July 9, 1938
Liya Akhedzhakova was born. Actress, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, and two-time winner of the Nika Award for Best Supporting Actress. Viewers fell in love with her as the secretary Verochka from "Office Romance," the poisonous snake specialist from "Garage," and Nadya's friend from "The Irony of Fate."
— Chest forward!
— Breasts? You flatter me, Vera.
— Everyone is flattering you!
She grew up in Maykop. Her father was a leading director, and her mother was an actress at the Adyghe Drama Theater. At 18, she entered the Moscow Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals and Gold. After a year and a half, she realized it wasn't for her. At 24, she graduated from GITIS.
The camel has two humps because life is a struggle
In 1961, she debuted at the Moscow Youth Theatre as a travesty. From 1977 to 2023, she worked at the Sovremennik Theatre. She began acting in films in 1973. In 1975, she played a cameo role in Ryazanov's "The Irony of Fate." And then she became a star:
I didn't want to play such a small part, but Ryazanov talked me into it. And he did the right thing. And then I played many roles for him.
Akhedzhakova is known for her active civic stance. She called for an end to the war in Chechnya. She signed a letter in defense of the old NTV channel in 2001. She spoke out against the Yukos trial, the adoption of the "scoundrels' law," the annexation of Crimea, and the war with Ukraine.
Losing support among the educated, enlightened segment of society, the government is trying to rely on the lumpenproletariat. All terrible regimes began by buying these votes. The Bolsheviks understood well what they were doing and why when they chanted slogans like "Rob the loot!" and "Peace to the huts, war to the palaces!"
In February 2023 "Contemporary" The last performance featuring Akhedzhakova was removed from the repertoire due to her anti-war stance. On April 5, the 84-year-old actress wrote resignation letter at one's own request.
If you communicate regularly with people all over Russia, you'll find out that this hasn't gone away, that the slave sits very deep. And the barbarian. The barbarian and the slave
