Age: 23
female
Born on January 1, 2003, in New York City, Ekaterina Samsonov is a Russian-American model and actress who gained international acclaim as a breakout star in independent cinema. The daughter of a Russian father and a Ukrainian mother, she began her career as a child model at age three, working for global brands like Gap, H&M, and DKNY. She successfully transitioned to acting as a teenager, delivering a haunting and critically acclaimed performance alongside Joaquin Phoenix in the 2017 neo-noir thriller You Were Never Really Here.
Ekaterina Samsonov
Tante Padva
for Tante Padva in The Night Circus
Suggested by seagullfish23
When Celia and Marco come of age, both having developed into talented magicians, they are separately recruited to join the Circus of Dreams. Celia uses her magic to entertain crowds and maintain the circus's complex network of tents and otherworldly exhibits. Meanwhile, Marco works as the assistant to the circus's producer, which prevents him from directly traveling with the circus. As the game continues, Celia and Marco suspect that their competitor is working within the Circus of Dreams. They each construct exhibitions for the circus that showcase their powers, hoping this will let them win the game. Marco also starts a romantic relationship with the circus's fortune-teller, but he and Celia eventually fall in love after having learned that they are each other's competitor. However, other performers begin to grow suspicious of the circus's powers: they never age, seem permitted to leave the circus, or have their acts fail. Tensions within the ensemble rise when one of the circus's initial investors dies under mysterious circumstances and acts begin to go wrong. When a spectator is accidentally stabbed in an exhibition, Celia resolves to end the game as quickly as possible, while also preserving the circus and those involved with it.
