Tarifa was born in
Tirana,
Albania on 30 March 1982. She began her career in 2001, participating in
Kënga Magjike with the song "Ika larg". In 2003, she participated at
Festivali i Këngës 42 with the song "Qëndroj", and managed to qualify to the final. In 2006, Tarifa took part in
Kënga Magjike with the song "Rreth zjarrit tënd", and finished 4th in the competition with 154 points. She was also awarded the
Çesk Zadeja Prize. The following year, Tarifa took part in
Festivali i Këngës 46 with the song "E para letër". In the final, she was awarded 11 points and placed tenth out of seventeen. In 2008, she participated in Kënga Magjike again with the song "Zëri im" and earned 577 points. After a hiatus, Tarifa returned to Festivali i Këngës in 2015 with the song "
Përrallë". She went on to win the competition,
representing Albania in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in
Stockholm, Sweden. She performed her song on 12 May 2016 in the second semi-final of the competition, but didn't make it to the final. In 2018, she was a judge on
The Voice Kids Albania 2 with
Ledion Liço being the host and the other judges being
Miriam Cani and
Aleksandër &
Renis Gjoka (duo). In January 2019, announced that she will present the second season of
Top Talent in
Top Channel. == Personal life ==