Barno Qodirova

Barno Qodirova was born on 8 December 1958 in Tashkent. She studied drama theatre and film acting at the Tashkent Theatre and Art Institute.

She is an actress of the Uzbekfilm studio and has appeared in films since the 1980s, including «Olovli yo'llar» (1984), «The Secret Journey of the Emir» (1986) and «Zapovedny kholm» (1988); in «Abdulladzhan, or Dedicated to Steven Spielberg» (1991) she played Bazarbai's daughter.

She became widely known through Mashrab Kimsanov's film «Tog'lik kuyov» (1999), one of the highest-grossing Uzbek films of its year; the cast also included Yo'lchi Ortiqov, Madina Muxtorova, To'ti Yusupova and others. She has since appeared in dozens of films and series, among them «Poyma-poy» (2009), «Oqibat» (2011) and its sequel (2012), «O'jar kelin» (2012), the series «Opa-singillar» (2010–2014), «Munchog'im» (2013), «Onaizor» (2020), «Muhojirlar» (2021) and «101-reys» (2022).

Besides acting she is known as a dubbing master: she took part in the Uzbek dub of the Mexican serial «Esmeralda».

Sources state that she received the Order «Do'stlik» (Friendship) in 2019; she is also described as an Honoured Artist of Uzbekistan.