Rza Afganli

Rza Rustam oglu Afganli (real surname Jafarzade; 1899–1973) was a Soviet Azerbaijani actor, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1943) and Laureate of the Stalin Prize (1948).

Rza Jafarzade was born on May 15, 1899, in the village of Ogan, near Sarab in northwestern Qajar Iran.

From 1923, he was an actor at the Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre named after Mashadi Azizbeyov.

His daughter Khumar Zulfugarova (1927-2017), became a dancer, choreographer, and People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1979).

Their daughter Ophelia (1939–2010), who also became an actress, was married to actor Sayavush Aslan.