Zulfiyya Gurbanova was born on 4 January 1984 in the city of Sumgayit, Republic of Azerbaijan, into a family of arts and culture workers. In 1990 she entered the first grade of Secondary School No. 4 in Sumgayit, and in 2000 she graduated from Secondary School No. 7 in Sumgayit. In 2003 she entered the Faculty of Drama Theatre and Film Acting in the Acting Department of the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts, graduating in 2007, and that same year was admitted to a master''s programme in the same field. In 2009 she completed her master''s degree in Drama Theatre and Film Acting at the Acting Department of the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts. She began her career in 2007 at the Baku Municipal Theatre, headed by People''s Artist Amaliya Panahova, and is currently one of the theatre''s young leading actresses. Zulfiyya Gurbanova was the first Azerbaijani actress to take part in the Cannes Film Festival on behalf of Azerbaijan.
