
Hamida Omarova
Born
April 25, 1957 (68 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Hamida Omarova (Azerbaijani: Həmidə Ömərova) was born to a family of teachers, Mammad and Nasiba Omarov. Her parents met at university where both of them studied foreign languages, and went on to have four children, three of whom died in their infancy. When Hamida was born, her parents visited the Sufi Hamid shrine in Qazakh and after being sure the newborn would survive, they named her after the sanctuary. Following her parents' divorce in 1960 and her father's permanent departure to his native Gazakh, Hamida Omarova was raised by her mother and grandmother. After graduating from high school she enrolled at Baku State University to study philology. While finishing her first year in 1975, she entered an academic contest along with other 300 people and was among the 15 contestants who were admitted to the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow.
Omarova's first role was in a short film entitled The Dentist in 1977. Since then, she starred in over 30 films and became the most successful Azerbaijani actress of the decade performing at times in up to 4 movie shootings simultaneously. In Russia, she is known mostly for acting in Yuli Gusman's film "Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You" (1981), staged in Gakh, Azerbaijan. Her performance was rewarded with numerous awards including that of a People's Artist of Azerbaijan. With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Azerbaijan's movie industry experienced severe decline. This became both a career decay and a psychological ordeal for Omarova. After going through a period of depression, she got married in 1992 and gave birth to a son. At the same time, she hosted the late night show Retro, a weekly review of classic movies from Azerbaijan and abroad. In 2006 Omarova was elected President of the Azerbaijani Union of Cinematographers.
Known For

Spinster 2
2024

Spinster
2023

Be a Man
2019

Barama
(19 episodes)
2017

Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You! 1919
Telli Mamikbekova
2013

White and Black Nights
2013

Welcome, My Angel
Madina's Neighbour
2008

Salur Qazanın evi talandığı boy
Xan qısı
2001

Boghach Khan Son of Dirse Khan
Xan qısı
2000
Hotel Room
Rafiga
1998

Şirbalanın məhəbbəti
Nazlı
1991
Müqəddəs Oda Yanaram
Zahra
1991

The Poet
Khanum
1991

The Native Shores
Zivar
1989

She Likes Me
1986

Whirlpool
Tamara
1986

And Umai Saw a Dream
1985

The Rain During the Holiday
1985

The Music Teacher
Shafiga
1983

The Silver Truck
Madina
1982

Nizami
Pari Afag
1982

Painful Roads
Nurzad
1982

Uzeyir's Life
Maleyka khanum
1981

Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You
Telli
1981

The Road Story
Zumrud
1981

Our Great-Grandfather's Grandfather
Zeynab
1981

I Want to Understand
Chinara
1980

Golden Precipice
Shafiga
1980

Vah!
Fatma
1980