<div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1982</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Katya Zamolodchikova is Born</div><div class='timeline-text'>On May 1, 1982, Brian Joseph McCook, better known as Katya Petrovna Zamolodchikova, was born in Boston, Massachusetts.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2006</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Starts Performing as Katya</div><div class='timeline-text'>McCook began performing in drag as Katya, a Russian bisexual transvestite hooker character, at Jacques Cabaret in Boston.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2014</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Debuts on RuPaul's Drag Race</div><div class='timeline-text'>Katya competed in the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race, where she quickly became a fan favourite.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2016</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Stars in All Stars 2</div><div class='timeline-text'>Katya returned to compete in RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars season 2 and was the runner-up.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2017</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Launches Web Series</div><div class='timeline-text'>Katya and fellow Drag Race alum Trixie Mattel launched their web series, UNHhhh, on the World of Wonder's YouTube channel.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2018</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Takes a Hiatus</div><div class='timeline-text'>Katya announced a temporary hiatus from drag for mental health reasons and returned to performing later that year.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2019</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Releases Memoir</div><div class='timeline-text'>Katya and Trixie Mattel released a joint memoir, Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood.</div></div></div>

ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7p63MqKysqJWkva2xjaKmaKiVpL2tsY6kmK2xkWK9psDRqK2nmV2vrq67y6ibnKCZoLy3rQ%3D%3D