Yayra Abdullaеva

Famous actress, People's Artist of Uzbekistan Yayra Abdullayeva was born in Tashkent in 1930. She began her creative career in 1944-1945 in a women's ensemble led by Gavhar Rahimova, and in 1950, she graduated from the Tashkent Institute of Theater and Fine Arts named after A. Ostrovsky.

She was the daughter of Liza Petrosova and the niece of the famous Tamaraxonim and Gavhar Rahimova. In 1944, because the war was at its peak, her aunt Gavhar Rahimova enrolled her in a women's brigade and took her to the front at the age of 14, even though she was underage, because of her strong physique. From then on, her life was connected with art.

From 1950, she worked at the Uzbek State Academic Drama Theater named after Hamza (now the Uzbek National Academic Drama Theater) and created dozens of diverse characters such as Gulnor ("Qutlug qon"), Gulbahor ("Boy ila xizmatchi"), Qorasoch ("Yulduzlar jamoli"), Elaine ("Bloody Mirage"), Katerina ("Thunderstorm"), Lady Milford ("Intrigue and Love"), Khemnolini, Kamola, Khemenkori ("Daughter of the Ganges"), and Maryam ("Algeria is my Motherland").

Turgunoy in Izzat Sultan's work "Unknown Person" was orphaned by her mother in childhood, and her unfaithful father abandoned her. She is raised and grows up in the hands of her grandfather, and finds her own path in life. Yayra Abdullayeva clearly showed noble qualities in Turgunoy's character, such as intelligence and the fierce struggle against grim fate for the freedom of women, and in Morimoto Kaoru's work "Stolen Life," she revealed the difficult life path and complex fate of a Japanese woman with psychological depth and extreme skill.

Yayra Abdullayeva began her career in Uzbek cinema in 1953 with the role of Gulbahor in the film "Boy ila xizmatchi," and appeared in films such as "Sisters Rakhmonova" (1954), "Meet at the Stadium" (1956), "Hamza" (1960), and "By the Conscience's Command" (1967) one after another.

She has also been active on Uzbek television for several decades. The lead role in the first Uzbek telefilm "Azizaxon" (1960), and the characters of Zaynab and Khanim in the teleplays "Zaynab and Omon" (1957) and "The Seventh Goblet" (1977) were well-received by wide art audiences.

Since the 50s, Yayra Abdullayeva participated in the Republican radio, taking an active part in broadcasts titled "Theater at the Microphone" and "Theater of One Actor." She performed with great skill the roles of Medea, Bahor, and Maria in radio plays based on works such as Euripides' "Medea," Sh. Rashidov's "Song of Kashmir" and "Powerful Wave," and A. Pushkin's "Dubrovsky." In the radio play based on Ibsen's "Nora," she participated as both the stage director and an actor.

Yayra Abdullayeva's rich and multifaceted creative work was highly rewarded. In 1964, the actress was given the honorary title of People's Artist of Uzbekistan. In 1967, she was awarded the State Prize of the Republic for the role of Regina she created in W. Shakespeare's tragedy "King Lear." Yayra Abdullayeva was awarded the "Do'stlik" order in 1998.