{{Short description|Russian singer (born 1984)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}{{Infobox musical artist | name = Katya Lee | image = Katya Lee.jpg | caption = Backstage of Same Side music video | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|12|07}} | birth_name = Ekaterina Lee (Екатерина Валерьевна Ли) | origin = Kabardino-Balkaria | genre = Electronic experimental dance | occupation = Singer, songwriter, fashion designer | years_active = 2002–present | associated_acts = Hi-Fi (band), Fabrika | website = http://www.katyalee.com }}

'''Ekaterina Valeryevna Lee''' ({{langx|ru|Екатерина Валерьевна Ли}}, ''Ekaterina Valeryevna Li'') is Best known for her role as Olga Gopanikova a Russian singer-

In 2010, she Katya Lee starred in the television series Serial ''Interns (TV series)''

== Career == According to a video she posted to Facebook, she is of mixed Korean and Russian descent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KATYA LEE {{!}} Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/KatyaLeeArt/videos/896892494344674/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en |publication-date=2022-02-28 |quote=Because I'm not really Korean, I'm mixed, mixed with Russian. It was so hard as a child because I just wanted to belong to one camp so I can just be on one side.}}</ref>

=== Hi-Fi (2006–2010) === Lee began her career in 2006, after being discovered by a producer, while singing in a nightclub in Saint-Petersburg. The next day she was flown to Moscow, where she became a member of the pop/dance band Hi-Fi.

=== Fabrika (2010–2014) === In 2010, she left Hi-Fi<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-03-11 |title=Катя Ли: «Ушла из «Hi-Fi» из-за подпевок» |url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/24454.4/617434/ |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=kp.ru |language=ru}}</ref> after being invited to join the all-girl pop act Fabrika<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-19 |title=Сати Казанову в "Фабрике" заменила экс-солистка Hi-Fi Катя Ли |url=https://www.trend.az/life/interesting/1690363.html |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Trend.Az |language=ru}}</ref> (Фабрика), which was enjoying a period of success. As a member of Fabrika, Lee was featured in worldwide media, including Billboard, Play Boy, Rolling Stone,<ref>{{Citation | last = Даль | first = Борис | date = 19 October 2015 | title = Спектр Кати Ли: Чем заняться русской певице в Соединенных Штатах | magazine = Rolling Stone | url = http://www.rollingstone.ru/music/interview/22292.html}}</ref> FHM, Hello, Ok, Grazia, Maxim, Star hit, and others. Fabrika performed at: TV music series "The Treasure of the Nation" on channel 2 Russia, TV Show Star Factory on Channel 1 Russia, Saturday Night Live Channel 2 Russia, Comedy Club on TNT Channel Russia, Music Box Russia, MTV Russia, STS Russia, REN-TV Russia.

In 2010, Lee began designing clothes for Fabrika.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Katya Lee |url=https://www.numerorussia.ru/katyalee |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=NUMÉRO RUSSIA |language=en |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706011958/https://www.numerorussia.ru/katyalee |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Recent (2014–present) === In 2014, she left Fabrika<ref>{{Cite web |title=Почему Катя Ли покинула «Фабрику»? |url=https://muz-tv.ru/news/n4663/ |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=muz-tv.ru |language=ru |archive-date=18 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918105329/https://muz-tv.ru/news/n4663/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Катя Ли показала, чем занимается после ухода из «Фабрики» {{!}} StarHit.ru |url=https://www.starhit.ru/novosti/katya-li-pokazala-chem-zanimaetsya-posle-uhoda-iz-fabriki-110053/ |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=www.starhit.ru |language=ru}}</ref> and moved to New York to work on her solo career after releasing the single "Ne rodis krasivoy" single which got nominated for and won a Golden Gramophone award in 2014.

thumb|right|Katya performing on stage at Blue Note café [[File:Hi Fi & Ekaterina Lee .jpg|thumb|right|Katya in band Hi-Fi]] [[File:Fabrika (musical group) .jpg|thumb|right|Katya in band Fabrika]] Her first performance in the United States was at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York's West Village performing her original compositions. She later performed at Cielo nightclub in NYC's meatpacking district, Output in Brooklyn's trendy Williamsburg, followed by numerous other performances including Burning Man 2015 and then again at Burning Man 2016 on the White Ocean stage.

KATYA is currently working on a Solo EP with Ryan Guldemond of Mother Mother and two-time Grammy-winning producer Matt Shane.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-09-02 |title=Катя Ли: экс-солистка "Фабрики" пришла на Grammy с продюсером Бейонсе |url=https://ru.hellomagazine.com/zvezdy/novosti-o-zvezdakh/8119-katya-li-ekssolistka-fabriki-prishla-na-grammy-s-prodyuserom-bejonse.html |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=HELLO! Russia |language=ru-RU}}</ref>

== Discography ==

* Vzletai (Взлетай) 2006 * Po sledam (По следам) 2006 * Pravo na schastie ( Право на счастье ) 2007 * Nam pora (Нам пора) 2008 * Mi ne angeli (Мы не ангелы) 2008 * Sedmoi lepestok Remix (Седьмой лепесток) 2008 * Zabitii sentyabr (Забытый сентябрь) 2009 * Ali-Baba (Али-Баба) 2009 * Zaceluu (Я тебя зацелую) 2010 * Ostanovki (Остановки) 2011 * Ona eto ja (Она это я) 2012 * Filmi o lubvi (Фильмы о любви) 2012 * Ne rods krasivoi (Не родись красивой) 2013 * Same Side 2015 * Lovely Day 2015 * Little Phoenix 2015 * A Dream 2016

== References == <references />

== External links == * [http://www.katyalee.com Katya Lee Official website] * [https://en.freemags.cc/collective-hub-issue-31-march-2016.html Cover Story of Collective Hub Magazine Australia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520074111/https://en.freemags.cc/collective-hub-issue-31-march-2016.html |date=20 May 2017 }} * [http://www.paparazzi.ru/stars/306687/ Paparazzi magazine online version] * [http://ru.hellomagazine.com/zvezdy/novosti-o-zvezdakh/8119-katya-li-eks-solistka-fabriki-prishla-na-grammy-s-prodyuserom-beyonse.html News in Hello Magazine Russia] * [http://fashiony.ru/page.php?id_n=62037 Freak of Russian pop ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403014321/http://fashiony.ru/page.php?id_n=62037 |date=3 April 2017 }} * [http://www.kp.ru/daily/24606/776445/ Cover story for XXL magazine Russia]

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