Firangiz Mutallimova was born in the village of Uzeyirli in the Aghjabadi district; she is originally from Shusha.

She studied at the Faculty of Drama and Cinema Acting at the Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts (1976–1980).

She has been working at the Academic National Drama Theatre since 1980. She lived in Turkey and the UAE for a period (1993–1996). Since 1996, she has once again been working at the Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre. She has hosted several television programs.

She holds the titles of Honored Artist of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (1986), Honored Artist (1991), and People's Artist (2002).