Baken Kydykeyeva

Baken Kydykeyeva (Kyrgyz: Бакен Кыдыкеева) (20 September 1920 or 1923 – December 1993 or 15 January 1994) was a Kyrgyzstani actress.

She made her debut at the Young Spectators Theatre at the age of 16. Five years later, she joined the Naryn Regional Theatre, and subsequently the Kyrgyz National Theatre. She played a major role in the 1955 picture Saltanat (Салтанат), followed by Toktogul (Токтогул) in 1959, The First Teacher (Биринчи мугалим) in 1965 and The Milky Way (Саманчынын жолу) in 1967. She was a recipient of the People’s Artist of the USSR in 1970.