Born in Jakarta and educated in Australia, she began her career as a teenaged model before becoming established in the Indonesian film industry.

Basro started her career in the entertainment industry when she joined the teen modeling competition Gadis Sampul, Indonesia in 2005.

[2] In 2011, Tara auditioned for a musical theatre where she met the casting director of her breakthrough film Catatan (Harian) Si Boy [id].

It featured her in the role Sari, a cheap salon worker who falls in love with a pirated DVDs subtitle maker.

[16] In The East, she was cast as Mutia, the executive producer of a real life-inspired program Entertainment News.

[17] Following the success of A Copy of My Mind, Tara portrayed Kusuma Wardhani in 3 Srikandi, which reunited her with Reza Rahadian.

[18] She starred in musical drama film Three Sassy Sisters, inspired by Usmar Ismail's Tiga Dara (1956).

[26][27] Starring in 2016 musical film Three Sassy Sisters, Basro performed in five tracks of the soundtrack with the cast, including a solo number titled "Nomor Dua".

[30] In 2021, along with Indonesian indie rock band FLEUR!, Basro featured on a single titled "Suara Disko" by disco duo Diskoria.

[31] Basro married Czech-born Indonesian actor Ken Danuja in Bandung, West Java, on 17 June 2020.