Shara Zhiyenkulova was born on July 18, 1912 in Vernyy, Semirechye Oblast, Turkestan Governor-Generalship, Russian Empire as Gulshara Zhiyenkulova. She was an actress, known for Amangeldy (1939), Nash milyy doktor (1957) and Doch stepey (1954). She died on May 21, 1991 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, USSR.