Interview with Yulia Akhmedova. Yulia Akhmedova told in an interview with Yuri Dudu when she woke up famous

Yulia Akhmedova started writing scripts back in 2007, when her 25th team played in the Premier League, and after KVN she became one of the creative producers of the popular Stand Up project on TNT. Yulia is also a mentor in the Open Microphone show (by the way, the finale of the second season is on TNT today at 21:30!). She told PEOPLETALK about her childhood, her favorite game, the StandUp Store bar and her travels.

A sense of humor was passed on to me from my dad - he was always a comedian and the soul of the company. But in childhood, this did not manifest itself in any way: I was a downtrodden girl, a gray mouse. Then it was a hard time, the dashing 90s. It was hard for everyone, I remember my mother sewed me a blue jacket from my father's officer's uniform so that I would have something to go to school.

In the 10th grade, I went to the Kvinta theater school. We went to rehearsals, staged performances, and I even wanted to enter the theater institute. But at the end of the 11th grade, our teacher said: "Yul, well, this is just not yours." ( laughing.) And I abruptly changed my mind. As a result, I chose the Voronezh State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering.

After the "Student Spring" (festival of student talents. - Note. ed.) my friends and I were taken to the new composition of the VGASU KVN team, which back in 1972 became the champion of the Major League. At first, of course, we painted screens, went for props. I remember I read the script of the VGASU team and thought: “Damn, it consists of jokes! How can you sit down and come up with a joke?” But the editors worked with us and explained how it was done. And then the "School of KVN" was opened in Voronezh, and we went there. One of the teachers at this school was the captain of the Seventh Heaven team. I remember being in his squad. ( laughing.) He told how he plays in the Premier League, and only me and Stasik from our team listened to him. And one day, Nina Stepanovna Petrosyants, the Voronezh “KVN mother”, looked into the school. She looked at us and said: "You are cool, play separately." She believed in us and we believed in ourselves. We became the “25th” team - we took such a name, because it was in the 25th auditorium at the institute that the cavalrymen gathered. Unfortunately, Nina Stepanovna did not see how we became a television team. But I think she would be very proud of us.

Trouser suit, Moschino (Petrovsky Passage shopping center); top, Girlpower; pumps, Stuart Weitzman

I was 25 years old, I played in the Major League and at the same time worked at the 7art company - we wrote Univer and Comedy Woman. And since all the work was in Moscow, I also moved. It was 10 years ago. At first it was, of course, very difficult. Moscow is a big city with a fast pace and it's a bit overwhelming. For the first three months I lived with friends. And then she began, like everyone else, to rent an apartment. It was difficult for me, because I didn’t have anyone here, I didn’t know anyone, I didn’t even have anyone to go to the cinema with. Several times there was a desire to quit everything and return to Voronezh to parents and friends.

At 27 I finished playing KVN, and at 29 Ruslan and I started doing the Stand Up project. During these two years, while I was not on the screens, I received some proposals for filming, but I always thought that it was not necessary to spread out and act in everything for the sake of money, but to wait for “my own” project.

I worked as a creative producer for Stand Up for five years, but I quit six months ago. Tired. A producer is an administrative job, you need to follow a lot, make decisions. That's not mine. It's too big a responsibility. Now only my creativity depends on me.

Now I am a mentor of the Open Microphone show on TNT. This project is good because, first of all, it gives jobs and a chance for comedians to prove themselves, find their audience, and gain experience in television performances. I don't consider myself an experienced comedian enough to teach anyone, but the show has its own format, and we follow it.

Sweater, coat, Uniqlo; trousers, Girlpower; Sneakers, Econika

Recently, Ruslan and Timur Karginov and I opened the StandUp Store club - you can go there and watch the performances of comedians, and television, and unknown young guys. Since we are comedians ourselves, we made a club for ourselves. We had a lot of testing parties, where we "run in" the material. And it was difficult to find a suitable site. We had a clear understanding of what we want in our head. For example, so that there is no coffee machine in the hall, because it works loudly and distracts. We went to Los Angeles, New York, looked at how similar clubs work there.

It's hard for me to work in front of a large audience. It is important for me to feel the audience, to see their faces, so that I can talk to someone in the hall. For me, the format of bars and micro-clubs is much more comfortable.

In our country, comedians cannot yet be called media personalities. In America, these are people who are on a par with any show business star, from hosting the Oscars to a figure in Madame Tussauds. And we are niche. We are popular in a certain (and not the most numerous) circle of people who watch Stand Up.

In my monologues, I tell the whole truth about myself. It is clear that I take some example from life and spin it, make fun of it and exacerbate it to the point of comicality. But basically, my situation. I like irony on myself. Stand-up is a project that allows you to say something to your viewer, who is one on one with you.

Trouser suit, Escada; top, Girlpower; sneakers, Econika

My average day is no different from the day of the average person. I wake up, I can go to the gym, then I go to the office and write monologues. In fact, this is a rather long and laborious process. Mostly during the day we write, and in the evening we check the new material in front of the audience, this format is called - checking the new material. If you are interested in seeing this, come to the StandUp Store Moscow." class="images-share-box__icon-mail">

Like any person, I get tired at work. But this is not hard labor. My work is interesting, varied and gives me a lot of emotions. If you're tired, go on vacation. For example, I love to travel. This is what gives me strength. I love surfing, so every first of January in the morning I ride - this is already a tradition. I have a theory: there are so many cool places on earth where you will never visit that I just feel sorry for going to the same place twice. I really like the photos of the Maldives and I want to go there. But I clearly said to myself: I will go there only with a man. This is a heavenly place where you need to be together. So you know where to look for me when I go on my honeymoon. Better not look. ( laughing.)

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The comedian told how she got on the show.

A popular comedian from Voronezh, Yulia Akhmedova, gave an interview to an equally popular video blogger in his program dedicated to TV presenter Sergei Suponev, who hosted the intellectual program for children "The Finest Hour" from April 1993 until his tragic death in December 2001.

A former member of the KVN team said that she correctly answered the question in a letter, and she was invited to take part in a television show in 1997.

My parents didn’t live very rich then, but they bought me a new skirt in a second-hand store, and together with my dad we went to Moscow by car, ”said Yulia.

At that time, the artist's family lived in Ulyanovsk, and as a gift the girl presented two symbols of this city - fish bought in Moscow, and water in a jar, supposedly from the Volga.

Akhmedova was one of those who won the Star Hour. As the winner, the Tea for Two group sang her a song and gave her a VCR.

After the broadcast went on the air in September 1997, Akhmedova woke up famous and became the most popular girl in school.

Julia speaks warmly about the show and emphasizes that thanks to her participation in it, she realized that she wants to connect her life with television. Until now, the girl keeps a telegram with an invitation, a cup, a diploma and a star, which is given out for the correct answers.

With special trepidation in her interview, the famous comedian also remembered the host Sergei Suponev, who, with his jokes, relaxed the children who first got on television.

Two years after winning the famous program, Julia moved to the capital of the Chernozem region and entered the Voronezh State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. In the period from 2003 to 2012 she was the captain of the KVN team "23rd". Then she became the creative producer of the comedy show Comedy Woman. Since 2013, she has been the only representative of the fair sex on the Stand Up project.

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Source: http://bloknot-voronezh.ru This material was published on the BezFormata website on January 11, 2019,
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The humorous industry of Russia is located, which of the local comedians and screenwriters sets modern standards and is at the head of positive changes. For many, it is the stand-up, which has been actively developing in our country in recent years, that becomes the entry point into the world of humor. While novice comedians are perfecting jokes on television, a whole clip of stand-up shows is going on with great success and a star pool of comedians has already formed. We talked with one of them - Yulia Akhmedova, a resident and the only female participant in the "Stand Up" program on TNT - about what it's like to be a comedian in Russia, whether her jokes help women and how men react to them.

How did you hear about stand-up?

The first person who told me about such a genre as stand-up was Ruslan Bely, he advised me to watch the concerts of Eddie Murphy and George Carlin. Since this all started.

What stand-up comedian do you like the most?

I don't have idols as such. There are those who like, who, perhaps, want to imitate. For example, lately I really like Louis C.K., such a famous American comedian, winner of the Emmy award for writing his stand-ups.

What do you think about the state of humor in Russia?

To be honest, I think that it is not necessary to assess the state of humor in our country. This is not the people's economy. Let's leave that to the historians. Perhaps someday, in five hundred years, someone will write a study on the topic: “The level of development of humor in Russia at the dawn of the 21st century.” In general, humor always reflects reality. And at different times they laugh at different jokes. Therefore, the state of humor is the state of the country as a whole.

Why is Russian humor often treated with disdain?

I noticed that in our country, in general, everything Russian is very dismissive, be it humor, cinema, music, football or power. So, maybe the problem is not in Russian humor or not only in it?

Do you feel like you are part of a positive change in Russian humor?

I never thought about it. And it seems to me that any comedian jokes because he likes it, and not in order to contribute to the history of humor. I do what I like and I try to do it as well as possible.

Is it hard to be a stand-up comedian in Russia?

Depending on what to compare, I do what I love and also get paid for it. Sounds good, agree. I have a friend who works as a doctor in one of the Voronezh polyclinics and receives 15,000 a month for this, so it’s really hard for her.

You make fun of men a lot, how do your colleagues react to it?

My colleagues are people who have everything in order with a sense of humor and self-irony. Some jokes about men also help me write, so there are no offenses or disagreements between us.

There is a feeling that in Russia now the main jokes are about women, and in the most humiliating way - why is that?

Maybe I'm watching the wrong programs, but I don't find anything degrading in my colleagues' jokes. Or, like most of us, I think: "I'm not like that!"

Do you consider yourself a feminist?

In a sense, yes. It's not that I actively fought for the rights of women in this world ... But I do believe that you and I live in a sexist society, and I would like this to change.

How did you come to the conclusion that the most honest and funniest stand-up comes from personal experience?

I am not a “theorist” in terms of humor, that is, I have no theories or schemes for how to write jokes. I just write about what excites me at the moment.

Do you think that humor should educate?

It's a difficult question. I believe that every comedian must answer the question why he goes on stage and what he wants to convey to the audience. But at the same time, one should not forget that humorous programs primarily have an entertaining function, the viewer should forget about his problems for a while and relax.

You joke about going to a psychoanalyst, do you think your audience has become easier to relate to this topic?

I came to the conclusion that in our country a trip to a psychologist is perceived as a kind of whim. We are used to going to the doctor as a last resort, already when something “falls off”. Therefore, going to a psychologist when nothing hurts at all, and even paying money for it, is insanity. Therefore, the fact that I visit a psychologist is perceived by others as "she is mad with fat."

Do you feel that your jokes support women?

I don’t think that anyone takes what I say seriously, it’s still humorous monologues. Although sometimes women come up to me and say: “Thank you for at least protecting us.”

What do you think are the most harmful stereotypes about women?

I wouldn't say that there are any specific stereotypes, it's just that men don't take us seriously, they would somehow learn to respect us at least a little bit.

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Yulia Akhmedova is a comedian, regular participant and creative producer of Stand Up on TNT, captain of the KVN team "25th" of the Voronezh State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering.

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Name: Yulia Akhmedova
Date of birth: November 28, 1982
Age: 36 years old
Height: 178 cm
Place of birth: Kant (Kyrgyzstan)
Relationship status: Single

Yulia Akhmedova: childhood and youth

Yulia Akhmedova was born in the city of Kant, Kirghiz USSR on November 28, 1982 in an international family. Her mother is Ukrainian, her father is Azerbaijani. Yulia has a younger sister Alexandra. On the net you can find a photo of Yulia Akhmedova, where the whole family is depicted on the card, headed by her father, a military pilot.
Julia grows up in a strict family, goes in for skiing, ballroom dancing. There is information that she dreamed of becoming a milkmaid in order to live in harmony with nature. Subsequently, Julia will become a vegetarian.
In 1999, Yulia leaves for Voronezh, where she enters the Voronezh State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Civil Engineering. Immediately after graduation, Akhmedova moved to Moscow.

KVN, Comedy Woman, Stand Up

At the university, Julia comes to KVN. From 2003 to 2012 she was the captain of the 25th team, the finalist of the Premier League. Akhmedova twice won the title of KVN girl of the year.

In 2008, Yulia became a screenwriter for the sitcom Univer. Since 2012, she has been the creative producer of Comedy Woman on TNT. Many probably remember the appearance of Yulia Akhmedova in a TV show as a psychologist in a duet with Ekaterina Varnava.
From the very beginning of the Stand Up show, Yulia is its only female participant, she is also the producer of the project.

The characters Yulia describes are real. As the comedian herself admits, there is never a goal to offend someone, there is sometimes a task to joke more carefully. At the same time, Akhmedova is sure that there are no taboo topics for a stand-up artist.
In her stand-ups, Yulia Akhmedova often raises issues of the relationship between men and women, as well as the rights of both sexes, the topic of loneliness, and depression.

About popularity

Yulia, in an interview with siapress.ru, Yulia admitted that she does not feel popular, does not consider herself a media personality. At the same time, answering the question: are there any disadvantages to the profession of a stand-up comedian, Yulia said the following:
- Since I raise rather frank topics in my monologues, many people who meet me on the street are sure that they can behave familiarly and discuss my personal life. They do not share my real image with the stage and are surprised if I do not want to answer questions from the series: “Do you really have no man? Why do you talk about it on stage, but not now?” It's stressing me out.

Personal life

Fans are wondering why the beautiful, tall, slender, cheerful, smart, with a great sense of humor Yulia Akhmedova is not married. Others answer them: to get married is not to attack, perhaps she has not yet met her man. At the same time, for Yulia, family and children are one of the main values. But for now, these topics are just jokes.

Akhmedova herself created an image for herself in the Stand Up show - a woman of 30+ who did not have time to get married. It was in this role that she gained her popularity. The girl is not upset by the fact that the passport does not have a stamp on the corresponding page. Moreover, the artist's work schedule is so tight that you ask yourself: is there time for a personal life?
Akhmedova was credited with a relationship with her colleague Ruslan Bely. However, Julia stated that young people are only friends. In addition, she does not consider it possible for herself to have a relationship with a man younger than her.

Yulia Akhmedova today

Julia is a successful comedian. She takes part in several popular TV projects. Akhmedova works in the stand-up genre, continuing to share frank thoughts on exciting topics with the audience. The girl also works as a mentor in the Open Microphone program.
Julia is touring with solo concerts in Russia. Recently, she tried herself as an actress. Akhmedova played one of the main roles in the comedy "KVNschiki". The film tells about the shooting of a popular program, about the behind the scenes of the program.