Galina Danilova was born in Yoshkar-Ola and raised in the village of Yudino (Kazan), Russia.

After graduation she was admitted to Kazan Theatre School.

Her work includes: "Threepenny Opera", "Jacques and his master", "Extremaduran killer" and "The Thief of Bagdad" among others.

1989) from her first marriage to Vladimir Popov, and a daughter Ulyana Koltakova (b.

2001, also like her mother is a character actress) from her third marriage to Dmitry Koltakov.