Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 9, 1938 (age 88)
Place of Birth
Dnepropetrovsk, USSR (Ukraine)
Also Known As
- Лия Ахеджакова
- Lia Akhedjakova
- L. Ahedzhakova
- L. Akhedzhakova
- Ахеджакова Лия Меджидовна
Liya Akhedzhakova
Biography
Liya M. Akhedzhakova (born July 9, 1938, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian theatre and cinema actress. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1970) and People's Artist of Russia (1994). She became famous for her roles in Eldar Ryazanov's films, especially "Office Romance" (1977), "Garage" (1979), "Irony of Fate" (1975) and "Promised Heaven" (1991). She twice received the Nika Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles as Aunt Fima in "Promised Heaven" and a Japanese restaurant worker in "Portraying the Victim" in 1992 and 2007, respectively.
Known For - Movies
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
as club director
The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!
as Tanya, Nadia's friend
Office Romance
as Verochka
Leto
as Flat's Owner
The Book of Masters
as Baba Yaga
Comet Halley
as Yanga Lvovna Artemieva
The Garage
as Елена Павловна Малаева, младший научный сотрудник
Mommies
as Svetlana Semyonovna
Vacation at Your Own Expense
as Irina
Twenty Days Without War
as Woman with clocks
