Frieha Altaf is a Pakistani actress, former model, host, film director, producer and human rights activist.
[ She is the CEO of her own Catwalk Event Management and Sahil which she founded in 1989. She also worked in classic dramas '' Rozi'' and '' Kohar''.][ Frieha also worked in many films '']Lahore Se Aagey
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'', '' Wajood'', ''Baaji
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'' and ''Parey Hut Love
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Early life
She completed her education from US and later returned to Pakistan
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in 1986 in Karachi
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there she worked as a painter and sculptor during a exhibition she was asked by a modelling agent to model for a adverstising and she agreed.[ Frieha's mother Yasmeen was a model in 1960s.][
Frieha also went to Canada there she studied fashion design while also teaching there at Barbizon Institute and got a diploma in fashion design.]
Career
Frieha started modelling at age 18 before going to USA and she also did theater and stage plays.[ Frieha's was paired with supermodel Atiya Khan for a jewellery shoot.][ In 1986 during the match between Pakistan versus India cricket cup in Sharjah Frieha was sent abroad for a modelling show for ]Maheen Khan
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which was a succes for Frieha.[ She also hosted ''Lux Style Ki Duniya'' on PTV in 1989.][ In 1990 she made her debut as an actress in drama '' Rozi'' as Shahana which was a successful drama.][
In 1991 she worked in ]Haseena Moin
Haseena Moin (20 November 1941 – 26 March 2021) was a Pakistani dramatist, playwright and scriptwriter. She wrote several plays for stage, radio, and television. She was the recipient of the Pride of Performance award for her services to the ...
's drama '' Kohar'' as Neelam with Shakeel
Yousuf Kamal (born 29 May 1938), better known as Shakeel Yousuf, is a Pakistani actor best known for his roles in PTV drama serial Uncle Urfi (1972), as 'Mehboob Ahmed' in PTV's Aangan Terha (1984) and as ''Taimoor Ahmad'' in Ankahi (1982). H ...
, Marina Khan
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and Fauzia Wahab
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In 2014 she introduced actress and model ]Areeba Habib
Areeba Habib ( ur, ) is a Pakistani model and television actress. Habib made her television debut with negative role of Nishaal in 2018 series ''Koi Chand Rakh''. She further played the role of Chand in ''Qadam Qadam Ishq'', Taniya in ''Janbaaz ...
to Pakistani fashion industry.
In 2022 Frieha launched her own podcast called FWhy Podcast in which she interview many actors and actresses such as Humayun Saeed
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He has appeared in dozens of Pakistani television dramas and limited number of films, and earned Lux Style Awards, and ARY Fil ...
, Imran Ashraf
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and Zara Noor Abbas
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Personal life
She married thrice but her three marriages ended in divorce.Nida Yasir
Nida Pasha, better known as Nida Yasir, is a Pakistani television host, former actress and model known for her role as Saima in the television drama '' Hum Tum''. She also hosts the morning television show ''Good Morning Pakistan'' at ARY Di ...
and Farah that she was abused by her cook at the age of six when her parents were on vacation at Japan and that she told about it to her mother when she came back from Japan later they arrested the cook. she said that it was traumatizing for her and it affect her and her mother but later she recovered.
Filmography
Television
Web series
Film
Music video
Host
Other appearance
Ambassadorship
* Goodwill Ambassador for Sahil in 2018
Awards and recognition
References
External links
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1964 births
20th-century Pakistani actresses
Living people
Pakistani film actresses
21st-century Pakistani actresses
Pakistani stage actresses
Pakistani producers
Pakistani television actresses
Pakistani female models
Lux Style Award winners
Pakistani film directors