- She was born on July 24, 1987.
- Her real name is Tamarabrakemi Eteimo which is shortened to Tamara Eteimo. She also uses Tamara Jones as her stage name.
- She hails from Bulu-Angiama in Bayelsa State.
- She is the 4th of the 6 children her parents are blessed with.
- She grew up on the streets of Port Harcourt where she attended elementary school and higher institution.
- Tamara graduated with a degree in theatre arts from the University of Port Harcourt in 2009.
- In 2005, she performed on stage with Blackface as a dancer.
- She won the 7th edition of next movie star in 2011.
- In 2013, filmmaker and movie critic, Charles Novia ranked her no. 2 of his best actresses for the year which placed Mercy Johnson at No. 1 and Damilola Adegbite in the 3rd
- She lost her elder brother, Stanley Eteimo in 2013 after he died under suspicious circumstances. The actress maintains that he was murdered. Stanley was a student of Ganni American University.
- She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at AMVCA in 2014 for her role in ‘Desperate House Girls’.
- She released her debut movie ‘Somewhere down the line’ in 2014. The movie stars Yemi Blaq, Bukky Wright and Racheal Oniga.
- Her movie ‘Somewhere down the line’ was premiered on Sunday, June 29, 2014 at the Silverbird Cinemas, Ikeja City Mall. The movie was directed by Alex Mouth.
- In 2014, she was listed on THENETNG’s 25 new faces in Nollywood. Tamara was listed alongside O.C Ukeje, Damilola Adegbite, IK Ogbonna and many others.
- Asides Nollywood movies, she has also acted in some Sitcoms including playing the lead role in Itohan, an edition of Wale Adenuga’s Super Story.
- Her first Nollywood movie came by chance. This was in Emem Isong’s Mrs. Somebody. The role was initially meant for Chelsea Eze who was absent on set. Tamara who had been placed on standby was brought in and that was how she made her official Nollywood debut.
- She also doubles as an R&B singer. The actress released 2 singles in 2010. These were ‘Vibrate’ and ‘Na Only you’.
- Her late brother was also a producer known as Master lee. He produced her first single ‘represent your man’ which was released in 2007.
- Before venturing into the movie industry, she was a performing act. Tamara performed at Julius Agwu’s ‘Crack Ya Ribs’ in 2009 and the Carniriv festival also in 2009.
- She studied screen acting at Del York, a clinic put together by Stephanie Okereke in collaboration with New York Film Academy. This was in September 2011, 2 months before Next Movie Star.
- She has acted in numerous movies like Mrs Somebody, Dry and Desperate House Girls.
- Before moving to Lagos, Tamara was also a cheer leader at basketball games in Port Harcourt.
- In 2010, she revealed that she draws inspiration from the likes of Genevieve Nnaji, Tamala Jones and Beyonce.
- Her younger sister, Tara Eteimo is also a singer and songwriter.
- One of her hobbies is hair making and the actress hopes to open a beauty salon someday.
- She was nominated for the 2014 Best of Nollywood awards in the category of Best Rising Star Female for her role in Finding Mercy. The category also had Lilian Esoro, Ivie Okujaye, Lala Akindoju and Daniella Okeke. The award was won by Ivie Okujaye.
- Her new movie, ‘Unblissful’ is scheduled for release before the end of 2015. The stars Seun Akindele, Rachel Oniga and Funsho Adeolu.
- Like Tonto Dike is known as Poko Lee, Tamara Eteimo also has an alter ego which is Pokadota.