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Ətayə Qulam qızı Əliyeva (May 2, 1920 — April 6, 1995) — Azerbaijani theatre and film actress, Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1964). She has played roles in dozens of films made in Azerbaijan.

Life
Ətayə Əliyeva was born on May 2, 1920, in Poltoratsk, now Ashgabat. She began her stage career as an amateur. She first appeared on stage in 1933 in the musical drama theatre of Ashgabat in Rza Afghani's play "Aşiq Qərib", playing the role of Qərib's sister. She received professional training at the Baku Theatre Technicum. There, she performed several roles in the drama club initiated by Fatma Qadri. In 1934, as a first-year student, Ətayə Əliyeva was invited to the M.Fuzuli named Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre. In 1936, Ms. Ətayə went to Yerevan with a group of actors from the theatre and worked there at the Yerevan State Azerbaijani Drama Theatre for ten years. There, she created dozens of stage characters in both national and foreign plays. Continuing from where we left off:

In the 1948-1949 theater season, Ətayə Əliyeva was invited to the Ganja Drama Theatre. Her stage career was closely associated with the works of Jafar Jabbarly. Roles like Sevil and Dilbar, Yaqut and Tanya, Sona and Solmaz (in the Yerevan theater), Almaz, Sara, Gultekin (in the Ganja theater) were significant in her career as an actress.

In 1956, Ətayə Əliyeva returned to the M.Fuzuli named Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre. Here, she performed in plays by both classic and contemporary Azerbaijani dramatists, as well as in translated works. Roles like Pəri (in "Pəri Cadu"), Sona (in "Hacı Qara"), Fatmanisə (in "Ölülər"), Validə (in "İliç buxtası"), Nəzakət (in "Sən həmişə mənimləsən"), Rəfiqə (in "Yalan"), Məlahət (in "İkinci səs"), and many others were among her later performances.

Ətayə Əliyeva also performed in radio and television broadcasts and in cinema. She appeared in various roles in films produced by the Jafar Jabbarly named "Azərbaycanfilm" film studio, such as "Bizim küçə" (1961) as "Bəyim xala", "Dağlarda döyüş" (1967) as "mother", "Telefonçu qız" (1962) as "Simuzər", "Uşaqlığın son gecəsi" (1968) as "Mənsurə". In Rza Tahmasib's 1959 film "Onu bağışlamaq olarmı?", she played two roles, "Lieutenant Qarayeva" and "Sara xala".

She passed away on April 6, 1995, in Baku and was buried in the Yasamal cemetery.

Family
Ətayə Əliyeva's father, Ağaqulam, was from Marağa, and her mother, Humay, was from Tabriz. The family had six children.

She was married to actor Hasanaga Mirzayev and they had three children. She was the mother of directors Ramiz Həsənoğlu and Rauf Süleyman.

Awards

 * On June 29, 1964, she was awarded the title of "Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR".