Childhood
Gela was born into an international family, his mother is Russian, his father is Georgian with Spanish ancestors in his family tree. The parents spent a long time choosing a name for their son; among the options there was even the unusual “Rocky Junior”, but they settled on the name Gela.
Gela Meskhi’s family included both Georgians and Spaniards
The boy's parents were far from creativity: his mother worked in the housing office, his father was a civil engineer. However, they were and remain the most important critics of each of his son's works.
In his childhood, the boy divided his free time between football matches in the school yard and classes in the school amateur group. The final choice between sports and theater was made only at the end of school. Having received the certificate, Gela submitted documents to the Moscow Art Theater School, for the course of Konstantin Raikin.
Young Gela Meskhi
The teachers noticed the talented student almost immediately, and while still studying, Gela received roles in productions of the educational theater of the Studio School: “The Valencian Madmen,” “The Kidnapping of Sobinyaninov,” “Silence is Golden” and “Hamlet.” Great interview with Gela Meskhi In 2009, her studies were successfully completed, and now certified actor Gela Meskhi became a full member of the troupe of the Stanislavsky Theater, where he was involved in the plays “7 Days Before the Flood”, “There Will Be No Trojan War” and “Romeo and Juliet".
Childhood and youth
Gela Meskhi was born on May 13, 1986 in the Georgian city of Gori. This unusual name was given to the boy by his father, whose family had Spanish and Georgian roots; Gela’s mother was Russian. The boy's childhood was spent not in Georgia, but in Russia. The civil war forced the family to move to Moscow.
In Moscow, Gela went to school, but as he himself says, he was not able to study with “A” grades. The boy preferred to spend time on the football field or participate in school events. When it came to the final exams, Gela realized that he would not pass them.
At school, Gela was supported by his Russian language and literature teacher, who noticed the boy’s talent for reciting poetry. So Meskhi began to attend various reading competitions and receive his first awards.
As a schoolboy, Gela Meskhi began studying at Spesivtsev’s theater studio. There he learned the basics of the acting profession and soon realized that he had found his job. After school, the young man submitted documents to GITIS.
After studying at GITIS for a year, Gela wanted to act in films and decided that VGIK would help him with this. But the aspiring actor did not study there for a long time either and transferred to the Moscow Art Theater School. The master of Meskhi’s course was actor Konstantin Raikin. Gele liked the teacher’s approach, so his studies were easy and interesting.
Actor career
In the same year, Yuri Kara began filming the film “Hamlet. XXI Century". Both well-known actors (Dmitry Dyuzhev, Alexey Serebryakov, Konstantin Kryukov) and recent students applied for the main role. Yuri Viktorovich visited the Moscow Art Theater production of Hamlet and appreciated the performance of 23-year-old Gela, who played several roles at once: Rosencrantz, Osric, Bernardo, Marcellus. After the performance, the director called all the actors in turn; He suggested that Meskhi audition for the role of Rosencrantz.
Many fans see similarities between Gela Meskhi and Sergei Bezrukov
As it turned out later, Kara intended the young man not for Rosencrantz, but for Hamlets, but still had doubts and asked the actor to read the famous monologue of the Danish prince. Gela's tears in the middle of the monologue convinced the director that Meskhi would cope with the role of Hamlet better than anyone else. The correctness of Yuri Viktorovich’s choice was also confirmed by members of the jury of the VIII Amur Autumn Film and Theater Festival, which was held in Blagoveshchensk - the young actor was awarded the “Best Actor in Film” prize. Gela Meskhi: Hamlet’s monologue In 2010, Gela was involved in several more films: the comedy “An Adult Daughter, or a Test for...” (another name is “The Young Master’s Adult Daughter”) and the film-plays “Comedians” and “There Will Be No Trojan War” . Working with experienced actors Dmitry Maryanov, Olesya Sudzilovskaya, Igor Sklyar and Sergei Gorobchenko was not in vain for the talented actor.
On the set of Hamlet
In 2011, he starred in a film that made him famous throughout the country - in the melodrama about school everyday life “Physics or Chemistry”. The role of a high school student in love with his teacher brought him widespread popularity and new roles. In 2012, Gela starred in three films: the film almanac “Astra, I Love You”, the melodrama “It’s Simple” and the social drama “Emergency Situation (Emergency)”.
“Physics or Chemistry” made Gela Meskhi famous among young people
In 2013, Meskhi was offered the main role in the historical drama “Son of the Father of Nations.” The role of Vasily Stalin became a real challenge for Gela, because during the filming he had to learn new skills, for example, driving a car, riding a horse, shooting a gun, and also gain 10 kilograms. The strain was not only physical, but also emotional, because Gela’s hero lived a difficult life, in which there were both loud victories and deafening defeats. To better understand his hero, Gela even wanted to meet with the eldest son of Vasily Stalin, but still did not dare to disturb him.
Gela Meskhi as Vasily Stalin
In the same year, Gela Meskhi was cast in the leading role in two more projects. In the series “Wolf Sun” (released in 2017), Gela played a security officer who must prevent an attack by White émigré troops on Soviet Russia, in the sports drama “Shot” - one of the sportsman friends who, through numerous difficulties, strive for their cherished dream - Olympic gold medal. The roles turned out to be complex and multifaceted, but Gela, according to the audience and most critics, coped with them brilliantly.
Still from the film “Dodgeball”
The following year, the actor worked on several projects that were released in 2020: the crime drama “Bouncer” with Dmitry Maryanov, Nadezhda Markina, Konstantin Yushkevich, as well as the detective story “Black Cat” - a new version of the well-known film “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed” "with Igor Petrenko and Mikhail Boyarsky. Gela played the leader of the criminal gang “Black Cat”, who is caught by Petrenko’s hero, investigator Karatov.
Filming “Black Cat”: Gela Meskhi and Dmitry Solomykin
Also in 2020, fans of the actor could see him in the historical film “Men and Women,” which told about the difficult times of collectivization and dispossession in the 20-30s of the last century. In addition, Gela appeared in the mystical series “Guardian,” in which he worked on the same set with his beloved wife Ekaterina Klimova. Meskhi's hero is a ghost who is trying to protect his investigator wife.
Stalin
However, the actor testifies that after his debut he did not become popular at all. They started going to the subway only after filming the school series “Physics or Chemistry.” The role of Vasily Stalin in the drama “Son of the Father of Nations” also added to his popularity.
Gela was most worried about her. Then he had to gain ten kilograms and study a whole layer of history of that time. Anxious before going on the set, the actor even thought about finding and communicating with Stalin’s then living relatives, but never decided.
Personal life of Gela Meskhi
During the filming of the spy film “Wolf Sun,” Meskhi met Ekaterina Klimova, who at that time was married to Igor Petrenko, ironically, Gela’s future partner in the series “Black Cat.”
On the set of “Wolf Sun”, “chemistry” was discovered between the actors
Romantic feelings arose between the actors, which they hid from the public for a long time and carefully. Gela repeatedly suggested that Catherine legalize their relationship, and finally, in June 2020, the couple secretly signed in one of the Moscow registry offices in the presence of their closest relatives and friends.
Gela Meskhi and Ekaterina Klimova got married in 2020
The age difference (Ekaterina is 8 years older than her husband) between the spouses haunts gossipers who periodically “break off” the relationship of the star couple, but every time Gela brings clarity and declares that she cannot even think about leaving her beloved woman and little daughter Bella, who was born in the fall of 2015. Actress Ekaterina Vulichenko became the baby’s godmother.
Gela Meskhi with Catherine's children
When an actor has a free minute in his busy work schedule, he sits down at the easel. He calls his paintings abstraction, in which strokes of paint are adjacent to clay.
Personal life
Meskhi was officially married only once; he has a young daughter, Bella. His heart is free again, the actor is actively searching for his second half. After his divorce from his wife, several office romances were attributed to him.
Gela Meskhi's ex-wife - Ekaterina Klimova
The only wife is actress Ekaterina Klimova. They met in 2020 on the set of the feature film “Wolf Sun”. The young artist fell in love at first sight, and she was going through difficult times in her personal life and did not pay attention to men. Meskhi persistently sought the favor of the spectacular brunette, but she did not take him seriously for a long time.
Gela waited for the long-awaited consent 3 times. So many times Meskhi made an official marriage proposal. When Klimova finally agreed, they hid the details of the office romance for a long time, and then secretly got married. This event took place on June 5, 2015 and became a real sensation in the world of Russian show business.
The young husband quickly found a common language with Klimova’s three children from previous marriages. It soon became known that the actress was again in an “interesting position”; Meskhi was expecting his first child. Instead of a son, a daughter was born, whom the happy parents named Bella.
Gela Meskhi and Klimova: age difference
The actor is 8 years younger than his ex-wife. The age difference is outwardly invisible, because Ekaterina looks younger than her age.
Klimova and Meskhi: the reason for the divorce
For a long time, no one knew why the couple actually divorced. For several years, this star union was considered one of the most beautiful in Russian show business. The woman gave the reasons for the divorce only six months after the end of the divorce process. She did not reproach her husband for betrayal or bad attitude towards herself, she took the whole blow upon herself.
Ekaterina, in an interview with the magazine Caravan of History, honestly admitted that in public and at home they are two completely different people. She shines in public, but at home she strives for loneliness and solitude. Of course, no husband will like this behavior. Klimova is very busy at work, so there was a catastrophic lack of time for her young husband. So the celebrities decided to get a divorce. The initiative came from Meskhi. The actors were separated without their presence, but they had previously agreed on the topic of raising their common daughter.
Katya Klimova and Gela Meskhi now
After the divorce in the summer of 2020, the couple was left alone for a while by journalists. Latest news: the ex-spouses came to an understanding and maintained friendly relations for the sake of their daughter Bella.
Klimova is still single, but Meskhi was caught in an office romance. On the Red Carpet, the artist was seen in the company of a young brunette, also an actress.
Romance by Catherine Assi and Gela Meskhi
The 28-year-old actress is well known to viewers for her role as flight attendant Zhanna Glushko in the multi-part film “Flying Crew.” It was this oriental beauty that the actor Meskhi became interested in when the best times came in his family with Klimova. The guy was seen more than once in the company of Catherine, but he was still married to Catherine.
After the visit to the Red Carpet, people started talking about this couple out loud, and ambiguous photos appeared in the press in which the couple were together and clearly passionate. Meskhi’s new girlfriend helped him survive the divorce process. Even if Gela was very worried, it was unnoticeable. Whether this office romance found a continuation is still unclear.
Family
The attractive young man, of course, aroused interest among potential brides, however, for a long time nothing was known about Gela Meskhi’s personal life. On the set of the film “Wolf Heart,” global changes occurred in the actor’s biography; he met Ekaterina Klimova. The actress was not free at that time, however, the whirlwind of feelings that swirled around them swept away all the obstacles on the path of the lovers.
Gela Meskhi with his wife
For a long time they hid the relationship from others, Ekaterina was painfully worried about her divorce from Igor Petrenko, although their family life could long be called formal. Officially, Klimova and Meskhi registered their marriage on June 5, 2020, but relatives and colleagues knew nothing about it.
There was no chic white dress, congratulations and balloons, just during filming, when they had a free minute and they ran to the registry office to sign.
Gela Meskhi communicates well with Ekaterina Klimova’s children
The lovers told their colleagues about their marriage only when it became impossible to hide Catherine’s fourth pregnancy. Soon the newlyweds gave birth to a lovely daughter, whom they named with the unusual name Bella. Until she was one year old, the parents did not show the baby to strangers, but now on Klimova’s Instagram you can see a photo of a girl who is very similar to her father. By the way, the man developed friendly relations with the actress’s children from previous marriages.
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Gela’s film career began immediately after graduating from the Studio School, and every year he starred in a new film.
Meskhi learned what real popularity is after participating in the film “Physics and Chemistry,” which tells about the life of schoolchildren, and soon he had the opportunity to play in the series “Son of the Father of Nations,” which increased his popularity.
"Son of the Father of Nations"
In parallel with this, the actor starred in another film - “Wolf Sun”, which played a significant role not only in the creative biography, but also in the personal life of Gela Meskhi.
