
Hamida Omarova
Known for ActingBorn 1957-04-25 (age 69)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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hamida Omarova, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more
Movies & web series
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She Likes Me
1986 · Movie
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The Poet
1991 · Movie
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Nizami
1982 · Movie
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Whirlpool
1986 · Movie
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Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You
1981 · Movie
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Painful Roads
1982 · Movie
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Uzeyir's Life
1981 · Movie
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Black & White Nights
2013 · Movie
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The Road Story
1981 · Movie
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Our Great-Grandfather's Grandfather
1981 · Movie
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Golden Precipice
1980 · Movie
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Vah!
1980 · Movie
Timeless Love
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Timeless Love
2025 · Series

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Spinster 2
2024 · Movie

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Spinster
2023 · Movie
Ana və poçtalyon
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Ana və poçtalyon
2020 · Movie

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Həsrət
2020 · Movie

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Be a Man
2019 · Movie

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Barama
2017 · Series

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A Train Called Time
2016 · Movie

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Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You! 1919
2013 · Movie

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Welcome, My Angel
2008 · Movie
Seans
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Seans
2007 · Series

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Salur Qazanın evi talandığı boy
2001 · Movie

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Boghach Khan Son of Dirse Khan
2000 · Movie
Hotel Room
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Hotel Room
1998 · Movie

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Demons Prison
1992 · Movie

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Şirbalanın məhəbbəti
1991 · Movie
I Will Burn in the Fire of Purification
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I Will Burn in the Fire of Purification
1991 · Movie

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The Native Shores
1989 · Movie

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The Rain During the Holiday
1985 · Movie

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And Umai Saw a Dream
1985 · Movie

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The Music Teacher
1983 · Movie

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The Silver Truck
1982 · Movie

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I Want to Understand
1980 · Movie