Leyla Badirbeyli was born on 8 January 1920 in Baku, in the family of Aghalar Badirbeyov, from the generation of Shamkir beys.

[3] Later she narrated: "Theatre is related to me with the names of such coryphaeus as Mehdi Mammadov, Adil Isgenderov, Aliheydar Alakbarov.

My activity in cinema and theatre was in wartime, but in spite of that, these years were very productive in the world of arts and also for me…" In 1945, Bedirbeyli played Gulchohra's part from "Arshin mal alan" musical comedy.

[4] Henceforth she played memorable roles in such films as "Fatali khan", "Meeting", "Shadows are crawling", "Her great heart", "Koroghlu", "Indomitable Kura", "Sevil", "Boys of our street", "One fine day", "Dervish is blowing up Paris" etc.

Badirbeyli married Fərəc Cavanşirov, a Javanshir noble descended from Ibrahim Khalil Khan.