Oybarchin Bakirova

Oybarchin Bakirova (also spelled Aybarchin) was born on 27 June 1950 in Andijan into a family of performers. Her father was Abbos Bakirov, a People's Artist of Uzbekistan and of the USSR. She graduated from the Tashkent Theatre and Art Institute in 1971.

She was an actress of the Uzbekfilm studio. Her best-known part was Boyxotin in «Armon» (1986), which won her a special prize of the Union of Cinematographers of Uzbekistan. She also appeared in «The Secret Journey of the Emir», «Clinic», «Vodiylik kelin» and «Alif Leila».

Besides acting she was known as a dubbing artist, giving her voice to more than a hundred film and cartoon characters, and is named among the masters of Uzbek dubbing.

She was Honoured Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1989) and People's Artist of Uzbekistan (2000), and a member of the Union of Cinematographers of Uzbekistan. She died on 20 March 2020 and was buried at the Chigatay cemetery in Tashkent.