2018Nominee
Best Performance
Leto
Liya Akhedzhakova
Actor
Dnepropetrovsk, USSR (Ukraine)
July 9, 1938
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1980Winner
Best Performance
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
1987Nominee
Best Performance
Chameleon Games
Career Highlights
1977Highlight
Best Performance
Office Romance
1992Highlight
Best Performance
I Wanted to See Angels
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Leto
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears