Zaynab Sadriyeva

Zaynab Sadriyeva (25 November 1914, Astrakhan – 31 October 1991, Tashkent) was a Soviet Uzbek theater and film actress. From childhood, she absorbed the Uzbek language, which became her second language and shaped her entire stage of life. She also mastered the Russian language. While studying at a pedagogical college, she performed in amateur theatrical productions. In 1929, she joined the Workers' Mobile Theater, gaining her initial theatrical experience.

From 1932 onwards, she was an actress at the Hamza Theater (now the Uzbek National Academic Drama Theater). She created vivid, significant, and sharply dramatic characters, portraying strong-willed women facing challenging destinies: Vassa Zheleznova, Kruchinina, Lyubov Yarovaya, Glafira in "The Last Sacrifice," Feklusha in "The Storm," among others. Zaynab Sadriyeva's deep temperament and emotional power gave a romantic-tragic resonance to her characters. The works of Gorky played a significant role in shaping the actress's mastery. She died on 31 October 1991.

Selected theater roles "Intrigue and Love" Shillera, 1936 "Poshsho-aim" («Bay i batrak» Hamza, 1939) "Xaritonova" («Za tex, kto v more!» B. Lavrenyova, 1947) "Kseniya" («Yegor Bulichov i drugiye» M. Gorkogo), "Farmon-bibi" («Bunt nevestok» S. Xusanxodjayeva,1976) 1989 — "Kamenniy idol" 1961 — "Otvergnutaya nevesta"-grandmother Anzirat 1961 — "Doch Ganga"-Hemonkori 1953 — "Bay i batrak"-Poshshaoim, the rich's first wife State Hamza Prize (1979) People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1952)