Tamer was born in Ankara in 1971. At the age of eleven, she moved to
Zurich, where her mother was posted as an attaché. She received her primary education at Turkish, French, and Swiss schools and learned six languages. Tamer trained as an actress from 1996 to 1998 at the
European Film Actor School in Zurich. Alongside her film work, Tamer completed her studies in Social Work at the
Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in 2013. That same year, she starred in the drama-comedy
Swiss Heroes by Peter Luisi, playing Bahar, one of the asylum seekers performing Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell." The popular actress received several awards, including the Audience Award at the Locarno Film Festival, the St. Louis International Film Festival, and the Best of Festival Award at the Richmond Film Festival. == Career ==