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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.
Awards & recognition
- Moscow Prize — Literature and the Arts · 2014
- Merited Artist of the RSFSR
- Moscow Helsinki Group Award
- Nika Award — Best Supporting Actress
- Nika Award
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- Nika Award — Best Supporting Performance
- Nika Lifetime Achievement Award
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Order of Honour
- People's Artist of the Russian Federation
- Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR
