Vaiva Mainelytė

Vida Vaiva Mainelytė (born September 5, 1948) is a Lithuanian theater and film actress.

In 1970, she graduated from the Lithuanian State Conservatory (currently the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre). Since then, she has worked in Å iauliai Drama Theatre, Lithuanian USSR Drama Theatre, and Lithuanian National Drama Theatre.

Political activity

She was a supporter of Kazimira Prunskienė and took part in the activities of the New Democracy Party () and the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (, or LVŽS).

In the 2008 parliamentary election, she stood unsuccessfully in the Vilnius Žirmūnai single-member constituency on the LVŽS list and received 2.61% of the vote in that constituency.

Filmography

Awards

• 1982: Honored Artist of Lithuanian SSR.
• 1983: Winner of the Union Film Festival, Leningrad.
• 1980s: Veteran Order of Merit of Labor of Vietnam.
• 1985: Lithuanian SSR State Prize.
• 1999: .
• 2004: Officer's Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great.
• 2012: Golden Crane Award, for lifetime achievement.
• 2012: Commander's Grand Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania.

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