Personal Info
Birth date
1938-07-09 (86 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Dnepropetrovsk, USSR (Ukraine)
Also known as
Лия Ахеджакова
Lia Akhedjakova
L. Ahedzhakova
L. Akhedzhakova
Лія Ахеджакова
Ахеджакова Лия Меджидовна
Л. Ахиджакова
Liya Akhedzhakova
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.
Filmography
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
7.623
Overview:
This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes, love, disillusions...The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!
7.333
Overview:
A group of old friends have a tradition of going to a public bathing house on New Year's Eve. Occasionally too much vodka and beer makes two of them unconscious. The problem is that one of them (Sasha) has to go to Leningrad but another one (Zhenya) goes. Zhenya wakes up at Leningrad airport. Believing that he is still in Moscow he takes a taxi and goes home. The street name, building and even apartment number, the way an apartment complex looks the same and the key coincide completely - just typical Soviet-type 'economy' architecture. Imagine the surprise of Nadya when she enters her apartment and finds a man without trousers in her bed. What's more - Nadya's fiancé also finds him there...Office Romance
7.947
Overview:
Anatoly Novoseltsev is a mousy single father and office stumblebum working at a statistics bureau in Moscow. In the hopes of being promoted, he is coaxed into charming his disagreeable and seemingly unfeeling boss, Ludmila Kalugina, or "Meany" as she's otherwise known by her subordinates. Helped by his colleagues Olya and Yura, Anatoly attempts to ease the yoke of Ms. Kalugina, and what follows in the wake of his graceless manoeuvres is completely unforeseen, as he awakens a side to her not yet known, even to herself..Mommies
5.188
Overview:
Every year on the International Women’s Day telephone networks transfer millions of phone calls and SMS messages. The vast majority of phone calls are addressed to the most important women in lives of everyone - to our mothers. But what would it be if because of enormous number of calls telephone network breaks down? What would we do? Someone would wait until network is rebuilt and would congratulate his mom in the evening or even the next day. But others, like the heroes of our movie, would change their plans to congratulate their moms just today ... personally ... as a kid!..Ivan Tsarevich & the Grey Wolf
6
Overview:
With a cheeky wolf as a travel companion, a prince from a faraway kingdom embarks on a quest to win a princess's heart.The Garage
7.256
Overview:
An automotive highway is scheduled to be built through the territory of a garage cooperative. A special meeting of the cooperative takes place to reduce the number of garages. As all was already decided and arranged by the chairholder and the board, the decision passes easily at the meeting. But one unexpected event happens - the meeting room's entrance has been locked by an anonymous member and the key is missing...Playing the Victim
6.393
Overview:
A young man drops out of university and goes to the police. He's done nothing wrong he just wants a job. A particular job. Playing the victim in murder reconstructions. Maybe by getting close to death he can manage to cheat on his own.The Book of Masters
4.425
Overview:
A beautiful and kind girl, daughter of Baba Yaga, finds a magical stone Alatyr while walking in a field. It transforms her heart into a stone and puts her under a queer curse. She is to be the evil Countess of Stones and live in a stone tower. If the greatest gem-cutter in the world brings the stone of Alatyr to life, though, she'll become the ruler of the world. The Stone Countess, now cruel and selfish, is fascinated with the idea. She starts searching for the best gem-cutters and forces them to work with Alatyr, so the magical stone would become a living thing. Neither of the gem-cutters succeeds, so she kills them. While being imprisoned in her tower, they work on a large book about the secrets of gem-cutting. Each of them edits the book, so it's later named "the Book of Masters".The Pretty Man
5
Overview:
A story about a married man who suddenly decides to leave his wife and marry rich woman.Say a Word for the Poor Hussar
6.814
Overview:
The small town agog Hussars entry. Love between cornet and the young actress suddenly faces intrigue made by a St. Petersburg bureaucrat. The actress father dies after being involved in this game and perspectives look dark... But evil will eventually be defeated by the nobility, loyalty and love.Leto
7.411
Overview:
Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union.Four Ages of Love
4.8
Overview:
Four novels: "Spring", "Summer", "Autumn", "Winter" - four very different love stories...The Blue Bird
3
Overview:
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.Vacation at Your Own Expense
5
Overview:
A young girl from the Siberian province arrives in Moscow for her beloved, whom she met during his business trip. He is a test designer for buses and will be on a business trip to Hungary. It was at this point that Katya set her vacation time. But it seems that they didn’t really wait for her... However, a meeting with László changes all her plans...Nomad Bus
4.3
Overview:
Travels from village to village broken old bus with a small troupe of actors to give a day two or three performances in front of a small audience. In the troupe — people, each of them in his own way in love with the theater…A Gentle Creature
6.102
Overview:
A woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day she receives the parcel she sent to her husband, serving a sentence in prison. Confused and angered, she sets out to find why her package was returned to sender.Koe-chto iz Gubernskoy Zhizni
6
Overview:
A television film based on vaudeville and early short stories by Anton Chekhov, "The Proposal", "The Wedding", "The Anniversary", etc. The scene is a provincial ball.Alice Through the Looking Glass
7.3
Overview:
The second adventure of Alice who steps through the looking glass and finds herself in a wonderful mirror land populated by chess figures and weird creatures.Golden Neighbors
3
Overview:
The inhabitants of the St. Petersburg communal apartment are not relatives, but just neighbors with their habits and dreams. They are given the opportunity to part, and then they understand how much they value each other.Where Did Fomenko Go?
4.8
Overview:
Поняв, что Фоменко сбежал от унылой жизни, семья и товарищи иначе взглянули на отношения между собой...Halley's Comet
5.7
Overview:
34-year-old physicist-astronomer Ignat Halley, fascinated by the stars and work at the mountain observatory, flies to the capital to file for a divorce. In Moscow, under unusual circumstances, Ignat meets a mysterious girl Taisia Artemyev and meets her whole family: mother Yulia, sister Dusya and intelligent, eccentric grandmother Yanga Lvovna. This meeting turns everything upside down in the life of an astronomer. And on New Year's Eve, Ignat will have to make an important decision that will change not only his life, but also his new acquaintances.The Funeral Party
2
Overview:
Based on the novel by Booker Prize Winner Ludmila Ulitskaya, The Funeral Party is set in August 1991. In a sweltering New York City apartment, a group of Russian émigrés gathers round the deathbed of an artist named Alik, a charismatic character beloved by them all, especially the women who take turns nursing him as he fades from this world. Their reminiscences of the dying man and of their lives in Russia are punctuated by debates and squabbles: Whom did Alik love most? Should he be baptized before he dies, as his alcoholic wife, Nina, desperately wishes, or be reconciled to the faith of his birth by a rabbi who happens to be on hand? And what will be the meaning for them of the Yeltsin putsch, which is happening across the world in their long-lost Moscow but also right before their eyes on CNN?Twenty Days Without War
6.655
Overview:
War correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He travels to faraway Tashkent to meet the family of the killed soldier and visit the film set of the screen adaptation of his war-time stories. Lopatin also manages to walk the streets of Tashkent, take part in a factory workers' meeting and have a short-lived love affair. Although with no bombings and fighting, the city dwellers breathe the atmosphere of the ongoing war.White Lilacs
7
Overview:
From his childhood in Russia to his last days in California, the tumultuous ininerary and bathed in melancholy of the legendary pianist and composer Serguei Rachmaninov. This film is based on the legend that Rachmaninoff received a bouquet of lilacs from an unknown admirer after every performance. He emigrated to the United States, and after an interval, began to receive the mysterious lilacs again.Weird Christmas
NYR
Overview:
Действие фильма начинается в сумасшедшем доме, куда новоявленные опекуны привозят свою мачеху Ольгу Самойлову на кануне Рождества. Вдова алкогольного магната Самойлова поставила целью своей жизни осуществлять чужие заветные мечты за собственные деньги. И трое ее приемных детей сочли эту идею чистым безумием. И потому...Acting
TBAПятый ангел (1 Episode) as Unknown
2022Golden Neighbors as Stepanovna
2020Halley's Comet as Yanga Lvovna Artemieva
2018Leto as Flat's Owner
2017A Gentle Creature as Human Rights activist
2012Mommies as Svetlana Semyonovna
2012Circo Ambulante as Unknown
2011Ivan Tsarevich & the Grey Wolf as Баба-Яга (озвучка)
2011Lovey-Dovey 3 as Elizaveta Nikolaevna
2009The Book of Masters as Baba Yaga
2009Bankrupt as Ustinjya Naumovna, svaha
2009Gogol the Bird as Unknown
2008Four Ages of Love as Unknown
2008My Girl's Photo as Unknown
2007Thumbelina as Mouse
2007White Lilacs as Anna Sergeevna
2007Potapov, to the Board! as Biology Teacher
2006Andersen. Life Without Love as Гадалка
2006The Funeral Party as Marya Ignatyevna
2006Playing the Victim as Waitress in Japanese restaurant
2006Weird Christmas as Unknown
2005Казароза as Maja Antonovna
2000Old Hags as Lyubov
1998Dandelion Wine (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1995Московские каникулы as Unknown
1993Бездна, круг седьмой as Unknown
1992I Wanted to See Angels as Unknown
1992Seven-Forty as Tkachuk
1991Sons of Bitches as Ella Ernestovna
1991For a Rainy Day as Unknown
1991Promised Heaven as Fima
1991Trap for Bambr as Mouse (voice)
1990The Hedgehog Must Be Prickly? as Mother hedgehog (voice)
1990Pretty Face as Unknown
1990In the Footsteps of the Bambr as Mouse (voice)
1990Допинг для ангелов as Nina Pavlovna
1989Sofia Petrovna as Maria Erastovna Kiparisova
1989AyAyAy! as Unknown
1989Nomad Bus as Зина (администратор)
1988Sinner as Zinaida Maslova
1988Ferocious Bambr as Mouse (voice)
1987Chameleon Games as Irma
1987Another Life as Roza
1987Dialogue (A Mole and an Egg) as Egg (voice)
1986Ara, bara, pooh! as Unknown
1986An Excuse as Unknown
1986A Boy as a Boy as Unknown
1984A Small Favor as Unknown
1984Copper Angel as Росита
1984Fairies' Autumn Gift as Fairy of Sadness
1984Mother Anoush as Unknown
1983Koe-chto iz Gubernskoy Zhizni as Unknown
1983Talisman as Grandmother
1982Alice Through the Looking Glass as The White Queen (voice)
1982Vacation at Your Own Expense as Irina
1982Алиса в Зазеркалье (4 Episodes) as The White Queen (voice)
1981Uncle's Dream as Unknown
1981Where Did Fomenko Go? as Unknown
1981We will not see you as Unknown
1981Eighth World Wonder as Julia Jermolina
1980Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears as Club Director Olga Pavlovna
1980Say a Word for the Poor Hussar as модистка Лулу
1980Hurry to Do Good as Unknown
1980Zigzag as Vika the doctor (voice) (uncredited)
1979The Garage as Елена Павловна Малаева, младший научный сотрудник
1979When I Will Become a Giant as Dzhulietta Ashotovna
1979Tree Frog as (voice)
1979The Black Wizard's Gift as Unknown
1978The Pretty Man as Unknown
1977Office Romance as секретарша Верочка
1977Crane in the Sky as Роза Козодоева
1977Zhikharka as Zhikharka (voice)
1977Dunno in Sunny City (10 Episodes) as Unknown
1977Two Maples as (voice)
1977Secret, for All the World Only as Yelizaveta Nikolayevna
1977Old Times in Poshekhonye as Unknown
1976Twenty Days Without War as Woman with clocks
1976Ph.D as Unknown
1975The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! as Таня, подруга Нади
1975Ivan and Marya as Princess Agrafina
1975At the Black Sea as Unknown
1974Tanya as Dusya
1973Looking for a Man as Unknown
1973Шапка-невидимка as Pioneer on the bike (voice)
1971Late Child as Unknown
1970The Brave Robin Hood as Unknown
1970The Blue Bird as Voice
1968Return as Petrushka