Maya-Gozel Aymedova ( tk, link=no, Maýa-Gözel Aýmedowa; born 28 May 1941 in

Ashkhabad Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشق‌آباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...

, Turkmen SSR, USSR), also known as Maya-Gozel Aimedova, is a Turkmen actress. Her most famous role is in the 1972 film ''

Nevestka In law and in cultural anthropology, affinity is the kinship relationship created or that exists between two people as a result of someone's marriage. It is the relationship which each party to a marriage has to the relations of the other part ...

'' (''Daughter-in-Law'').

Film career

Aimedova graduated from the

Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) (russian: Российский институт театрального искусства – ГИТИС) is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, ...

in 1964, and joined the Turkmenistan

Young Spectator's Theatre Young Spectator's Theatre (Театр Юного Зрителя, ТЮЗ) was a standard name of a theatre for children and youth in many cities of the Soviet Union, usually referred to by this abbreviation: тюз, TYuZ (sometimes translated as "T ...

in Ashgabat. Her onscreen debut was in ''Sluchai v Dash-Kale'' (''Incident in Dash-Kala'', 1961), in which she played a teacher who fights against outdated marriage practices. In 1972, she starred in ''Nevestka'', for which she was awarded a

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

. ''Nevestka'' was directed by

Khodjakuli Narliev Hojaguly Narliyev ( tk, link=no, Hojaguly Narliýew; born 21 January 1937 in Ashkhabad, Turkmen SSR, USSR), also known as Khodzhakuli Narliev, is a Turkmen film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer, and the first secretary of the Film Union ...

, with whom she worked on a number of films, including ''Kogda zhenshchina osedlaet konia'' (''When a Woman Saddles a Horse'', 1975) and ''Derevo Dzhamal'' (''Djamal's Tree'', 1980). For both of these films, she also co-wrote the screenplay. Her last film role was in the 1990 film ''Mankurt''. After Turkmenistan gained independence in 1991, the country's film industry was suppressed.

Personal life

Aimedova is married to Khodjakuli Narliev. She joined the Communist Party in 1971.

Awards and honours

*1972 -

*1982 -

People's Artist of Turkmen SSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and signific ...

*1987 -

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significa ...

Filmography

*''Sluchai v Dash-Kale'' (''Incident in Dash-Kala'', 1961) *''

'' (''Daughter-in-Law'', 1972) *''Kogda zhenshchina osedlaet konia'' (''When a Woman Saddles a Horse'', 1975) *''Umei skazat' net'' (''You Must Be Able to Say No'', 1976) *''Derevo Dzhamal'' (''Djamal's Tree'', 1980) *''Karakumy, 45 gradusov v teni'' (''Karakumy, 45 Degrees in the Shade'', 1982) *''Fragi - razluchennyi so schast'em'' (''Fragi - Separated from Happiness'', 1984) *''Do svidaniia, moi parfinianin'' (''Goodbye, My Parthian'', 1987) *''Beshenaia'' (''The Mad Woman'', 1988) *''Mankurt'' (1990)

References

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