Nuriya Ahmadova (Azerbaijani: Nuriyyə Əhmədova) was an Azerbaijani actress. She was a People's Artist of the Azerbaijani republic and a presidential scholar. Ahmadova was born on December 26, 1950 in Baku (or, according to some sources, Sheki). She started acted at a comedy theater in 1968, but went on to the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts from 1970 to 1974. In 2007, she was awar...