Afag Bashirgyzy (Azerbaijani: Afaq Bəşirqızı), born Afag Bashir
gyzy Safarova (1955, Baku, Azerbaijani: Afaq Bəşir qızı
Səfərova), is an Azerbaijani actress.Afag Bashirgyzy was born in
1955 to the family of a renowned Azerbaijani comedian, Bashir
Safaroglu. In 1974 - 1979, she studied at the Cultural Education
faculty of Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts. She
started her acting career in 1973 at the Lenkoran State Drama Theater,
soon gaining a reputation of a talented actress. In 1975, she moved to
Sumgait to work at the Sumgait Drama Theater. Starring mainly in
comedies, Afaq Bashirgyzy was listed as one of the top Azerbaijani
comedian actresses. One of her best performances was in the role of
Söylü, a wife of an unsuccessful poet and pregnant mother of six
children, in the film The Engagement Ring.In 1989, she began working
at Azerbaijan Drama Theatre and performed in main roles in
Subaylarınızdan görəsiniz (Have bachelors), O olmasın, bu olsun
(If Not That One, Then This One), Bankir adaxlı (Banker boyfriend),
Məhəbbət oyunu (The Love Game), İtgin gəlin (The lost bride),
Məsmə xala dayımdır (Aunt Mesme is my uncle), etc. She also
starred in Azerbaijani films Bəxt üzüyü (The Engagement Ring),
Yaşıl eynəkli Adam (The man in green eyeglasses), Nekroloq (The
Necrolog).Currently, Bashirgyzy teaches acting at the Azerbaijan State
University of Culture and Arts. In 2009, she opened Bashir Safaroglu
Theater in Moscow, naming it after her late father.
gyzy Safarova (1955, Baku, Azerbaijani: Afaq Bəşir qızı
Səfərova), is an Azerbaijani actress.Afag Bashirgyzy was born in
1955 to the family of a renowned Azerbaijani comedian, Bashir
Safaroglu. In 1974 - 1979, she studied at the Cultural Education
faculty of Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts. She
started her acting career in 1973 at the Lenkoran State Drama Theater,
soon gaining a reputation of a talented actress. In 1975, she moved to
Sumgait to work at the Sumgait Drama Theater. Starring mainly in
comedies, Afaq Bashirgyzy was listed as one of the top Azerbaijani
comedian actresses. One of her best performances was in the role of
Söylü, a wife of an unsuccessful poet and pregnant mother of six
children, in the film The Engagement Ring.In 1989, she began working
at Azerbaijan Drama Theatre and performed in main roles in
Subaylarınızdan görəsiniz (Have bachelors), O olmasın, bu olsun
(If Not That One, Then This One), Bankir adaxlı (Banker boyfriend),
Məhəbbət oyunu (The Love Game), İtgin gəlin (The lost bride),
Məsmə xala dayımdır (Aunt Mesme is my uncle), etc. She also
starred in Azerbaijani films Bəxt üzüyü (The Engagement Ring),
Yaşıl eynəkli Adam (The man in green eyeglasses), Nekroloq (The
Necrolog).Currently, Bashirgyzy teaches acting at the Azerbaijan State
University of Culture and Arts. In 2009, she opened Bashir Safaroglu
Theater in Moscow, naming it after her late father.
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