Yekaterina Golubeva, 1966 - 2011

Written by David Hudson

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Libération, France Soir and Les Inrocks are among the news outlets reporting that the Russian-born actress Yekaterina Golubeva, best known for performing alongside the late Guillaume Depardieu in Léos Carax's Pola X (1999), has died at the age of 44. She'll be also be remembered for her performances in Claire Denis's I Can't Sleep (1994) and The Intruder (2004) and Bruno Dumont's Twentynine Palms (2002).

A mother of three, Golubeva also appeared in Three Days (1991) and Few of Us (1996), both films directed by her Lithuanian husband, Sharunas Bartas. Her funeral is to be held on Saturday morning at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

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  • johnsonisjohnson

    Sad news. Poor Bartas.

  • toodead

    oh! sad news. :( RIP

  • apursansar

    What a tragedy. It’s really sad she died at such a young age.

  • Bruno Leal

    Can’t believe this. :( I just can’t.

  • Jose Sarmiento Hinojosa

    this is so tragic… was she ill, how did she die?

  • Doug Bruner

    Sorry to hear about this. Age 44 is too young to die. Very tragic indeed.

  • Joe Bowman

    Ah, very sad indeed. I’ll never forget the opening scene of L’intrus.

  • Jack Lehtonen

    RIP

  • --------

    This is a tragedy. :-(

  • Pedja

    Two months ago Bartas and his daughter were at the Festival in Novi Sad (he was the President of the Jury), Ina is so cute and clever, and I’m very sorry to hear this sad news. My truly condolences.

  • roy

    I’m very sorry, my truly condolences.

  • Otie Wheeler

    Golubeva was divorced or separated from Bartas. She had been living with Leos Carax for years.

  • Dermo

    She was apparently married to Leos Carax. It seems, that sadly, she took her own life. Carax has started filming a new movie and in his latest blog Jean Michel Frodon suggests this project is saving Carax from plunging into the oblivion has has seemed on the edge of for a longtime before Golubeva’s death.

    RIP Katerina Golubeva

  • David Hudson

    Heavens. Many thanks for the update, Dermo.

  • hugo alexandre

    Wow I can’t believe Carax was involved w Golubeva. I knew that they knew each other but I always thought she met Bartas first…This is so tragic. My condolences to family and close friends. There was a point where Carax and Bartas movie were my entire world…Thank you for creating.

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