Liya Akhedzhakova
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Liya Medzhidovna Akhedzhakova is a Soviet and Russian actress who is famous both for theater and cinema.
, Ukraine
. She grew up in a theatrical family in Maykop
. Her Father Majid Salehovich Ahedzhakov was the principal director and her mother an actress at the Adyghe Drama Theater. In 1956 entered the Moscow Institute of Nonferrous Metals and Gold, where she studied for eighteen months. She first appeared on stage in 1961 in Moscow.
In 1977 she joined the Sovremennik Theatre
. One of the first great works - the play "Flat Columbine" directed by Roman Viktyuk, where she played four main roles.
Her first film was Ishchu cheloveka (Looking for a Man) (1973) was praised at the international film festivals in Locarno and Varna. She became widely famous due to Eldar Ryazanov
’s films, among them the roles of Verochka in Office Romance (1977), Fima in Nebesa obetovannye (Promised Heaven) (1991), Tania in The Irony of Fate (1975), and others.
Biography
Akhedzhakova was born in DnipropetrovskDnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. She grew up in a theatrical family in Maykop
Maykop
Maykop is the capital city of the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located on the right bank of the Belaya River . Population: -History:...
. Her Father Majid Salehovich Ahedzhakov was the principal director and her mother an actress at the Adyghe Drama Theater. In 1956 entered the Moscow Institute of Nonferrous Metals and Gold, where she studied for eighteen months. She first appeared on stage in 1961 in Moscow.
In 1977 she joined the Sovremennik Theatre
Sovremennik Theatre
Moscow Sovremennik Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow founded in 1956. "Sovremennik" means "Contemporary".-History:Sovremennik Theatre was founded by a group of young Soviet actors during Khrushchev Thaw...
. One of the first great works - the play "Flat Columbine" directed by Roman Viktyuk, where she played four main roles.
Her first film was Ishchu cheloveka (Looking for a Man) (1973) was praised at the international film festivals in Locarno and Varna. She became widely famous due to Eldar Ryazanov
Eldar Ryazanov
Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov is a Soviet/Russian film director whose comedies, satirizing the daily life of the country, are very famous throughout the former Soviet Union....
’s films, among them the roles of Verochka in Office Romance (1977), Fima in Nebesa obetovannye (Promised Heaven) (1991), Tania in The Irony of Fate (1975), and others.
Awards
- People's Artist of RussiaPeople's Artist of RussiaPeople's Artist of Russia, also sometimes translated as National Artist of Russia, is an honorary title granted to citizens of Russia.It succeeded both the all-Soviet union award People's Artist of the USSR , and more directly the local republic award, People's Artist of the RSFSR , after the...
(1994) - Nika AwardNika AwardThe Nika Award is a prestigious annual ceremony held by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences which was established in 1987 in Moscow, Russia by Yuli Gusman, and ostensibly modelled on the Academy Awards . Russian Academy Award takes its name from Nike, the goddess of victory...
(1991) for best Actress in Nebesa obetovannye (Promised Heaven) - Nika Award (2007) for best Actress in Playing the Victim
Filmography (partial)
- The Irony of Fate (1975)
- Office Romance (1977)
- The Garage (1979)
- Dandelion WineDandelion Wine (film)Dandelion Wine is a 1997 Russian TV film based on the book of the same name by Ray Bradbury.It's the last film of Innokenti Smoktunovsky, released after his death.- Cast :* Innokenti Smoktunovsky* Andrei Novikov* Sergei Kuznetsov...
(1997) - Playing the Victim (2007)