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 Šiauliai Drama Theatre, Lithuanian USSR Drama Theatre, and Lithuanian National Drama Theatre.
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Political activity
She was a supporter of Kazimira Prunskienė and took part in the activities of the New Democracy Party (Moterų partija) and the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (Valstiečių liaudininkų sąjunga, 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.
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: Honorary Citizen of Rokiškis District.
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.