Yekaterina Shchelkanova

Ekaterina Nikolaievna Shchelkanova is a Russian ballerina, singer and actress from Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR. To American audiences, she is best known as Hunyak, the Hungarian death row prisoner, from the musical Chicago. Chtchelkanova was also cast as Darya in the Canadian film The End of Silence and held parts in the films Odin's Shield Maiden, and Center Stage. Shchelkanova is a graduate from the Vaganova Academy, where she studied under Ludmila Safronova, then joined the Kirov Ballet.