Tamara Shakirova

Tamara Halimovna Shokirova (was born on November 26, 1955, in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR) was a Soviet and Uzbek film actress. She was an Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1983) and a laureate of the State Prize of the Uzbek SSR Named After Hamza (1983).

Biography
Tamara Ganieva (formerly Shakirova) was born on November 26, 1955, in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR. She began her career in cinema at the age of 14, playing a minor role as a student in the 1970 film "Blind Rain" directed by Anatoly Kabulov[10]. She appeared in numerous films, creating several memorable female characters, including roles in "It Happened in Kokand," "Khorezmian Legend," "Semurg," and "Fire Roads".

From 1973, she worked as an actress at the "Uzbekfilm" film studio. 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.

She passed away from cancer on February 22, 2012.

Family
Her husband was Otabek Khatamovich Ganiev (deceased in 1985), the grandson of the renowned Soviet and Uzbek film director Nabi Ganiev. They had two children, Rayhon was born in 1978 and the younger one, Nasiba Nigmanova was born in 1994.

Awards

 In 1983, she became a laureate of the State Prize of the Uzbek SSR named after Hamza. 

  Artist of the Uzbek SSR in 1983.

Filmography
During her career, he played roles in many films:
 1970 - "Слепой дождь" - (Minor role)
 1970 - "Под палящим солнцем"
 1970 - "Интеграл" - Bride
 1971 - "Без страха" - Gulshara
 1971 - "Здесь проходит граница " - Aman's Bride
 1972 - "Семург" - Zubeida
 1973 - "Мой добрый человек" - Saida
 1973 - "Побег из тьмы" - Rano (dubbed by Valentina Tezhik)
 1974 - "Абу Райхан Беруни" - Zarrin Gis, daughter of Kabus
 1974 - "Главный день " - Tamara
 1975 - "Выше только облака"
 1975 - "Краткие встречи на долгой войне" - Gulshod
 1976 - "Yettinchi jin" - Firuza, daughter of the Padishah
 1977 - "Дом под жарким солнцем" - Oydin
 1977 - "Это было в Коканде" - Halima
 1978 - "Хорезмийская легенда" - Malika
 1978-1984 - " Огненные дороги" - Yulduzhon, stepmother of Zubeida (voiced by Natalia Gvozdikova)
 1979 - " Серое дыхание дракона " / "Des Drachens grauer Atem" (GDR) - Sathanasai
 1979 - "Воздушные пешеходы" - Zamira
 1980 - "Ленинградцы, дети мои" – Khadicha

 1980 - "Седьмая пятница" - Aziza
 1981 - "Непокорная" - Jumagul
 1983 - "На перевале не стрелять!" - Fatima, the niece of Aunt Khafiyat
 1983 - " Пароль — «Отель Регина»" - Kholniso
 1983 - "Семейные тайны" (Tajikfilm) - Dilbar
 1985 - "Bəyin oğurlanması" (Azerbaijanfilm) - Nigar
 1986 - "Алмазный пояс" - Vazira
 1988 - "Пейзаж глазами спринтера" - Damira
 1988 - "Чудовище или кто-то другой"
 1989 - " Кодекс молчания"
 1989 - "Сын"
 1990 - "Ултуган"
 1991 - "Temir erkak"
 1991 - "Смерть прокурора" - Halima Bazieva, prosecutor
 1992 - "अलिफ़ लैला"(Alif Leyla)(Uzbekistan, India)
 1992 - "Dallol" (Uzbekistan)
 1993 - "Olov ichidagi farishta" (Uzbekistan)
 1993 - "Qırmızı qatar" (Azerbaijanfilm)
 1997 - "Men xohlayman" (Uzbekistan, Japan)
 1998 - "Tilsimoy, gʻaroyib qizaloq" (Uzbekistan)

References

1955 births
2012 deaths
Soviet actresses
Uzbekistani actresses
20th-century actresses
Uzbekistani film actresses
Deaths from cancer