She was born in
Barakaldo,
Vizcaya, Spain. Daughter of Floreal Cuena Ruiz (b. 1936) and Margarita Seisdedos Santos (1928–2019). She began singing in 1990 under the vocal coach Concha Jimenez, with whom she studied for three years in Las Arenas. She prepared a repertoire of ten familiar songs and began performing under the name of "Tamara" at local theaters and pubs, debuting at the Libredon in
Portugalete in July 1991. In 1993 Tamara recorded her first album with songs composed exclusively for her by Northern Studies of Portugalete, including "A por ti" which became a number 1 song years later. She started touring the country and appearing at several radio stations to promote the album. She made tabloid headlines when she claimed to be pregnant by the seer Paco Porras, but the controversy brought her regular appearances on
Crónicas marcianas. spending ten weeks at the top of the singles chart AFYVE. Following that success, in 2001 she joined the singer
Alaska and released a studio album of 14 songs called
Superestar which included musicians
Carlos Berlanga,
Nacho Canut, Joaquin Fernandez (a member of
Los Nikis) and . She was considered by many a disco diva and had a large club following. She is credited with being one of the few women who ever was on the cover of
Zero, (issue No. 23. 2000). The following years found her embroiled in numerous scandals, suicide attempts, and finally she was sued over the use of her stage name by a bolero singer,
Tamara Macarena Valcárcel Serrano. ==Rebirth as Yurena==