Halima Abubakar an Igbera, Kogi State born actress is from a family of six and the third of the family. She grew up in Kano State and attended Army Day Bukabu Secondary Education Bubabu barracks, Kano. She is a graduate of Sociology from Bayero University Kano.

Halima Abubakar started acting at the age of 14 and was introduced into the industry in 1999, she finally got a role in 2001 featuring in a first movie titled “Rejected”. She was brought to limelight in the movie “Gangster Paradise” produced in 2001 and “Area Mama” in 2002.