Nasiba Zeynalova
Actor
Biography
Nasiba Zeynalova was born in Baku (then part of the Russian Empire, present-day capital of Azerbaijan), the daughter of merchant and stage actor Jahangir Zeynalov. The family fled to Iran just before the Azeri massacre of March 1918 committed by Bolshevik military units in Baku. Her father died during their trip back home in September 1918, via the Caspian Sea.
While in secondary school she attended dance courses. In 1932 she joined Rza Tahmasib's drama club. In 1937 she joined a vagrant theatre troupe and toured several Azerbaijani towns. In 1938 she started working at the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy. She earned a degree at the Baku School of Theatre. In the following years Nasiba Zeynalova acted in 22 films and around 70 plays, as well as in numerous television sketches. She is most remembered for the roles of Fatmanisa in Stepmother, (1958), Sughra in Our Teacher Jabish (1969), Jannat in Mother in Law (1978) and Nasiba in The Kidnapping of Fiance (1985). She was famous mostly for her comedy roles. In 1967, she was named People's Artist of Azerbaijan.
Filmography
The Mother in Law
as Jannat 1978
The Kidnapping of Groom
as Nasiba 1985
Stepmother
as Fatmanisa 1958
Ulduz
as Zuleykha 1964
The Great Support
as Telli 1962
Our Teacher Jabish
as Sughra 1969
The Tempestuous Kura
as Villager 1969
The Window of Sadness
as Sakina 1986
In the Name of the Law
as Shahla Khanum 1968
I Compose a Song
as Grandmother 1978
In Front of a Closed Door
as Zeynab 1981
Neighborhood
2003
The Dream
as Masma 2001
Find That Girl
as Meyransa 1970
The Price of Happiness
as Kishvar 1977
The Boys of Our Yard
as Sariyya 1973