Liya Akhedzhakova
| Liya Akhedzhakova People's Artist of Russia | |
|---|---|
 At the premiere of Generation P in 2011 | |
| Native name | Ли́я Меджи́довна Ахеджа́кова |
| Born |
9 July 1938 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (present-day Ukraine) |
| Residence | Maykop, Moscow |
| Ethnicity | Ukrainian Jewish[1] |
| Citizenship | Russian SFSR, USSR (1938–1991), Russian Federation (1991–present) |
| Alma mater |
Moscow State University of Nonferrous Metals and Gold Russian Academy of Theatre Arts – Lunacharsky State Institute |
| Occupation | Academician, activist, film, stage, television and voice actress |
| Years active | 1961–present |
| Notable work | The Irony of Fate (1975), Office Romance (1977), The Garage (1979), Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980), Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (1981), Sons of Bitches (1990), Promised Heaven (1991), Dandelion Wine (1997), Old Hags (2000), Playing the Victim (2007) |
| Home town | Dnipropetrovsk |
| Spouse(s) |
Valeri Benediktovich Nosik Boris Petrovich Kocheishvili Vladimir Nikolaevich Persiyanov (m. 2000) |
| Parent(s) |
Medzhid Salehovich Akhedzhakov (stepfather) Yuliya Alexandrovna Akhedzhakova |
| Relatives |
George Akhedzhak Murat Akhedzak |
| Website |
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Liya Medzhidovna Akhedzhakova (Russian: Ли́я Меджи́довна Ахеджа́кова, Ukrainian: Лі́я Меджи́дівна Ахеджа́кова; born 9 July 1938) is an eminent Soviet and Russian academician, activist, humanitarian, film, stage, television and voice actress who received the title of People's Artist of Russia in 1994. She won two Nika Awards for Best Actress for her performances in Promised Heaven (1991) and Playing the Victim (2006). She was also awarded the Nika Honorary Prize in 2015.
Early life and career
Akhedzhakova was born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR. She grew up in a theatrical family in Maykop, Russian SFSR. Her stepfather, Medzhid Salehovich Akhedzhakov (1914–2012), was a Circassian nobleman[2] who served as the Principal Director of the National Theatre of the Republic of Adygea. Her mother, Yuliya Alexandrovna Akhedzhakova (1916–1990), was also an actress at the same drama theatre. At the age of 10, when her mother and aunt was suffering from tuberculosis, she wrote a letter to Joseph Stalin with a request for help. In response, a rare drug was delivered to her family.
In 1956, she entered the Moscow Institute of Nonferrous Metals and Gold where she studied for eighteen months. She first appeared on stage in 1961 at Moscow Youth Theatre. In 1962, she graduated from Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts (GITIS). Her first film appearance was in Ishchu cheloveka (1973) (Russian: Looking for a Man). Her debut in this drama was awarded several prizes at international film festivals in Locarno, Switzerland and Varna, Bulgaria.[3] In 1977, she joined the Sovremennik Theatre. In 1986, she played four main roles in the play Apartment Columbine, directed by Roman Viktyuk. This established her as a leading stage actress of the Soviet Union.
As a film actress, Liya Akhedzhakova became widely known due to her leading roles in Eldar Ryazanov's films, including Tania in The Irony of Fate (1975), Verochka in Office Romance (1977) and Fima in Promised Heaven (1991). In the 2000 film Old Hags, she played alongside her stepfather.
Her relatives include Murat Kazbekovich Akedzhak, Deputy Head of the Administration of Krasnodar Region, and George Akhedzhak, Honored Coach of the USSR.
Personal life
Akhedzhakova's first husband was Valery Nosik, an actor of Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre and Maly Theatre. Her second husband was artist and poet Boris Kocheishvili. In the summer of 2001, Liya Akhedzhakova married the Moscow-based photographer Vladimir Persiyanov. She has no children.
Political views
Akhedzhakova is a critic of the contemporary Russian politics and Vladimir Putin in particular. Together with Eldar Ryazanov, Yuri Shevchuk and Andrey Konchalovsky, she protested against Russian policy towards Ukraine.[4] Following the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, she publicly read a poem of Andrey Orlov, Requiem for MH17.[4] In 2013, Akhedzhakova received a prize from the Moscow Helsinki Group for "the protection of human rights by means of culture and arts".[4]
Eldar Ryazanov characterized Akhedzhakova as follows: "She sympathizes with the weak, and despises the cruel. In that her artistic credo coincides with the stance of the great Chaplin".[5]
Honours and selected awards
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Honored Artist of the RSFSR | Meritorious Artist | Won | |
| 1973 | Prize of the 8th International Film Screening in the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Varna[5] | Won | ||
| 1975 | Prize of the 8th All-Union Film Festival in Chișinău[5] | Sports Films | Won | |
| 1979 | Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR[5] | Laureate of RSFSR State Prize | Office Romance | Won |
| 1992 | Nika Award[5] | Best Actress | Promised Heaven | Won |
| 1994 | People's Artist of Russia[5] | Won | ||
| 1999 | Order of Honour[5] | Won | ||
| 2001 | "Olmypia" National Award[5] | National Prize of Public Recognition for Women's Achievements | Won | |
| 2006 | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"[5] | Cavalière (4th class) | Won | |
| 2007 | Nika Award[5] | Best Actress | Playing the Victim | Won |
| 2008 | Star of Theatre Prize[5] | Won | ||
| 2008 | Award of "Star teatral" | Civic Courage | Won | |
| 2013 | Award of "Star teatral" | Best Actress | Won | |
| 2013 | Award of the Moscow Helsinki Group | Won | ||
| 2015 | Nika Award | Honorary Prize | Won | |
Selected filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Vozvrashchenie | Petya | |
| 1970 | The Blue Bird | Young boy | Voice |
| 1970 | Otvazhnyy Robin Hood | Little John | Voice |
| 1973 | Glasha and Kikimora | Pioneer cyclist | Voice |
| 1973 | Ishchu cheloveka | Anna Kuznetsova | |
| 1974 | Tanya | Mistress, housekeeper | |
| 1974 | Ivan da Mariya | Princess Agrippina | |
| 1975 | The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! | Tanya, Nadya’s friend | Television film |
| 1975 | Poshekhonskaya starina | Polka | |
| 1975 | U samogo Chernogo morya | Viola Smyr | |
| 1976 | Po sekretu vsemu svetu | Yelizaveta Nikolaevna, geography teacher | |
| 1976 | Twenty Days Without War | Clock woman | |
| 1977 | Zhikharka | Voice | |
| 1977 | Dva klyona | Ivanushka | Voice |
| 1977 | Zhuravl v nebe | ||
| 1977 | Office Romance | Vera "Verochka", secretary | |
| 1978 | Krasavets-muzhchina | Lupacheva | Television film |
| 1978 | When I Will Become a Giant | Julietta Ashotovna, nicknamed “Smiley”, English teacher | |
| 1978 | Podarok chyornogo kolduna | Pugalitsa | |
| 1979 | Pogovori na moyom yazyke | Claudia | |
| 1979 | Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears | Olga Pavlovna, club manager | |
| 1979 | The Garage | Malaeva | |
| 1980 | Say a Word for the Poor Hussar | Loulou | Television film |
| 1981 | Vosmoe chudo sveta | Yuliya Yermolina | |
| 1981 | Kuda ischez Fomenko? | Alina | Television film |
| 1981 | Otpusk za svoy schyot | Irina | Television film |
| 1982 | Alice in the Land in the Other Side of the Mirror | White Queen | |
| 1983 | Koe-chto iz gubernskoy zhizni | Merchutkina | Television film |
| 1983 | Talisman | Grandmother | |
| 1983 | Koe-chto iz gubernskoy zhizni | Merchutkina | Television film |
| 1983 | Mama Anush | Anush | |
| 1984 | Malenkoe odolzhenie | Toma | Television film |
| 1984 | Copper Angel | Rosita | |
| 1984 | Osenniy podarok fey | Fairy of sorrow | |
| 1986 | Ara, bara, pukh! | Voice | |
| 1986 | Igra khameliona | Irma | |
| 1986 | Povod | Violetta | |
| 1986 | Razmakh krylyev | First-class passenger (herself) | |
| 1987 | Dialog. Krot i yaytso | Egg | Voice |
| 1987 | Drugaya zhizn | Roza | |
| 1988 | Svirepyi Bambr | Mouse | Voice |
| 1988 | Greshnik | Zina | |
| 1989 | Vagrant Bus | Zina, administrator | |
| 1989 | Sofia Petrovna | ||
| 1990 | Yozhik dolzhen byt kolyuchim? | Mother hedgehog | Voice |
| 1990 | Po sledam Bambra | Mouse | Voice |
| 1990 | Doping dlya angelov | Nina | |
| 1990 | Sons of Bitches | Nanaytseva | |
| 1990 | Mordashka | Zoya Nikolaevna, Yuliya's mother | |
| 1991 | Glasha and Kikimora | Voice | |
| 1991 | Lovushka dlya Bambra | Mouse | Voice |
| 1991 | Na chyornyy den | Voice | |
| 1991 | Promised Heaven | Afimya "Fima" Stepanovna | Nika Award for Best Actress (1991) |
| 1992 | Rozhdenie Gerakla | Voice | |
| 1992 | Ya khotela uvidet angelov | Zhenya’s mother | |
| 1992 | Sem sorok | Tkachuk | |
| 1993 | Muravinyy yozhik | Voice | |
| 1993 | Bezdna, krug sedmoy | ||
| 1994 | Tren bren | Masha | |
| 1995 | Moskovskiye kanikuly | Speculator | |
| 1995 | Bred vdvoyom | ||
| 1997 | Dandelion Wine | Lena Auffmann | |
| 2000 | Old Hags | Lyuba | |
| 2006 | Playing the Victim | Waitress in Japanese restaurant | Nika Award for Best Actress (2007) |
| 2006 | Andersen. Zhizn bez lyubvi | Gadalkal | |
| 2006 | Strannoe rodzdestvo | Lucia | Television film |
| 2007 | Potapov, k doske! | Taisiya Ivanovna | |
| 2007 | Vetka sireni | Anna Sergeevna, Zverev’s wife | |
| 2007 | Dyuymovochka | Mouse | |
| 2007 | Foto moey devushki | Lyubov Grigorevna, Paul’s mother | |
| 2007 | The Funeral Party | Mariya Ignatyevna, healer | |
| 2008 | Chetyre vozrasta lyubvi | Zima | |
| 2009 | The Book of Masters | Baba Yaga | |
| 2009 | Bankrot | Matchmaker | |
| 2010 | Love-Carrot 3 | Yelizaveta Nikolaevna | |
| 2011 | Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf | Baba Yaga | Voice |
| 2012 | Moms | Svetlana Semyonovna |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Neznaika v Solnechnom gorode | Episode 7–8 | |
| 2003 | Pyatyy angel | Sara | |
| 2004 | Uzkiy most | Nina Petrovna | TV mini-series |
| 2005 | Kazaroza | Mariya Antonovna | |
| 2011 | Dorogoy moy chelovek |
References
- ↑ http://stmegi.com/posts/15872/aktrise_teatra_i_kino_lie_akhedzhakovoy_75_let_7838/&usg=ALkJrhgEsQeWXje0KJIGdIwsfUlYxhH00g/
- ↑ "Leah Akhedzhakova". movie-space.
- ↑ Film and Theatre Star Liya Akhedzhakova Turns 70
- 1 2 3 "Лия Ахеджакова покаялась перед миром за "неправильную" национальность" (in Russian). Russia Today. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 24 Dec 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Ахеджакова Лия Меджидовна" (in Russian). Kino-teatr.ru. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 24 Dec 2014.
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