Saida Rametova

Saida Khojiyevna Rametova was born on 21 September 1957 in Samarkand. She is an actress of the Uzbek National Academic Drama Theatre and has appeared extensively in films and television series.

Her screen career began in 1984 with the role of Umida’s mother in the film “Diary, Letter and a First-Grader”. She became widely known in 1995 as Jamila in the film “Bomba”; in 1998 she played Haydar’s wife in “Shaytanat” and also took part in the series of the same name.

In the 2000s she was most often cast as mothers, daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law: Javohir’s mother in “Boys in the Sky”, Mariyam-opa in “Sarvinoz” and its sequel, Munira-opa in “Superkelin”. She later appeared in “The Flying Girl”, “Majruh”, “Farishta”, “Qudajonlar” and many other productions, and in 2021 took part in the series “Mendirman Jaloliddin”. The press credits her with more than eighty screen roles.

On the stage of the Uzbek National Academic Drama Theatre she has played Kunduzkhon in Erkin Khushvaqtov’s play “Andishali kelinchak”, Amalia in “Tun albatta o’tadi” and Tahira in “Uyqusiz kecha”. In 2009 she won the second round of the national “Woman of the Year” contest.

She was named Honoured Artist of Uzbekistan in 1998. By a decree of 27 August 2020 she received the Order of Mehnat Shuhrati, and by a decree of 23 August 2025 the title of People’s Artist of Uzbekistan.