- Hamida Omarova
Hamida Mammad qizi Omarova ( _az. Həmidə Ömərova, born
25 April 1957 inBaku ) is anAzerbaijan i actress.Early life
Hamida Omarova was born to a family of teachers, Mammad and Nasiba Omarov. Her parents met at university where both of them studied foreign languages, and went on to have four children, three of whom died in their infancy. When Hamida was born, her parents visited the Sufi Hamid shrine in
Qazakh and after being sure the newborn would survive, they named her after the sanctuary. Following her parents' divorce in1960 and her father's permanent departure to his native Gazakh, Hamida Omarova was raised by her mother and grandmother. After graduating from high school she enrolled atBaku State University to studyphilology . While finishing her first year in1975 , she entered an academic contest along with other 300 people and was among the 15 contestants who were admitted to theGerasimov Institute of Cinematography inMoscow .az icon [http://eldergisi.ws/index.php?/weblog/more/h399m304d399_oumlm399rova_304talyansaya287305_etiraf/ Hamida Omarova: An Italian-Style Confession] by N.Badalov. "EL Jurnali". January2007 ]Career
Omarova's first role was in a short film entitled "The Dentist" in
1977 . Since then, she starred in over 30 films and became the most successful Azerbaijani actress of the decade performing at times in up to 4 movie shootings simultaneously. InRussia , she is known mostly for acting inYuli Gusman 's film "Gorkhma, saninlayam" / "Не бойся, я с тобой" ("Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You",1981 ), staged inGakh , Azerbaijan. Her performance was rewarded with numerous awards including that of aPeople's Artist of Azerbaijan. With the collapse of theSoviet Union in1991 , Azerbaijan's movie industry experienced severe decline. This became both a career decay and a psychological ordeal for Omarova. After going through a period of depression, she got married in1992 and gave birth to a son. At the same time, she hosted the late night show "Retro", a weekly review of classic movies from Azerbaijan and abroad. In2006 Omarova was elected President of theAzerbaijani Union of Cinematographers . [ru icon [http://news.bakililar.az/news_gamida_omarova_vse_5338.html Hamida Omarova: Everything in Life is a Gift from Destiny] . "Echo-az".19 February 2007 ]References
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