She is counted as one of the first professional female actors in the Ottoman Empire and thereby the Middle East.
As Muslims did not consider acting a suitable profession, the first actors in the Ottoman Empire was Christian Armenians, and the stigma of the profession was especially the case for females, the actresses received a higher salary than their male colleagues, and they could also continue their careers undisturbed after the Armenian theater monopoly was abolished in the Ottoman Empire in 1879.
[1] She and her college Arousyak Papazian are mentioned by the historian Mikael Nalbandian as two pioneers in defying prejudices by performing on stage.
As such, they became publicly visible women in the Muslim Ottoman Empire in a period when the female members of the audience had to watch their plays behind screens.
[1] Aghavni Papazian was also historical as the first actress to have performed in Iran, when she appeared on stage in Tabriz.