Hamida Omarova
Date of birth: 1957-04-25
Place of birth: Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Г. Омарова, Gamida Omarova
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Şirbalanın məhəbbəti
1991-12-08
Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You
1981-06-29
In early 20th-century Azerbaijan, two circus artists travel to a village where one of them was born,
The Silver Truck
1982-09-11
Madina is a young married woman who is mentally strong despite the problems she encounters.She has n
Nizami
1982-06-01
The historical film about great Azerbaijan poet and philosopher Nizami Ganjavi's life.
Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You! 1919
2013-11-15
Along with the dangerous adventures, the film also reflects the love of two young heroes. As in Rome
The Road Story
1981-02-20
After learning that his daughter is in love with a truck driver, corrupt Housing Office director tri
Golden Precipice
1980-03-11
The oil industry is emerging in Baku. A poor young man named Jalil accidentally becomes the owner of
Uzeyir's Life
1981-12-20
The historical film about Azerbaijan composer Uzeyir Hadjibeyov's life.
Whirlpool
1986-01-29
After the novel of the same name of M.Suleymanov. The film is about dramatic events between two work
Hotel Room
1998-01-01
The film chronicles the ordeals faced by Azerbaijan’s intellectuals - from the Red Terror to the pre
Our Great-Grandfather's Grandfather
1981-02-12
Too old grandpa is being celebity by news maker who came from centre. But then he recollected someth
Painful Roads
1982-03-18
The movie is based on Azerbaijani folk tale "Malikmammad and the Three Princes".
Welcome, My Angel
2008-10-03
Not looking that a film is told about personal human fortunes here in the foreground there are the m
Müqəddəs Oda Yanaram
1991-01-01
The Poet
1991-01-01
The film is dedicated to the memory of the great Azerbaijani poet Muhammad Fuzuli by the relic-gazal
The Music Teacher
1983-10-15
The film is about the music teacher who came to the village to teach the children.
I Want to Understand
1980-11-09
The film is about parents who wanted to build the house and gather together with their children in t
The Rain During the Holiday
1985-01-01
After the story of the same name of Natig Rasulzadeh.
The Native Shores
1989-08-30
The film is about frontier-guards who averts the diversion in hydroelectric power station which was
Vah!
1980-01-01
The comedy mocks the vestiges of the past, which sometimes exist among educated people with kind, sy
Black & White Nights
2013-01-01
A classic and at the same time unrealistic and phantasmagoric love story with betrayal and hatred. A
Salur Qazanın evi talandığı boy
2001-01-01
The second of the series of films "Dede Qorqud Oguznameli".
Boghach Khan Son of Dirse Khan
2000-01-01
A full-length feature television film based on one of the 12 stories of "Dade Gorgud Dastani".
And Umai Saw a Dream
1985-07-01
A girl named Umai got tired of toys, she threw them aside, and then went to bed. And Umai saw a drea
Spinster 2
2024-12-20
Ruslan and Sevda, who have been childless for five years, try to avoid the question, "So, any news?"
Spinster
2023-02-09
Ruslan and Sevda are forced by their parents to get married by the age of 30. Tired of neighbors and
She Likes Me
1986-02-26
A young doctor, Rustam, works in an ambulance. The hero, who is in love with Nargis, who used to pra
Be a Man
2019-01-26
Journalist Mubariz, who is threatened by a businessman, should not write an article, or else he will