Ekaterina Markova was born on November 18, 1946 in Irkutsk, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia] as Ekaterina Georgievna Markova. She is an actress and writer, known for The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972), Tretiy v pyatom ryadu (1984) and Matters of the Heart (1974). She was previously married to Georgiy Taratorkin.