal winner has come to us.” But at the same time, I entered the correspondence course at the university to become a human resources manager.

- That is, who did you ultimately want to become?

— In my thoughts, when all this was pictured in my head, I wanted to open my own atelier, do what I love, but at the same time lead.

- And they went in the other direction altogether - they began to study philosophy.

“I just had the opportunity to enroll in graduate school. And there was a choice - a technical direction or a humanitarian one. But I’m not a mathematician or a physicist, so the closest among the directions turned out to be social philosophy.

- But you left your studies, and if you had finished, what would you have become?

— Candidate philosophical sciences. Honestly, I don’t know what I should do. I enjoyed graduate school, but it had already begun new stage in my life - I played in KVN. And I no longer immersed myself headlong in my studies, I didn’t write a dissertation, I understood that I would not complete it, but would only spend a lot of time on initial articles. Why do this? So I only have the candidate minimum. True, I never received a certificate about this. Everyone scolds me for this - others are studying, trying, but you haven’t even taken the documents. In theory, somewhere in the graduate school archives there is proof that I passed the candidate minimum.

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Ekaterina Morgunova - participant in the show "Once Upon a Time in Russia"

- So you can go back and still defend your dissertation?

- It turns out I can, but I can’t imagine it.

They literally forced me to go to KVN

- Tell us how you got into KVN.

“This happened thanks to my very beloved Irina Leonidovna Carmen. The college where I studied to become a fashion designer was affiliated with the North Caucasus State Technical University. This is the same university where I simultaneously studied by correspondence. But part-time extracurricular activities creative activity didn’t touch upon it, but when we were united, it turned out that there were a lot of sections there. At that time there were a circus studio, two choreographic studios, national and modern dance, vocal and theater studio, KVN. And the production director of this university, Irina Leonidovna Carmen, held and still holds these castings every year among freshmen, one of which I once attended.

- And you also decided to try yourself?

- No! We were literally forced to go there; no one from our college wanted to go there. Everyone was shy, afraid - there was a university there, students, they were all cool (laughs). And here is our head of educational work forced me and another girl from our college to go to the casting. We staged some kind of performances for all the holidays, came up with numbers, sewed costumes for ourselves, fortunately our profession allowed it. Our group was very active in this regard, and I am apparently the most active in this group. And so I had a parody “Renata Litvinova visiting the program “Who Wants to Become a Fashion Designer”. The manager says: “Go, show something, otherwise they have joined us, but we are not participating.” We came to this casting, showed with Irina Leonidovna became interested in this girl’s sketch and asked: “Who came up with it?” I replied that she did it herself. You will play in KVN,” she said.

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Ekaterina Morgunova - participant in the show "Once Upon a Time in Russia"

So I first got into the faculty team, then into the university team, started going to festivals in Sochi, played in the city league, and then we were all united by Olga Kartunkova, captain of the City Pyatigorsk team. She decided to gather everyone she liked from the league in Pyatigorsk, the best, no matter how immodest it may sound.

- And the dream of working in a sewing workshop ended there?

- But no. When I graduated from college, I continued to study at the university by correspondence and... work in a fur company. I even worked in the department for developing experimental models, sewing very interesting original things. Meticulous, but very slow. The director and technologist really liked the quality of my work, but this, unfortunately, did not increase my salary. I was just creating.

- And then we went to create exclusively on stage. Do you remember your first outing - how did it feel?

— I was worried. But the scenes were different. In the same college there was also a stage, but there was no excitement there, because the attitude towards it was as some kind of entertainment, as fun. But playing KVN was already perceived as a responsible competition. I still get excited when I get into the hall where we played in the city league.

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Ekaterina Morgunova - participant in the show "Once Upon a Time in Russia"

- When your loved ones first saw you on stage, what did they say?

“My parents were probably just surprised that I was performing at all.” There were no artists in our family. Mom took part in some kind of amateur performance when she was studying, and that was all over. Therefore, mom and dad, and all my extended family, were happy for me and surprised. This is the courage you need to have - to go on stage. People who don’t do this themselves think that this is akin to a feat. For some reason, I was especially worried when my mother went to my games. This added responsibility, and I already had enough stress before games.

I throw tantrums only on stage

- How did you get involved in the Once Upon a Time in Russia project? Did you have any doubts or did you immediately agree to participate?

— It was four years ago. Vyacheslav Dusmukhametov, producer of Comedy Club Production and the author of the show, gathered members of the cast from different teams and told them that he wanted to make such a show and explained why he had gathered us all. And, of course, I immediately liked the idea - I wanted to participate in this project. People with whom we were on the same wavelength were invited to the show. And it was immediately clear that we would be comfortable and incredibly interested in working together. Before this, we already had experience of touring together, we knew what it was like when such people gather. The only thing I was unsure of was, could I do it? In KVN everything was clear, I knew what to do, I was used to the game, I felt very confident at that moment, but here was something new. But the desire to get into the project was great.

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Ekaterina Morgunova - participant in the show "Once Upon a Time in Russia"

- Did you hesitate for a long time?

“I didn’t hesitate at all.” It was television project, which means a certain growth and development. Some advantages, I think. I'm still glad I agreed.

- Usually you play hysterical ladies. How did this image arise, which you have not left for several years now?

— It just so happened, we all already had certain acting images. And for humorous scene There is always a need for conflict. So, Olga is impudent, which means she needed someone who would “yap” at her. And I dealt with it very well. And visually it looked comical - I’m so small and thin, and I’m always in conflict with Olya. That’s why this image stuck with me. But now in the show “Once Upon a Time in Russia” I began to have different images.

- Is there any role that especially sank into your soul?

- I really enjoyed arguing with Timur Babyak - we had number one when visiting such an ordinary married couple— Two more couples come to Ira Chesnokova and Igor Lastochnik. One is Zaur Baytsaev with Olya Kartunkova - too cute, right to the point of snot. The other one is us - we shout at each other, non-stop, we say nasty things to each other.

It was very funny to me, it turned out very harmoniously. I imagined how we look from the outside - I’m so small and the two-meter Babyak is hanging over me, tearing at my throat. Moreover, this, apparently, caught the attention of the authors so much that they wrote a separate issue for us - how we come to the registry office for divorce for the tenth time. And we also swear in the same style. I can say that this number took a lot of energy out of me, because it is very difficult to shout and keep the text in my head. There are emotions there, you won’t stop and remember the phrase, passions are running high. In general, I really love numbers where we laugh while we perform them. It happens that even during the final filming we get stuck and it’s hard not to laugh. They even put together a whole video with such moments.

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Ekaterina Morgunova - participant in the show "Once Upon a Time in Russia"

I also really liked doing a parody of Elena Malysheva - it was in the New Year's issue. It was a lot of fun and I didn't have to shout as usual. I monotonously said complete nonsense, and it also turned out very harmonious and funny.

- I wonder, are you just as sharp at home or vice versa - white and fluffy?

— At home I don’t shout at all. By the way, my husband laughs when I throw tantrums on stage. But in our life, thank God, this does not happen. Even if some misunderstanding or minimal conflict arises, I do not raise my voice. I get enough of it on stage. If they yell like that again in my life (laughs)… I could go crazy.

Still on the same page

- Would you like to try yourself in cinema?

- I would like to, yes. So that the role is emotional and non-standard, so that filming is interesting. But there have been no offers yet. Although I think that if it happens, they will probably offer the role of a girl with a hysterical character (laughs).

- And if without cinema, what are your plans for the near future?

— There are no specific plans. There is no such thing as: “Mmmm, something will happen soon, but I won’t tell you yet.” I plan to star in the show “Once Upon a Time in Russia” on TNT. I feel as comfortable as possible here, I know that I can develop and grow here. Thanks also to my colleagues. I really like our team - we learn a lot from each other.

- Do you meet any of your colleagues outside of performances and tours?

— With Olya Kartunkova, of course. With Misha Stognienko - he came to the show "Once Upon a Time in Russia" later than me, but I've known him for a long time - he good friend my husband. In principle, we are friendly with everyone. And what makes me happy is that we are still on the same page, although four years have already passed and everyone has succeeded in some other projects. But we have fun here, this is not a routine, not boring work and I really like her.

The usual image of a hysterical woman from the humorous program “Once Upon a Time in Russia,” which is firmly attached to the show’s participant Ekaterina Morgunova, completely collapses when you see this fragile, friendly and pretty girl. And as soon as you start a conversation with her, it seems as if these are two completely different people - that’s what acting means. Ekaterina went from a certified dressmaker to a philosopher, but found herself in humor. And after that she received an invitation to participate in the television project “Once Upon a Time in Russia” on TNT. Interviewed by Alexey Stefanov.

All countries in the Caucasus are close to me

— Katya, I would immediately like to ask you about the roots. You yourself are from Pyatigorsk, but your maiden name is Utmelidze - according to your father Guram Ruslanovich, you are Georgian.

— Yes, my dad is Georgian, he comes from Borjomi. My grandmother Valentina and my father’s younger sister, Aunt Maka (Maya), still live there. I didn’t go there often—only a couple of times as a child—but I was baptized in Georgia. From that time I even remember some pictures - what was the situation in the apartment, the nature around, and it is very beautiful in Georgia, in the resort area of the House of Composers, where my grandmother worked... I really like this country - with its energy, wonderful people.

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— And I also heard that you have Armenian roots? Surely, dad came to Pyatigorsk to study and met mom there.

- Yes, it was study or even practice, he was still studying in Tbilisi. And my mother is a native of Pyatigorsk and just an Armenian - Larisa Arkadyevna Arushanova. And if my “Georgian grandmother” is Russian by nationality, then everyone here is Armenian. Her family has been living in the North Caucasus for several generations.

Maybe that’s why we didn’t go to Armenia as children - the Arushanovs took root in Pyatigorsk a long time ago. I filled this gap myself when my husband and I hosted the travel show “Russo Tourist”. Once they filmed a program in Yerevan, and I fell in love with this city and this country. Armenia is also very beautiful.

— Did you manage to visit Georgia as an adult?

— Yes, we also filmed a story there for a travel show, drove past Borjomi and made a stop. While the film crew was resting, we went to visit my grandmother. It was a spontaneous meeting, but no less warm for that. Georgia was very impressive, Tbilisi is beautiful, and Batumi too. I want to go back there.

— It turns out that you have Georgian, Armenian and Russian blood. Who do you consider yourself to be?

- I don’t even know... Probably more Georgian, I still lived for 27 years with a Georgian surname (Utmelidze - Ed.). In addition, Georgians successfully and moderately combine modernity and tradition, this is very close to me.

A girl with a candidate's minimum

— I followed your search for yourself - you either wanted to become a fashion designer, then manage personnel, then went into philosophy. What kind of throwing was this?

And although I graduated from school with a silver medal, I went to sewing college. My mother knew that they provide a good foundation there and teach wonderfully. But this is a rare case when a girl with a medal goes to a sewing college (laughs). And so the selection committee was very surprised, they even called the director: “Look, a medal winner has come to us.” But at the same time, I entered the correspondence course at the university to become a human resources manager.

— That is, what did you ultimately want to become?

— In my thoughts, when all this was pictured in my head, I wanted to open my own atelier, do what I love, but at the same time lead.

“But they went in the other direction altogether—they began to study philosophy.”

“I just had the opportunity to enroll in graduate school. And there was a choice - a technical direction or a humanitarian one. But I’m not a mathematician or a physicist, so social philosophy turned out to be the closest among the areas.

- But you left your studies, and if you had finished, what would you have become?

— Candidate of Philosophical Sciences. Honestly, I don’t know what I should do. I liked studying in graduate school, but then a new stage in my life had already begun - I played in KVN. And I no longer immersed myself headlong in my studies, I didn’t write a dissertation, I understood that I would not complete it, but would only spend a lot of time on initial articles. Why do this? So I only have the candidate minimum.

True, I never received a certificate about this. Everyone scolds me for this - others are studying, trying, but you haven’t even taken the documents. In theory, somewhere in the graduate school archives there is proof that I passed the candidate minimum.

— So you can go back and still defend your dissertation?

- It turns out I can, but I can’t imagine it.

They literally forced me to go to KVN

— Tell us how you got into KVN.

At that time, these were a circus studio, two choreographic studios, national and modern dances, vocal and theater studios, and KVN. And the production director of this university, Irina Leonidovna Carmen, held and still holds these castings every year among freshmen, one of which I once attended.

— And you also decided to try yourself?

— When your loved ones first saw you on stage, what did they say?

I throw tantrums only on stage

— How did you get involved in the Once Upon a Time in Russia project? Did you have any doubts or did you immediately agree to participate?

— How long did you hesitate?

“I didn’t hesitate at all.” This was a television project, which means a certain growth and development. Some advantages, I think. I'm still glad I agreed.

— Usually you play hysterical ladies. How did this image arise, which you have not left for several years now?

— It just so happened, we all already had certain acting images. And a humorous scene always requires conflict. So, Olga is impudent, which means she needed someone who would “yap” at her. And I dealt with it very well. And visually it looked comical - I’m so small and thin, and I’m always in conflict with Olya. That’s why this image stuck with me. But now in the show “Once Upon a Time in Russia” I began to have different images.

- I wonder, are you as sharp at home or vice versa - white and fluffy?

Ekaterina Guramovna Morgunova is a member of the KVN team “City of Pyatigorsk”, actress of the TNT channel project “Once Upon a Time in Russia”, TV presenter of the travel show “Russo Touristo”.

Ekaterina Morgunova, nee Utmelidze, was born in Pyatigorsk. Father, Guram Ruslanovich, was educated as a surveyor-topographer, and in Lately works as a foreman in construction company, his hometown- Borjomi. Mother, Larisa Arkadyevna Arushanova, is a fashion designer, Armenian by nationality. The family also raised their youngest daughter, Victoria.

The parents met in Pyatigorsk, where my father came to study. Despite the fact that half of Catherine’s relatives are Armenians, the family never traveled to Armenia. Ekaterina Morgunova recently managed to visit the homeland of her ancestors. The girl came to Yerevan with her husband.

Since childhood, Katya was a restless girl with diverse interests. Utmelidze tried herself in ballet, sports and rhythmic gymnastics, studied for six years ballroom dancing. Ekaterina graduated with honors high school, then received a diploma in sewing college.

Higher education Ekaterina Utmelidze went to purchase at the Pyatigorsk State Technological University, where she acquired the specialty of HR manager. Five years of excellent studies allowed the girl to pass a competition for graduate school, in the department of “Social Philosophy,” but Ekaterina no longer began to complete the course, since KVN began to occupy more and more attention in the girl’s life.

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Ekaterina did not plan to become an artist, and the girl got into the faculty’s amateur team by accident, she simply agreed to be a company at the persuasion of her friends. But on stage the bright student looked impressive, so she was invited to the university team “Khlabys”, with which she competed in the Central League of the Krasnodar Territory.

In 2009, the best Khlabys players teamed up with selected participants Pyatigorsk team « Bad habits" and "Vinsad Homeless Children" from the Stavropol Territory. The combined team was declared the main city team and received the name “City of Pyatigorsk”. A new stage has begun in creative biography Catherine.

A year later, the Pyatigorsk national team was expected to triumph: the players won the First League and immediately, following the results of the Sochi festival, made it to the finals of the KVN Major League, where they took 3rd place. This was an achievement for the new team. In 2012, the Pyatigorsk team improved their results, becoming vice-champions, and in 2013 they won the main tournament of cheerful and resourceful people.

Also, several times Ekaterina Morgunova-Utmelidze became the owner of the honorary “Big KiViN”.

A television

In 2014, Ekaterina began acting in the humorous show “Once Upon a Time in Russia,” which is a funny television show consisting of many comical skits on sensitive social topics. The actress has to play unbalanced and bitchy ladies, and Morgunova says that playing a sane person is not at all interesting, since the task of a comedian is to make fun of some negative traits character.

The actress believes that she is most successful in portraying hysterical girls. Ekaterina Morgunova often performs in a duet with, who also succeeds in the roles of punchy women. Since Catherine’s height is 163 cm and her weight is only 45 kg, sketches with her partner turn out to be especially comical. The TV show also features,.

In September 2015, Ekaterina Morgunova began hosting an entertainment and educational travel program “Russo Tourist” on the STS channel. The girl’s partner was another former KVN member. The essence of the project is to show viewers famous cities, but from a completely unknown side.

The guys come to a city popular among tourists and find little-known attractions, small cozy cafes, and quiet embankments. Besides practical advice for avid travelers, Ekaterina and Leonid Morgunov give TV viewers a lot of positive emotions, as they present the program in a humorous manner.

Personal life

The artist’s personal life is closely connected with creativity. In 2014, Ekaterina Utmelidze married her KVN colleague, player of the Parapaparam team Leonid Morgunov. Interestingly, Leonid proposed to his future wife on the stage of the Voting KiViN festival in Jurmala, presenting wedding ring during one of the performances. After the wedding, Ekaterina took her husband's surname and is now known as Ekaterina Morgunova.

Ekaterina loves old Soviet comedies, paintings, etc. Since rehearsals for the Once Upon a Time in Russia project begin no earlier than noon, Ekaterina prefers to get up at 10:30 am. The actress does not adhere to diets; her body parameters allow Morgunova not to limit herself in nutrition. The slender actress’s favorite dishes are: fried potatoes, pasta or meat. The girl prefers sweets for dinner.

Free time the artist spends her time with friends and her husband, visiting parks and cinemas. Ekaterina Morgunova maintains a microblog in “ Instagram", as well as a personal page in "

Ekaterina Utmelidze was born on August 17, 1986 in Pyatigorsk. Her parents have nothing to do with creativity. Mom works as a fashion designer (creating clothes), and dad now works as a foreman in a construction organization. Katya also has a younger sister, who by profession and vocation is a wife and mother.

Biography of Ekaterina Utmelidze

Blood flows in Catherine's veins different nations. Her family includes Armenians, Georgians, and Russians. Katya grew up a proper child. The girl did choreography, ballet and a little gymnastics. Then I began to study rapidly. First, our heroine graduated from college with “excellent” marks (specialty: “tailor” and “fashion designer of garments”). Then she entered the Pyatigorsk State Technical University with a specialization in human resources management. Then she went to graduate school in the department of “social philosophy,” but her. KVN quickly burst into Catherine’s life, so it became more difficult to study, and in the end she made her choice in favor of the stage.

KVN in the life of Ekaterina Utmelidze

Ekaterina Utmelidze got into KVN thanks to chance. The college where she studied to become a fashion designer was affiliated with a local university. The manager noticed her there educational institution and enrolled in the ranks of KVN members. Ekaterina still remembers this woman, loves her and is very grateful to her for giving her “a ticket to KVN.” Since then, our heroine began to move up the “steps of fame.”

In the beginning there was a faculty team. Then - the KVN Pyatigorsk university team. Ekaterina Utmelidze confidently moved towards Major League KVN. And thanks to her character and talent, she successfully succeeded. Of course, not right away. I had to work hard, work on my image. Then the City of Pyatigorsk team appeared in Ekaterina’s life. It consisted of three teams of the Pyatigorsk League, for one of which Katya played. But the guys from each team were missing something, so they decided to unite. Then their business went uphill, and soon they got into the KVN Major League.

KVN team "City of Pyatigorsk"

The birth date of the City of Pyatigorsk team can be considered 2009, when their first game took place. Later they began to advance to the Major League at an accelerated pace.

In 2010, the team members became champions in the League of the International KVN Union. In 2011, the team played for the first time in the KVN Major League and immediately reached the finals, where they received bronze medals. In 2012, having won all three games Major League, the team becomes a participant in the finals. Having shared second place with the St. Petersburg team, the guys become silver medalists of the season. The team also receives the third most important “KiViN” at music festival in Jurmala.

In 2013 the guys won Grand Prize at the Jurmala festival, and the team captain was awarded a separate award. On this moment the team (after winning the KVN Major League in 2013) leads tour life. They perform both in Russia and abroad. Tours take place in countries such as Germany, Estonia, USA, Canada and others.

An offer of marriage

While playing in KVN, Ekaterina Utmelidze not only earned the audience’s gratitude, but also met her loved one. Her chosen one was Leonid Morgunov, a member of the Parapaparam team.

Of course, this issue was influenced by the fact that Leonid and Ekaterina are avid KVN players. Our heroine received a marriage proposal from Lenya in an unconventional way. This happened right on the stage where the “Musical KiViN” took place. Leonid knelt down in front of Katya and handed over the box containing the engagement ring. Naturally, our heroine accepted the offer. Thus, having announced their engagement, Ekaterina Utmelidze and Leonid Morgunov became the bride and groom. They began to prepare for the upcoming happy and solemn event in their lives.

Wedding of Ekaterina Utmelidze

But due to the fact that KVN takes up quite a lot of time in the children’s lives, the wedding took place only a year after that amazing and touching proposal on stage.

Since loved ones and relatives live at a considerable distance (our groom is from Novosibirsk), then perhaps there will be not one wedding celebration, but two or three. This is all because our bride has Caucasian roots, and she is characterized by scale and hospitality.

And the official part of the wedding, of course, took place in Pyatigorsk on June 7, 2014. It was an outstanding event. The young couple had fun with their guests and relatives all day. Their fans, who specialize in weddings, helped them a lot in this, for which Leonid and Ekaterina are immensely grateful to them. For every girl, marriage is an event that will be remembered for a lifetime. Ekaterina Utmelidze was no exception to this. Photos from the wedding speak about this most clearly. She and Leonid look like an amazingly beautiful and happy couple.

Personal life of Ekaterina Utmelidze

In the past, Ekaterina Utmelidze was very fond of sewing and handicrafts. Now, in her free time from her busy touring life, the best rest for her is to lie in front of the TV, and, of course, meeting with her now beloved husband, friends and relatives. Katya also likes to see her teammates outside the game, as she considers them her family. But due to the busy tour schedule, unfortunately, these meetings do not occur as often as we would like. Despite this, Katya does not lose heart and in no way complains about her life, since she herself is satisfied with everything and she is absolutely happy.