Maya-Gozel Aimedova

[1] Aimedova was born in Ashkhabad, Turkmen SSR, USSR and graduated from the Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts in 1964, and joined the Turkmenistan Young Spectator's Theatre in Ashgabat.

Her onscreen debut was in Sluchai v Dash-Kale (Incident in Dash-Kala, 1961), in which she played a teacher who fights against outdated marriage practices.

In 1972, she starred in Nevestka, for which she was awarded a USSR State Prize.

[1] Nevestka was directed by Khodjakuli Narliev, with whom she worked on a number of films, including Kogda zhenshchina osedlaet konia (When a Woman Saddles a Horse, 1975) and Derevo Dzhamal (Djamal's Tree, 1980).

After Turkmenistan gained independence in 1991, the country's film industry was suppressed.