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Nasiba Zeynalova

Nasiba Zeynalova

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.

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Movies Starring Nasiba Zeynalova (20)

Neighborhood (2003)

A funny story happens to a block's residents. Everything begins when Tofig comes back from soldiering. Mommy wants to marry off his only son. His future father-in-law is a professor. But this professor is not like others. ...

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Execution is Postponed (2003)

After World War II, a group of young "robbers" redistributes the wealth of the rich to the poor while protecting the honor of women, especially the wives and sisters of soldiers at the front. Though branded outlaws by the law, their criminal yet benevolent ...

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The Dream (2001)

A young man tells the dream he had about running away with the daughter of chief of police to his grandma. People spread and exaggerate rumors as if it was a real story until it reaches to the chief himself. ...

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The Window of Sadness (1986)

Film about growing up in a small village in Azerbaijan. ...

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The Kidnapping of Groom (1985)

Being unable to shoot a film about Azerbaijani wedding customs, hopeless director decide to make a film about real wedding event. Though the stubborn father of bride resists approval the plan. ...

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In Front of a Closed Door (1981)

Murad, the favorite of the entire court, has just returned from prison, where he ultimately took the blame for his friend's crime. All this time, his fiancée Gul waited for him, and now they are getting married. Meanwhile, behind one of the doors overlook ...

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Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You (1981)

In early 20th-century Azerbaijan, two circus artists travel to a village where one of them was born, unaware of the danger and adventure that await them. ...

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The Mother in Law (1978)

The movie is about relations between mother and her daughter-in-law. ...

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I Compose a Song (1978)

A story about ten years old Sona - a very talented young singer whose parents are not so happy about her singing. ...

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The Price of Happiness (1977)

Rukhsara and her son Ibrahim are very concerned about the future of their five daughters growing up at home - Gulkhar, Khalida, Sakina, Zohra and Sevinc. Rukhsara's dream is to give each of the girls a dowry, to send them off to their husband's house acco ...

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The Boys of Our Yard (1973)

The film is about the yard boys getting a little older and thinking about their independent lifes. ...

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Find That Girl (1970)

Police are conducting a homicide investigation after man dies in car accident. ...

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Our Teacher Jabish (1969)

Events are happening in WW2. Jabish is a teacher at primary school. His complaining wife drives him mad about not bribing. Then she makes him to cook a soap for making the money. Also other processes are shown in the course of the war. ...

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The Tempestuous Kura (1969)

After the novel of the same name of I.Shykhly. The film is about new intelligenzia in Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 20th century. ...

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In the Name of the Law (1968)

The film is about the public prosecutor who fought against the criminality but was killed by them. ...

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Ulduz (1964)

The film is about of village life. After the same name operetta musical comedy. ...

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The Great Support (1962)

After the novellette of the same name of M.Ibrahimov. The film is about a man who trusted his subordinates. ...

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Molla's Adventure (1960)

The film tells the story of a mullah who investigates all kinds of criminal fraud that takes place under the guise of religion, which imposes an unusual lifestyle on believers. But one fine day, he meets an old friend and everything falls apart. ...

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Stepmother (1958)

The film is about the stepmother who tried to be a real mother of a boy. But she could be a real mother only after some difficult events for her and child. ...

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