Sofiko Chiaureli

Sofiko Chiaureli
Born	May 21, 1937 Tbilisi, Georgia SSR
Died	March 2, 2008 (aged 70) Tbilisi, Georgia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1960–2008

Sofiko Chiaureli (Georgian: სოფიკო ჭიაურელი; May 21, 1937 – March 2, 2008) was a Georgian actress, thought to be the muse of filmmaker Sergei Parajanov. She played a wide variety of roles on stage of the Kote Marjanishvili Theatre (1960–1964, 1964–2008) and the Rustavelli Theatre (1964–1968).

She appeared in Soviet films including:

• Sayat Nova, a 1968 film in which she played no less than six roles;
• Don't Grieve, a popular Georgi Daneliya film;
• Natvris khe;
• Peristsvaleba;
• Ambavi erti kalishvilisa;
• Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa;
• Ashug-Karibi;
• Khevsurian Ballad (Best Actress Award at the Locarno International Film Festival);
• Alibaba Aur 40 Chor
• Ischite zhenschinu;
• Million v brachnoy korzine.

Married to:

• Giorgi Shengelaya (? - ?) (divorced) 2 children;
• Kote Makharadze (? - 19 December 2002) (his death).

Honors

• People's Artist of Georgia (1976);
• People's Artist of Armenia (1979);
• Best Actress Award at The All-Union Film Fesival (1966, 1972, 1974);
• Best Actress Award at the Locarno International Film Festival (1965);
• USSR State Prize (1980).

Family

• Daughter of Mikheil Chiaureli (Georgian film director) and Veriko Andjaparidze (Georgian actress).
• Cousin of Georgi Daneliya (Georgian and Russian film director)
• Former sister-in-law of Eldar Shengelaya.
• Mother of Nikoloz Shengelaya.

External links

• The Times: Sofiko Chiaureli, Georgian actress who was the daughter of a Stalin toady and muse to a film director much distrusted by the Soviet Union
• Sofiko Chiaureli at the Internet Movie Database