When Hamida was born, her parents visited the Sufi Hamid shrine in Qazakh and after being sure the newborn would survive, they named her after the sanctuary.
Following her parents' divorce in 1960 and her father's permanent departure to his native Gazakh, Hamida Omarova was raised by her mother and grandmother.
Since then, she starred in over 30 films and became the most successful Azerbaijani actress of the decade performing at times in up to 4 movie shootings simultaneously.
In Russia, she is known mostly for acting in Yuli Gusman's film Gorkhma, saninlayam / Не бойся, я с тобой ("Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You", 1981), staged in Gakh, Azerbaijan.
[1] At the same time, she hosted the late night show Retro, a weekly review of classic movies from Azerbaijan and abroad.