Afag Bashirgyzy (), born Afag Bashir gyzy Safarova (1955,

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i actress.

Life and career

Afag Bashirgyzy was born in 1955 to the family of a renowned

i comedian,

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. In 1974 - 1979, she studied at the Cultural Education faculty of

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. She started her acting career in 1973 at the Lenkoran State Drama Theater, soon gaining a reputation of a talented actress. In 1975, she moved to

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to work at the Sumgait Drama Theater. Starring mainly in comedies, Afaq Bashirgyzy was listed as one of the top

i comedian actresses. One of her best performances was in the role of ''Söylü'', a wife of an unsuccessful poet and pregnant mother of six children, in the film '' The Engagement Ring''. In 1989, she began working at Azerbaijan Drama Theatre and performed in main roles in ''Subaylarınızdan görəsiniz'' (Have bachelors), ''O olmasın, bu olsun'' (

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), ''Bankir adaxlı'' (Banker boyfriend), ''Məhəbbət oyunu'' (The Love Game), ''İtgin gəlin'' (The lost bride), ''Məsmə xala dayımdır'' (Aunt Mesme is my uncle), etc. She also starred in Azerbaijani films ''Bəxt üzüyü'' (The Engagement Ring), ''Yaşıl eynəkli Adam'' (The man in green eyeglasses), ''Nekroloq'' (The Necrolog). Currently, Bashirgyzy teaches acting at the

. In 2009, she opened ''Bashir Safaroglu Theater'' in

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, naming it after her late father. Afag Bashirgyzy is married with one son.

Awards

*Merited Actress, 1989 *People's Artist, 1993 *Qızıl Dərviş (Golden Dervish), 1993, 2003 *

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Award, 2010 *Best of the best, 2011 * Vagif Samadoghlu Medal, 2020В Баку прошла церемония награждения медалью имени Вагифа Самедоглу (imag.one)
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