Tamara Ganieva (formerly Shakirova) was born on November 26, 1955, in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR.
[1][2] She began her career in cinema at the age of 14, playing a minor role as a student in the 1970 film "Slepoy dojd" directed by Anatoly Kabulov[10].
[3] She appeared in numerous films, creating several memorable female characters, including roles in "Eto bilo v Kokande,"Xorezmiyskaya legenda," "Semurg," and "Fiery Roads".
[5][4] She completed her studies in the correspondence department of the acting faculty at the A. Ostrovsky Tashkent Theater and Art Institute (1974-1976), now the Uzbekistan State Institute of Arts and Culture.
[1][3] Her husband was Otabek Khatamovich Ganiev (deceased in 1985), the grandson of the renowned Soviet and Uzbek film director Nabi Ganiev.