Tábata Gálvez was born in Quito, capital of Ecuador, on 25 May 1969 to radio stars Lucho Gálvez and Alina Ortiz. She played in Ecuavisa's De la Vida Real, but joined Xavier Pimentel [es]'s Solteros sin compromiso [es], on TC Televisión, which ran from 2001 to 2007, as the character Katiuska Genoveva Quimí Puchí, also known as La Mujer Vaca. The cast also notably included Andrés Pellacini [es], Diego Spotorno, Érika Vélez [es], Alberto Cajamarca [es], Ricardo González [es].