Qemberxanim was born in Kashgar, Xinjiang om 1922.Due to financial constraints, her family moved to a town in then Soviet Union to stay with relatives in 1927.

In 1935, at the age of 13, she was admitted to the ballet studio at the Uzbek Musical-Drama Theater (later the Uzbek Republican Ballet School) led by Tamara Khanum, and two years later she was admitted to the Red Banner Ensemble in Almaty.

In May 1942, she participated in the song and dance competition of 14 ethnic groups in Xinjiang held in Dihua.

In 1950, she travelled to Beijing as a representative of Xinjiang to participate in National Day celebrations and was received by Mao Zedong and other party and state leaders.

In the early 1950s, she created and choreographed the dances "The Liberated Girl", "The War to Resist U.S.