 First planning on becoming an actress, she occasionally appeared in front of the film camera.Throughout the years, Eskalieva has been supportive of aspiring singers in her home country.In 1996, she founded a Music Atelier aiming to find and support young singing talent in Kazakhstan.She was a jury member in "SuperStar KZ 3 & 4", the Kazakh version of "Pop Idol" as well as on "X Factor", where she was the winning mentor in the second season held in 2012 with her contestant Andrey Tikhonov.