Nagima Eskalieva (Kazakh: Нағима Қабылқызы Есқалиева, Nağima Qabylqyzy Esqalieva) (born February 3, 1954, in Fabrichnyy, Zhambyl District, Almaty Region) is a Kazakhstani singer[1] and awarded national artist of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.

She first rose to popularity when she participated on the soviet Singing Competition With Song through Life (С песней по жизни) in 1979, which she won.

She eventually moved to Moscow[5] and from then on also went on tour in Algeria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark and the German Democratic Republic.

She was a jury member in SuperStar KZ 3 & 4, the Kazakh version of Pop Idol as well as on X Factor, where she was the winning mentor in the second season held in 2012 with her contestant Andrey Tikhonov.

Eskalieva was married two times and has a son named Aleksander (born 1983), who auditioned when she was leading the jury of SuperStar KZ.