Editing Catherine the Great (section)

==In popular culture==
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* Empress Catherine appears as a character in [[Lord Byron]]'s unfinished [[mock-heroic]] poem ''[[Don Juan (poem)|Don Juan]]''.
* The Empress is parodied in Offenbach's operetta ''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]'' (1867).<ref name=Corleonis>Corleonis, Adrian. [https://www.allmusic.com/work/la-grande-duchesse-de-grolstein-operetta-in-3-acts-c203030/description ''La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein'', operetta in 3 acts: Description]. Allmusic.com, accessed 13 March 2021.</ref>
* [[Ernst Lubitsch]]'s silent film ''[[Forbidden Paradise]]'' (1924) told the story of Catherine's romance with an officer.
* [[Marlene Dietrich]] portrayed Catherine the Great in the film ''[[The Scarlet Empress]]'' (1934).
* ''[[The Rise of Catherine the Great]]'' (1934) is a film starring [[Elisabeth Bergner]] and [[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]]
* Lubitsch remade his 1924 silent film as the sound film ''[[A Royal Scandal (1945 film)|A Royal Scandal]]'' (1945), also known as ''Czarina''.
* [[Mae West]] published ''[[Catherine Was Great]]'' in 1944, starring in it then and in subsequent productions.
* [[Jeanne Moreau]] played a version of Catherine in the farce comedy film ''[[Great Catherine (film)|Great Catherine]]'' (1968).
* The [[Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] [[New wave music|new-wave]] band [[Ekaterina Velika|EKV]] (Ekaterina Velika) was named after Catherine.
* The British/Canadian/American TV miniseries ''[[Young Catherine]]'' (1991), starring [[Julia Ormond]] as Catherine and [[Vanessa Redgrave]] as Empress Elizabeth, is based on Catherine's early life.
* [[Kristina Orbakaitė]] portrayed Catherine's journey to the throne as a side-plot in the Soviet film "[[Viva Gardes-Marines!|Vivat, Gardes-Marines!]]!" (1991) 
* The television film ''[[Catherine the Great (1995 film)|Catherine the Great]]'' (1995) stars [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]] as Catherine and Jeanne Moreau as Empress Elizabeth.
* Actress [[Olga Antonova (actress)|Olga Antonova]] played the role of the Empress in the 2000 film ''[[The Captain's Daughter (2000 film)|The Captain's Daughter]]'', based on the novel of the same name by [[Alexander Pushkin]].
* A teenage clone of Catherine the Great appears a recurring character in the American animated series ''[[Clone High]]'' (2002–2003), voiced by [[Murray Miller]] from "[[Escape to Beer Mountain: A Rope of Sand]]" until "[[Changes: The Big Prom: The Sex Romp: The Season Finale]]", and depicted as dating a clone of [[Julius Caesar]]. In the series' 2023 revival, Miller was recast with [[Dannah Phirman]], and depicted as now dating a clone of [[Genghis Khan]].
* She was a subject in [[The Royal Diaries]] series in the book ''Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743–1745'' by [[Kristiana Gregory]]. 
* Her rise to power and reign are portrayed in the [[Russia-1]] television series [[Ekaterina (TV series)|''Ekaterina'']], which has been extended for a second season in 2017 and a third season in 2019.
* The [[Channel One Russia]] television series ''[[Catherine the Great (TV series)|Catherine the Great]]'' was released in 2015.
* The song "Catherine the Great" from the album [[Foreverland]] by [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]] was released as a single on 24 June 2016. 
* Catherine (portrayed by Meghan Tonjes) is featured in the web series ''[[Epic Rap Battles of History#History|Epic Rap Battles of History]]'', in the episode "[[Alexander the Great]] vs. [[Ivan the Terrible]]" (12 July 2016), pitted against the titular characters, as well as [[Frederick the Great]] and [[Pompey the Great]].<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVbH1BVXywY| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211027/NVbH1BVXywY| archive-date=27 October 2021|title= Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible|date=12 July 2016|work= Epic Rap Battles of History |publisher= Youtube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* The television miniseries ''[[Catherine the Great (miniseries)|Catherine the Great]]'' (2019) stars [[Helen Mirren]].
* She was portrayed by [[Elle Fanning]] in the [[Hulu]] television series ''[[The Great (TV series)|The Great]]'' (2020–2023).
* She appears as a leader of the Russian civilization in [[Civilization (series)|''Civilization'']] games [[Civilization II|''II'']], [[Civilization III|''III'']], ''[[Civilization Revolution|Revolution]]'', [[Civilization IV|''IV'']], [[Civilization V|''V'']] and [[Civilization VII|''VII'']].