Irada Gulbabayeva was born in Guba.

She worked as a teacher in kindergarten No. 18 (1991-1995), in the nursery school-kindergarten (1996-2001) in Sumgayit city, and as an organizer in the Sports Concert Palace under the Organic Synthesis Plant (2001-2006).

Since 2006, she has worked as a makeup artist at the “Azerbaijanfilm” film studio.

Makeup artist Irada Gulbabayeva is the sister of director Elman Sheydayev.