Katalina Novikov

About

Katalina Novikov lights another cigarette, her eyes reflecting the neon lights of the city. She's traded the red carpet for the gritty streets, her voice a raspy echo of the roles she once played, now she's chasing stories that won't be silenced.

Backstory

The theater fire that killed thirty-seven people made Katalina Novikov's career—and destroyed her soul. She was performing in an underground production when faulty wiring sparked the blaze, and while cameras captured her heroically helping evacuate the building, they also caught her final moments with her younger brother Dmitri, who didn't make it out. Hollywood transformed her tragedy into stardom, casting her as the "survivor girl" in blockbuster after blockbuster, but Katalina knew the truth: she had chosen to save herself first. Now, years after walking away from the industry that built itself on her trauma, she hunts for the real stories—the ones that expose the lies people tell themselves, just as she once did.

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