Galina Konshina: “My heroines become more beautiful after parodies”

Galina Konshina, an artist who is rightfully honored in Russia, was born in Barnaul (December 17, 1951). She is a bright comedian, graduated from GITIS, after which she and her husband organized the “Theater of Little Comedies”. The couple had a son, Anton, in 1985, but two years later Yuri Nepomnyashchy (Konshina’s husband) filed for divorce and left the family (this was largely due to the closure of their joint troupe). Now Galina is married to a man who is 17 years younger than her. The actress is known for starring in various comedy programs and a number of films.

About childhood and youth

Galina Konshina was a long-awaited child in the family. The fact is that before her birth, her mother lost four sons. It is noteworthy that the girl was born with black hair, like a gypsy’s, which, after being cut, abruptly changed color to a wheat-white shade.

As Konshina herself recalls, from childhood it was clear that she would become an artist. Already at the age of six, young Galya visited the theater in her hometown and after the end of the performance she did not want to leave for a long time. Parodies of familiar children and adults appeared at an early age. He was especially able to imitate K. Shulzhenko, M. Kristalinskaya, school teachers, and neighbors.

During her school years, Galina was involved in amateur performances, went to a theater studio and was popular in the city. Soon the local theater was visited by a young and handsome director, for whom the actress played most of the main roles. And so the first and crazy love happened, it almost came to the divorce of the director and his wife, but Galina’s trip to Moscow changed everything. There she entered GITIS and was one of the most successful students on the course.

Objects of parodies

Galina Konshina, as part of the “Big Difference” project, reincarnated as the following famous people: Jorge Garcia, Marina Golub, Anastasia Zavolokina, Elena Malysheva, Svetlana Morgunova, Valeria Novodvorskaya, Alena Orlova, Elena Papanova, Lyudmila Polyakova, Edward Radzinsky, Ada Rogovtseva, Ekaterina Starshova , Elena Stepanenko, Rosa Syabitova, Tatyana Tarasova, Galina Timoshenko, Tatyana Tolstaya, Larisa Udovichenko, Anna Shatilova. Other subjects of parodies include Vitaly Vulf, Liya Akhedzhakova, Nonna Mordyukova, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Tatyana Doronina, Alisa Freindlikh.

Students

Actress Galina Konshina recalls her student years with nostalgia. She received a scholarship for an excellent student, disappeared almost for days at the institute, and does not regret it at all. In her second year, the actress married Yuri Nepomnyashchy, who was graduating from the directing department. The artist's first husband was literally obsessed with the theater. This is where their personal life began. The student wedding turned out to be modest, without a rich feast and a mass of guests. The young family settled in a communal apartment. At first glance they seemed decent, but the neighbors turned out to be heavy drinkers and often had loud drinking bouts. The actress’s life was not without mysticism. After living in a communal apartment for five years, she dreamed of her father, who said that she and her husband would soon get a new apartment. And indeed, the family soon moved to a one-room apartment in a good area of ​​the capital, which was simply incredible at that time.

Films and creativity

Galina's creative biography began with the Theater of Little Comedies. Konshina traveled all over the country with her productions. Victory in the All-Union competition of pop artists only added to his popularity. When she was left without a family and without work, she starred in “Full House” by Regina Dubovitskaya, “Smehopanorama” by Evgeny Petrosyan, participated in enterprises, and hosted concerts of other artists.

Galina Konshina in her youth

Konshina was invited to the cinema in 1991, in the detective story “Blood for Blood” with the participation of Irina Alferova and Boris Galkin. This was followed by the film “Angel on the Roads” with Tamara Akulova, the series “Capercaillie” with Maxim Averin, and the sitcoms “ Daddy’s Daughters”

" and "Univer". In “Yolki 2” Galina played the mother of the heroine Elena Plaksina.

Ksenia Alferova, Alexey Kravchenko and Igor Livanov shone in the drama “Steep Banks”. Konshina appeared in the film in a minor role.

Galina Konshina in the series "Capercaillie"

The producers of “Big Difference” saw the artist in a program about forgotten celebrities. Work on the project was already underway, but there was no one to perform the role of figure skating coach Tatyana Tarasova. As it turned out later, the directors were right with their choice of actress.

According to Galina’s recollections, she had to film 24 hours a day in order to produce 6-7 programs in 10 days. Konshina regarded the parody show as a chance to stay in shape, and she successfully took advantage of it. The participants did not reveal professional secrets. Since the episodes on television were prepared by different film crews, there was simply no time left to rehearse or discuss anything there as in the theater. The actors came with ready-made material.

Galina Konshina in the show “Big Difference” in the image of Tatyana Tarasova

Galina left “Big Difference” in 2011. The reason for this is the decline in the quality of scripts and an unprofitable contract. The project made the woman recognizable. Then Konshina came up with a solo program. The actress read monologues on behalf of Edward Radzinsky and Nonna Mordyukova, Liya Akhedzhakova and Lyudmila Gurchenko, Bella Akhmadullina and Vitaly Vulf. Faina Ranevskaya played in the enterprise.

The artist dreamed of the Sovremennik troupe. She says that if she had been more insolent in her youth, she would have come to Galina Volchek. Despite the fact that much is done simply for the needs of the public, the way Volchek creates is close in spirit to Konshina.

Galina Konshina: biography, personal life

It was in the new apartment that the actress’s son Anton was born. He is also an actor, but so far his career has not been particularly successful. After her divorce from her first husband, Konshina was very worried, she even became seriously ill. Still, 18 years of marriage is a decent amount of time. For six years, the actress did not have close relationships with men.

But one day, while on tour in Amsterdam, she met guitarist Alexander Shumidub. He literally won her heart with his talent and the fact that he was very similar to her father. When the actress learned about the seventeen-year age difference, she decided to abandon this relationship. However, fate and Sasha’s mother did not allow this. Now the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation is happily married and is involved in raising her grandson Vanya, who is interested in football.

Galina Konshina: After the divorce, I didn’t get out of bed for six months!

The Big Difference actress was disappointed in the popular TV show

2011 for Galina KONSHINA, who brilliantly performed Elena MALYSHEVA, Marina GOLUB, Elena STEPANENKO, Tatiana TOLSTAYA, Valeria NOVODVORSKAYA and several dozen other stars in a parody project, is a continuous anniversary: ​​20 years ago she made her film debut, ten years ago she received the title of Honored Artist Russia, and celebrated its 60th anniversary in December. Together with the actress, we looked through her family album.

“This is how I was when I came from my native Barnaul to conquer Moscow,” says Konshina . — I dreamed about the stage since childhood. When I left Barnaul, they dressed me in all their best. The outfits were sewn by a dressmaker who arrived in our city during the war from besieged Leningrad. There was talk that she was sheathing the entire top of Barnaul. It was funny when I, a first-year student, in a chic coat, went to the collective farm to dig potatoes. Everyone was wearing padded jackets, so it was impossible not to pay attention to me. There I met my first husband.

- This is my first husband - Yuri Nepomnyashchiy . We studied with him at GITIS. At the first meeting, after talking with me for two hours, he proposed, and I agreed. We lived together for 18 years,” Galina shared. “And then something happened to him.” Apparently, there is a crisis that occurs in men at the age of 40, despair. We decided to live separately... Divorce was hard for me. My legs became paralyzed and I didn’t get out of bed for six months. In addition, I was left without a repertoire, without work. After that, Yura and I didn’t see each other for ten years. And one day my son Anton brought a photograph. The picture showed an overweight, unattractive man with a gray beard. I ask: “Who is this?” - "Father". I burst into tears because I didn’t recognize him, he had changed incredibly! In his youth, Yura was very handsome - well, just Alain Delon .

— Here I am with my son Anton. He is an actor. I entered Shchepka without exams. He served with Slava Manucharov —they are the same age—at the Russian Army Theater. Now at a crossroads. Everyone is probably waiting for Spielberg to call him,” notes Konshina. - My son is lazy. Absolute Oblomov, with all the features of this character. He thinks deeply, digs deeply, does not appear in advertising, believing that he will exchange himself for this.

“I met my second husband, musician Alexander Shumidub , in Holland when I came there on tour,” said the actress. — I saw a poster for his concert and wanted to listen. Then I went backstage to thank her. We talked and realized that we couldn’t lose each other. Then I was 38, and Sasha was 24. You won’t believe it, but we’ve been together for almost 20 years! Moreover, he also works with me at concerts. Now Sasha has his own guitar school and publishes books.

— In “Big Difference” I have more than 40 characters. And I’m not at all tired, but it’s a pity that the program’s concept has changed a little,” Konshina complains. — When the project began, it was designed for a wide audience - everyone watched, from my school-aged grandson to my 80-year-old mother. Now there are parodies that are incomprehensible to some people. For example, how Tarantino made the film. First, you still need to watch Quentin’s film to understand what the scene is about. A parody of Shnur or Seryoga - such things, in my opinion, are also not interesting to everyone. And now only representatives of show business are invited to the hall. Plus, in the first year, everyone brought a list of applications, and together with the authors they came up with numbers. And now all these writers are gone. For me now there is no repertoire. But I made a whole program out of my favorite characters - “My Future Centenary”, where I parody those who are supposed to come to me for this holiday.

MAGIC HANDS

Galina KONSHINA's grandmother was a novice of the Chita monastery. In 1919, when the monasteries began to be dispersed, she went out into the world and got married.

- But in 1938, in Siberia, in the remote wilderness, my wife was declared an English spy, although he did not know a single word of English, and was shot. The grandmother was left with three children, thrown out onto the street, like the wife of an enemy of the people,” Galina said. “She learned how to heal while still in the monastery. Her hand was like mustard plaster: she applied it and it left a mark like an iron. While my grandmother was alive, I was not sick with anything!

Interesting Facts

Galina Konshina, whose biography is very eventful in creative and personal terms, in her youth was very interested in the work of V. Vysotsky. For the first time she saw him in one of the films, and only then found out that she had listened to the songs of this particular person. But fate never allowed the two talents to meet. Galina was able to say goodbye to the great poet and performer on the street when a funeral ceremony was passing by. As the artist recalls, she was simply in love with Vysotsky and dreamed of meeting him.

After the divorce, Galina Konshina, whose personal life seemed broken, was left not only without a husband, but also without a job. The two of them organized a touring theater of pop miniatures for two. They managed to travel around almost the entire huge country with parody numbers and mini-performances. However, Yuri Nepomniachtchi made more grandiose plans; another woman appeared in his life, and they had to get a divorce.

The beginning of an artistic career

Since childhood, Galina became interested in acting, took part in amateur performances at school, and attended a theater studio. The heads of the studio even then noted the talent of the young actress, who was especially good at parodies, not only of popular and famous artists, but also of the people around her - teachers, classmates, neighbors.

Galina Konshina in her youth

“Despite her talent and extraordinary ability to parody, the mother of the future pop star did not support her daughter in her desire to become an artist. Galina Konshina recalls that her mother did not believe in her future on stage, saying that the girl had an unattractive appearance, was too tall and had a rough voice.”

Such criticism would give anyone a lot of complexes. But not at Konshina’s! Although she also doubted the correctness of her professional choice, the desire to perform was still stronger, so it was quite natural for Galina to try to enroll in a theater school after graduating from school. And she successfully entered GITIS, which she graduated in ’74. It was the acting department, the workshop of Vsevolod Ostalsky.

After graduating from this educational institution, Galina Konshina and her husband, director Yuri Nepomnyashchy, decided to work together, creating the Theater of Little Comedies. Their comedic and satirical miniatures were a success, and the theater toured extensively throughout the Soviet Union until 1987.

About the new husband

A new strong love came to Galina Konshina at the age of forty. Her chosen one's name is Alexander. At the time of our acquaintance he was 24 years old. The actress hesitated for a long time to develop a relationship, but love did its job. Sasha's mother joked about the fact that her son is half Greek, and in 10 years he will look older than his wife.

Alexander is a musician by profession and helped raise Galina’s son like his own father. As the actress herself says, her new husband is a person she can rely on in everything. Now they have been together for more than 20 years and still love each other.

Galina Konshina now

In 2020, the detective story “The Altar of Tristan” was released, in which Galina Konshina plunged into the familiar theatrical atmosphere. The plot of the film revolves around a series of murders taking place in a temple of art. The main character, played by Elena Velikanova, helps the investigation. Meanwhile, the police are also turning to other representatives of creative professions, among whom is a theater critic, in whose image Galina appeared.

Galina Konshina in 2020

In 2018, Konshina became part of the star cast in the comedy “New Man,” in which she played the on-screen mother of Maxim Vitorgan. The beloved son is trying to win the heart of the heroine Tatyana Arntgolts and defeat his rival in the person of Vladimir Epifantsev.

Now the actress is starring in the crime series “Duet by Right” about employees of the Investigative Committee of Russia. The key characters are entrusted to Vera Shpak and Valeria Shkirando. 50 episodes are tentatively planned, filming takes place in Tver. The premiere is expected in 2020 on the Rossiya channel.

Professional activity

After performing in her husband’s troupe, Galina Konshina worked at the capital’s Soprichastnost Theater and had a solo program from Mosconcert. However, the peak of popularity came with the program “Big Difference”, where the actress parodied various famous personalities. Among them:

• V. Novodvorskaya.
• E. Malysheva.
• T. Tarasova and others.

In total, G. Konshina has more than forty roles in “The Big Difference” alone. This program gave the actress a lot, but she left it after the change of authors.

Galina starred in many feature films, but most of the roles were episodic. Filmography:

• Painting "Don't be afraid, I'm with you."
• Film "Christmas Trees".
• TV series “Capercaillie”, “Daddy’s Daughters”, “Univer”, “Let’s Wake Up Together”.
• Comedy "All inclusive".
• TV project "Dora-dora-tomato".

Now the actress is in demand, acting in films, on TV and participating in theatrical productions.

Theatrical, pop, film and television projects

While still working at the Little Comedy Theatre, Konshina took part in the All-Union Variety Artists Competition. At that time it was a fairly prestigious competition, with a harsh and demanding jury. Suffice it to say that in this competition, which Galina entered, the first two prizes in the speaking genre were never awarded to any of the participants. But Konshina received the third, thus becoming the winner along with comedian Yan Arlozorov, with whom she shared the prize.

After the Little Comedy Theater closed in 1987, Galina Konshina did not disappear from the sight of humor lovers. In 1988, she began acting in the humorous TV show “Full House,” which was extremely popular throughout the Soviet Union.

In 1990, Galina Konshina began working at the Moscow Estrada Concert Association, which made it possible to tour a lot and gain the love of fans. Later she became an actress at the Moscow Theater "Soprichastnost" and worked with solo programs. At the same time, Konshina appears in television programs:

1. "Around laughter"
2. "Laughing Panorama"
3. "Cup of Humor" and many others.

During this period, films with her participation began to appear on screens:

- "Blood for blood",

- “Tram in Moscow”,

- “Angel on the roads”,

- “Life is topsy-turvy.”

Now she acts more than in her youth and her filmography includes more than 30 film works.

Personal life

Galina met Lyubov while studying at GITIS. Yuri Nepomnyashchy is 4 years older than his wife; he entered the institute a year later, to the directing department. Having received their diplomas, the couple did not want to join the troupe of any theater, but created their own, in which they performed comedy plays and miniatures on the topic of the day. According to Konshina, the writer Semyon Altov owes his fame to them, since Nepomniachtchi staged performances based on his works.

Galina Konshina and Yuri Nepomnyashchiy

Passionate about her work, Galina was in no hurry to have children and became a mother only at the age of 30, after 6 abortions. Son Anton spent his childhood behind the scenes, later graduated from the Shchepkinsky Theater School, performed on the stage of the Russian Army Theater, and now serves in the capital's Vernissage, created by his father and which became part of the Center for Drama and Directing.

The young man has an episodic participation in the films “On the Corner of the Patriarchs”, “Firefighters”, “Juna”. Her son’s career, Konshina admitted in an interview, is not working out: “The main thing is not talent, but luck, and it’s not there.” Grandson Ivan, born in 2003, also became an actor. The boy starred in Sklifosovsky

" and "Elkakh 3".

Galina Konshina with her son Anton

After 18 years of marriage, a dark streak began in Konshina’s personal life. Yuri suddenly wanted to live separately. The actress is no longer tormented by thoughts of why this happened, but then she was so worried that she could not walk for six months. In addition, she was left without a job. And a certain lady promised to help Nepomniachtchi reopen the theater, but family happiness did not work out. Galina suggested getting a divorce. Having met my ex-husband a few years later, I even felt sorry for him.

Galina met her second husband, virtuoso guitarist Alexander Shumidub, in Holland, where both were on tour. The actress went to a concert of a musician who was strikingly similar to her father. But the love story might not have worked out - the man turned out to be 17 years younger than Konshina, and she broke off the relationship.

Galina Konshina and her husband Alexander Shumidub

Surprisingly, Alexander’s mother said the final word. Seeing how my son was suffering, she called and persuaded him to come to his senses. And Galina got married. The artist talks about Shumidub in enthusiastic terms, such a loved one is caring and noble.

Konshina does not use social networks; on Instagram there are only pages of her namesakes.