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List Of Pakistani Actresses
This is an alphabetical list of notable Pakistani actresses related to the film and television industry. A *Aasia *Armeena Khan * Aaminah Haq * Aamina Sheikh *Aiman Khan * Ainy Jaffri * Alishba Yousuf * Angeline Malik * Anjuman * Anjuman Shehzadi * Anum Fayyaz * Anoushey Ashraf * Arjumand Rahim * Arisha Razi * Asha Posley * Atiqa Odho * Ayesha Khan * Ayesha Omar * Ayesha Sana * Ayeza Khan * Azra Sherwani * Arij Fatyma B * Babra Sharif * Badar Khalil * Bahar Begum * Begum Khurshid MirzaLAHORE: A tribute to late artiste (Begum Khurshid Mirza) Dawn (newspaper), Published 26 March 2004, Retrieved 16 June 2020 * |
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Maryam Tanveer Ali known by her stage name Maya Ali (born ), is a Pakistanis, Pakistani actress. She made her debut with a brief role in the telenovela ''Durr-e-Shehwar'' and later received praise for portraying the titular characters in ''Aik Nayee Cinderella'' and ''Aun Zara'' both (2012). Ali got her breakthrough by starring as Manahil Javed in Hum TV's romance ''Mann Mayal''. In 2018 she made her film debut with ''Teefa in Trouble''. Ali received critical acclaim for her role of Potiphar's wife, Zuleikha in the romantic dramality ''Mera Naam Yousuf Hai'' and List of Diyar-e-Dil characters#Protagonists, Faarah Wali Khan in the ensemble family drama ''Diyar-e-Dil'' both (2015) these earned her the Lux Style Award for Lux Style Award, Best Television Actress. In 2019 she starred in the romantic-comedy ''Parey Hut Love'' for which she received two nominations at Lux Style Awards. Following a career downturn, in 2021 she did her comeback on television after 5 years with ARY Digit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asha Posley
Sabira Begum better known as Asha Posley ( Punjabi, ur, ) (1927 – 25 March 1998) was the first heroine of Pakistani films. Early life Asha Posley was born as Sabira Begum in Patiala, Punjab, British India in 1927. Asha Posley was the daughter of music composer Inayat Ali Nath, who worked with HMV in Delhi, and the sister of renowned film playback singer Kausar Parveen and another sister Rani Kiran. Career She made her debut as a supporting actress in Lahore-made Punjabi film ''Gawandi (1942)'', then the lead role in Hindi film ''Champa'' (1945), filmed in British India. She was given her professional name Asha Posley by the renowned music director Ghulam Haider. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, she migrated with her family to the newly created Pakistan. She was the heroine of the first-ever released film in Pakistan in Urdu language, '' Teri Yaad'' (1948). She played the female lead opposite Nasir Khan, famous Indian actor Dilip Kumar's brother, who playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bushra Farrukh
Bushra Farrukh ( ur, بشری فارخ; born 16 February 1957), is a Pakistani poet. She was born in Peshawar. She is one of the female Urdu poets of Pakistan. She has served Pakistan Television and Radio Pakistan as an announcer. She is the artist of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa who has performed in four different languages Urdu, Pashto, Hindko and English at television and radio. Bushra Farrukh has performed many radio and television programs. All her programs have been enjoyed especially among the youth. Bushra Farrukh is a poet of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and her nine poetry collections have been published. Literary contributions # Bohat Gehri Udasi Hai ( Farrukh) # Adhuri Mohabbat Ka Poora Safar ( WTO) # Ik Qayamat hai lamha e Mojood ( an anthology of Urdu poetry) Laurels * Abasin Arts Council Adabi Award 2017-2018 * Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar Award (gold medal) 2003–2004 * Hindko World Conference Award 2005 * Bazm-e-Bahar-e-Adab Silver Jubilee Award 2005 * City District Government A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bushra Ansari
Bushra Iqbal Ansari is a Pakistani actress, comedian, singer and playwright who started her career as a child performer in the 1950s. Ansari won numerous awards during her career, including the Presidential Pride of Performance Award in 1989 for her contributions to the arts of Pakistan. Career Ansari's first dramatic acting role was in one of Iqbal Ansari's productions. She also appeared on PTV's most-watched shows, including '' Angan Terha'', ''Show Time'', ''Show Sha'', ''Rang Tarang'', ''Emergency Ward'' and the sketch comedy TV series '' Fifty Fifty''. Filmography Film Telefilm Selected television Awards and honors * 6th PTV Awards Best Actress Award for Raat Gaye in 1986 *Iconic Women from Pakistan at Hum Women Leader Awards *On 23 March 2021, she was awarded the Sitara-e-Imtiaz The Sitara-e-Imtiaz () also spelled as Sitara-i-Imtiaz, is the third-highest (in the order of "Imtiaz") honour and civilian award in the State of Pakistan. It recognizes indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Begum Khurshid Mirza
Begum Khurshid Mirza (Urdu: بیگم خورشید مرزا ), also known by her screen name as Renuka Devi (1918 – 1989), was a Pakistani television actress and a film actress in the pre-partition era. Early life, Family and Education Begum Khurshid Mirza was born as ''Khurshid Jehan'' on 4 March 1918 in Aligarh to Sheikh Abdullah and Waheed Jahan Begum, the founders of Women's College, Aligarh. Her father was a practising lawyer and philanthropist who was keen to bring education and enlightenment to Muslim women. Her elder sister Rashid Jahan was a prominent Urdu language writer and one of the founding members of the Progressive Writers' Movement. Mirza married in 1935 to a police officer Akbar Mirza and migrated to Pakistan in the wake of partition of India in 1947. Mirza completed her education with a Master's degree in English in 1963. Film career Khurshid Mirza was introduced to Indian cinema by Devika Rani of Bombay Talkies under the screen name Renuka Devi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahar Begum
Bahar Begum (born Kishwar Begum; ) is an actress best known for many Pakistani movies since 1956. She was first introduced to the Pakistani film industry by the renowned film director Anwar Kamal Pasha in film Chann Mahi (1956). Anwar Kamal Pasha is the one that gave her the professional film world name Bahar Begum. She later acted both in Punjabi, Pashto and Urdu language Pakistani films and had a very active career from 1956 through the 1980s. She has more than 600 films to her credit. Early life and education Bahar Begum studied at the Convent of Jesus and Mary Lahore, Pakistan. Career Having grown up in Lahore, Pakistan, her career has centered on the Punjabi film industry, initially playing heroines and then "emotionally strong mothers", usually ending-up playing 'mother' to popular lead actor of Punjabi films Sultan Rahi in his films during the 1980s. She has performed well in films playing a loud rural woman, especially the role of a ''Chaudhrani'' in Punjabi movie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badar Khalil
Badar Khalil ( ur, ; born 15 October 1944), also known as 'Baddo Aapa', is a Pakistani television actress. She gained popularity for her role in the TV play Bi Jamalo portraying herself as Bi Jamalo. Later on, she appeared in many as hit TV serials on PTV from 1968 to now. She also did a TV show ''Mithu Aur Aapa'', a critically acclaimed comedy play on Hum TV. Early life Badar khalil was born in Delhi, British India to a Kashmiri father and a Delhite mother. Her family moved to Lahore during partition in 1947, but now she is living in Karachi, Pakistan. She moved with her husband Shahzad Khalil to Karachi after working for a short time at Pakistan Television Corporation (Lahore Center). Career In Karachi, her first main appearance was in Unkahi which was a classic TV drama written by veteran Pakistani playwright Haseena Moin. Badar Khalil started her showbiz career in 1968 as an anchor in children's shows on PTV. Initially, Badar Khalil gained her recognition for the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babra Sharif
Babra Sharif ( ur, ), (born 10 December 1954) is a Pakistani film actress, most known for her roles from the mid-1970s to the 1980s. She started her career in television commercials. She has worked with many famous names of her time, including Shahid, Nadeem, Waheed Murad, Ghulam Mohyedin, Faisal Rehman, Muhammad Ali and even Sultan Rahi. She had great success in Urdu films in Pakistan. She did a variety of roles which proved her versatility as an actress. Some critics have also considered her as one of the best actresses of her time in Pakistan. She has worked in more than 100 movies. Early life Sharif was born in Lahore, Pakistan in a middle-class family from her early childhood, she took considerable interest in show business. Career Modelling and television Sharif began modelling at the age of 12; she made her presence felt in a 'Jet' washing powder commercial in 1973 and came to be known as 'Jet' powder girl. Fair-haired, attractive and intelligent, she soon became a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arij Fatyma
Arij Fatyma ( ur, ; born Aribah Fatima Jafri on 7 November 1989) is an American television actress and influencer who is active in the Urdu television industry. Fatyma made her acting debut with a leading role in the 2012 Geo TV serial '' Kis Din Mera Viyah Howay Ga 2'', and subsequently gained success with the following series ''Mar Jain Bhi To Kya'' (2012), ''Humnasheen'' (2013), ''Woh'' (2013), ''Kissey Apna Kahein'' (2014), ''Aik Pal'' (2015), ''Ishq Parast '' (2015), ''Aap Ke Liye'' (2016) and '' Yaar-e-Bewafa'' (2017). After a two year break from acting, Fatyma returned to television with the ARY Digital's family drama ''Hasad'' (2019). Personal life Fatyma was born in North Carolina, U.S to Syed Jafri and Mehreen Jafri Syed. She has two brothers, Syed Qasim and Syed Qadir Jafri. The family relocated to Karachi in 2005. She obtained second position in Board of Secondary Education throughout Karachi in her matriculation exams in 2005. Fatyma first married Businessman Far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azra Sherwani
Azra Sherwani (1940–2005) was a Pakistani television actress with a career spanning over 35 years who played a variety of roles. Amongst her most memorable roles are Ghazi Apa in ''Uncle Urfi'', Saliha Begum in ''Aangan Terha'', Apa Begum in ''Tanhaiyaan'' and Fazeelat in ''Dhoop Kinarey''. Early life Azra was born in 1940 in Meerut, British India. Career She began her career with the Rawalpindi Studios of PTV in the late 1960s. Sherwani worked with some of the best producers in the country including Mohsin Ali, Shereen Khan, Shahzad Khalil, Sultana Siddiqui, Zaheer Khan and Sahira Kazmi. She also worked with some of the best writers of her time including Fatima Surayya Bajia, Haseena Moin and Anwar Maqsood. The role of Apa Begum in Haseena Moin's ''Tanhaiyaan'' was undoubtedly the most famous of her career where Shahzad Khalil cast her as a tough taskmaster who ill-treated her employee, Buqrat, played by Jamshed Ansari. She logically argued (and winning in the end, of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayeza Khan
Kinza Khan professionally known by her stage name Ayeza Khan (born 15 January 1991), is a Pakistani actress and model who primarily works in Urdu television. Khan has done over 30 roles and is the recipient of several accolades including Lux Style Awards, Hum Awards and Pakistan International Screen Awards. Khan has appeared in television shows including ''Mere Meherbaan'' (2014), ''Pyarey Afzal'' (2014), ''Tum Kon Piya'' (2016), ''Mohabbat Tumse Nafrat Hai'' (2017), ''Koi Chand Rakh'' (2018), '' Yaariyan'' (2019) and '' Chupke Chupke'' (2021). She receives critical acclaim for her portrayal of Mehwish in ''Mere Paas Tum Ho''. Career Ayeza Khan has participated in a contest "Pantene Shine Princess" while studying in school and came out as first runner up. Soon after this, she was offered to work as a model in a telecom advertisement and then she started focusing on modelling. While starting her college, she started to take more modelling offers and eventually shifted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayesha Sana
Ayesha Sana ( Punjabi, ur, ) is a Pakistani performing actress who has appeared in television morning shows, film, television, and theatre performances. Early life Ayesha Sana was born on 12 November 1972 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. She graduated from Convent of Jesus and Mary in Lahore and attended Kinnaird College, where she studied law. She went on to get an external law degree at the University of London. Sana is a single mother and has one son named Ahad. Ayesha Sana, in like manner, performed in various shows as a host. She once hosted a television show called ''Lines of Style!''. She facilitated a morning show Meena Bazaar in 2006 on PTV Home, it was a presentation of PTV Karachi Centre; it ended in 2007. In 2009, she rejoined PTV Home as a morning show anchor again from PTV Lahore Centre in a morning show named ''Meena Bazaar with Ayesha Sana'' and became no.1 Morning Show anchor. Television Awards and nominations * 2005 The 1st Indus Drama Awards: Nomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
