Ukrainian actress Kateryna Kisten, known for her role alongside her brother, President Volodymyr Zelenskyj, in a comedy series, captivates Swedish audiences with her poignant storytelling. Despite the ongoing war in Ukraine, Kisten continues to bring laughter and insight from her new home in Stockholm.
Kateryna Kisten: The Ukrainian Comedienne Shining Amidst War
Kateryna Kisten: The Ukrainian Comedienne Shining Amidst War
She tried to outshine her brother, President Volodymyr Zelenskyj. Ukrainian actress Kateryna Kisten's Summer in P1 is impossible to turn off.
Comedy star Kateryna Kisten worries about how her 'not-so-summery personality' will resonate with the Swedish public.
I am captivated from the first minute.
Famous in Ukraine, a refugee in a Swedish language course in Stockholm. Here is a comedienne who hasn't laughed properly since February 24, 2022, when the full-scale invasion began. Yet, Kateryna Kisten makes me smile even as my heart aches when she describes life in Ukraine, or rather survival. Life is a luxury we have in Sweden.
In a war-weary time, where a click can shut out what we can't bear to hear, Kisten reaches out with her sharpness and storytelling.
Zelenskyj? She played his sister in the comedy series where he played the president.
Then he became one.
But for her, he was a well-known showman, and her only concern was to outshine him. 'Sharp and spontaneous like a child, a born speaker with fantastic monologues,' she describes Zelenskyj.
Amidst the war, she is filming a comedy series for Ukrainian TV from a closet in Södermalm. Laughter is needed to survive, art to describe a war.