Today, July 9, the legendary Soviet actress Liya Akhedzhakova celebrates her jubilee.

The star of the tapes "Office Romance" and "The Irony of Fate" turns 80 years old, it says in "Snidanku 1 + 1".

Almost the same number of roles played Liya Medzhidovna, but none of the main ones did not get. But the replicas of her characters are the most popular, they are still quoted.

Liya Akhedzhakova was born in 1938 in Dnipropetrovsk (now the Dnieper - prim. red. ) in the family of actors. However, the parents wished the daughter a serious career. Lia spent a year and a half studying at the Moscow Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals, but in parallel secretly studded the thresholds of acting schools. And she managed to enter the GITIS.

Her theatrical career began with the role of a piglet in the theater of a young spectator. Then she was promoted to the role of the donkey Ia. But Leah did not give up, because she was doing her favorite thing. In the movie, she started acting only at 35 years old. And almost immediately becomes a national favorite thanks to roles in the films of Eldar Ryazanov.

Liya Akhedzhakova long went not only to the heights of career, but also to female happiness. With her first husband, actor Valery Nosik, she divorced because of his drunkenness and betrayal, with the second - the artist Boris Kocheyshvili, fled without scandals. Both are silent about the reasons. But after this marriage, Leah retreated a long ten years. However, in 2001 - at the age of 63, surprisingly everyone went again under the aisle with photo reporter Vladimir Persiyanov. And from the third attempt I found my happiness. Vladimir became her personal agent, an assistant, but most importantly - he gave her a sense of security.

Liya Akhedzhakova is still a popular actress, she starred in films, plays in the theater "Contemporary" and adheres to an active anti-Kremlin position. She repeatedly spoke in support of Ukraine and publicly advocates the release of Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov.