Konstantina Yahali was born in Patras in 1972. She studied at the Drama School of the Athens Conservatoire, the Film Department of the School of Fine Arts at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and the School of Theology at the University of Athens.

In 2004, she took part in the Theatre Competition for Emerging Artists with her play What Shall We Do with Antonis?, which received the Award for Best Play, while Meni Konstantinidou won the award for Best Supporting Actress. The following year, the play was staged at Kivotos Theatre, directed by Petros Filippidis.

For the stage, she co-adapted Mino Bellei’s Ice Cream in Winter with Panagiotis Mantziafos (dir. Iosif Vardakis, Athina Theatre, 2009), and, with Mimi Denissi, adapted Penelope Delta’s Magas for the production Penelope Delta Meets Magas (dir. Mimi Denissi, “Theatron”, Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre, 2013). She also co-wrote with Mimi Denissi the text for Stelios Kazantzidis: His Whole Life (dir. Mimi Denissi, “Theatron”, Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre, 2018).

Her monologue Greta received a Commendation at the 2018 Greek State Awards for Playwriting.

She works as a television screenwriter, with credits including Forever Kids, Don’t Start Grumbling, Litsa.com, Seven Deadly Mothers-in-Law and I Saw You, among others. Her film screenwriting credits include Wanted: Liar, an adaptation of Dimitris Psathas’s play co-written with Panagiotis Mantziafos, and Akaliptos, co-written with Panagiotis Mantziafos and Lefteris Kaponis.

She has also worked as an assistant editor on the television game shows Taxi Girl and Money Drop, and as an actress in theatre, film and television. She has taught workshops in playwriting and screenwriting.

Her first short story, Petty Theft, was included in the anthology Mikro, published by Parakentro in 2019.

Photo: Giorgos Kampouris

PLAYS

Greta, 2018
The First Gender, 2017
What Shall We Do with Antonis?, 2004