Katya Sambuca

Katya Sambuca (born Yekaterina Mikhailova, August 27, 1991) is a Russian singer, actress, television presenter, and erotic model. She is married to Bob Jack, a director of adult movies, and is a character in his novel Por-no![1]

Katya Sambuca
Born	Yekaterina Mikhailova (1991-08-27) August 27, 1991 Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Occupation	Model Actress Singer Television presenter
Spouse(s)	Bob Jack ( m. 2007)
Children	Zvana
Modeling information
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Hair color	Blond
Eye color	Green
Website	sambuca.nu

Early life and education

Katya was born in St Petersburg. Her father was a construction worker, while her mother was a former gymnast.[2] She has Estonian heritage from her maternal grandmother.[3] At age 15, Katya was used as the model for a girls' doll, "Bobby", manufactured in London.[2] After leaving school she trained as a cook. While working in a St Petersburg restaurant she met Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, who told her to swap cooking for modelling and invited her to come to America with him.[4][5]

Personal life

Katya was given the name "Sambuca" by Bob Jack (real name Sergei Mikhailov), whom she married at the age of 16.[6] The couple have a daughter, Zvana, named after the hotel in Volkhov where Mikhailov lost his virginity.[7]

Career

In 2011 Katya and her husband took her erotic show, which featured her own house and trap music, on tour, and performed in more than 70 cities across Europe. She became one of the most searched entertainers on Russia's search engine Yandex,[8][9] and appeared on the covers of XXL (Ukraine)[10] and Qoqo (Estonia, the successor to the Estonian edition of Playboy).[11]

In 2013, she became a co-host on the technology show Trendy Device, broadcast on Russia's 2×2 channel.[12]

In August 2014, Sambuca started a family counseling charity in the Estonian town of Haapsalu,[3] where she lives.[13] She offered the President and his wife free marriage counseling after footage emerged of the First Lady in an intimate situation with another man.[3][14][15]

Katya is a flautist and has performed as part of a professional orchestra.[16][17]

Trial with Philipp Plein

In 2014, the German designer Philipp Plein used Katya's nude modelling shots, obtained without permission, in a line of t-shirts, which prompted her to threaten legal action.[18]

Haapsalu statue

In December 2014, the Moscow sculptor Alexander Wroblewski created a bronze statue of the little mermaid using Katya as inspiration. 125 cm tall and weighing 175 kg, Katya donated it to the town of Haapsalu, suggesting that it could boost the tourism industry.[19][13][20] The mayor ruled out the proposed location, on the promenade near to Tchaikovsky's memorial, as inappropriate, but added that another place could be found.[21] Katya also wishes to build hotels, shops, and a water park to boost the town's reputation as a resort.[21]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2012	Silicone	cameo
2016	Egor Shilov	Trofim's wife

Awards

• Most Beautiful Girl of VKontakte (2011)[22]
• Girl of the Year in XXL (2012)[10]
• Girl of the Year in Playboy/Qoqo (2012)[11]
• Special Award of the Barcelona Erotic Show Klic-Klic, FICEB (2013)[23][24]

References

1. "Por-no!" in Amphora.
2. "Biografiâ Kati Sambuki" in Uznay Vse.
3. "Vene erootikatäht: olen kindel, et suudaksin presidendipaari lepitada!" by Nataly Koppel in Õhtuleht (August 28, 2014).
4. "Nash 'Mishlen' 2013" in Sobaku (July 17, 2013).
5. Pornozvezda Katya Sambuka obeshchala pogulyat' po nizhegorodskomu kremlyu i naberezhnoy" by Sergei Afanasiev in ProGorodNN (July 17, 2013).
6. "Katâ Sambuka na telekanale PerecTV" Archived April 7, 2019, at the Wayback Machine in Rutube (May 17, 2013).
7. "Avtorskiye kolonki: Bob Dzhek" by Irina Damaskina in Geometria (July 6, 2011).
8. "Vayenga i Shnurov stali samymi populyarnymi peterburzhtsami v Runete" in Komsomolskaya Pravda (July 7, 2012).
9. "Lider top-zaprosov v poiskovike Yandeks" by Sergei Pashinsky in 24TV (May 21, 2012).
10. "Sex Toy" in XXL (January 30, 2012).
11. "Üks kuum tüdruk, kes armastab Tallinna" in Qoqo (March 3, 2013; archived from the original April 2, 2015).
12. "Modnyy Devays" in 2x2.
13. "Vene erootikatäht tahab Haapsalu promenaadile oma skulptuuri" by Meribel Sinikalda in Postimees (December 8, 2014).
14. "Pervuyu ledi Estonii zastali s neizvestnym muzhchinoy" by Daria Laptiёva in Lenta (August 26, 2014).
15. "Pornozvezda vyzvalas' pomoch' zhene prezidenta Estonii" in Ren TV (August 25, 2014).
16. Katya Sambuca's official Instagram (November 30, 2014).
17. Katya Sambuca's official Instagram (May 17, 2015).
18. "Katya Sambuka podast v sud na dizaynera" by Igor Karasev in Metro News (October 7, 2014).
19. "V Estonii postavyat pamyatnik rusalochke s formami Kati Sambuki" by Alex Mawla in Komsomolskaya Pravda (December 9, 2014).
20. "Katya Sambuka stala model'yu dlya pamyatnika Rusalochke, yego ustanovyat v Estonii" by Igor Karasev in Metro News (December 5, 2014).
21. "Vene erootikatäht ihaleb Haapsalu sümboliks" by Nataly Koppel in Õhtuleht (December 10, 2014).
22. "Katya Sambuka – samaya krasivaya devushka 'VKontakte'" in Sekas (October 16, 2011).
23. "Porno kak biznesa bol'she net!" by Maksim Samokhin in Express Gazeta (December 5, 2013).
24. "Katya Sambuca, premio especial del Salón Erótico de Barcelona Klic-Klic" in Primera Línea (October 10, 2013).

External links

• Katya Sambuca on Twitter
• Katya Sambuca's channel on YouTube