Huma Akbar is a Pakistani actress. She appeared in PTV's productions like '' Khaleej'', '' Shaheen'', ''Choti Choti Baatein'' and received a nomination of Best Actress at 6th PTV Awards for her performance in ''

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''.

Early life

She was born in Karachi,

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at Pakistan and she completed her education from University of Karachi. Huma's parents got divorced when she was very young and her mother was a principle in a school. Huma's father Jamal Ali Hashmi also known as Jameel was a leading film actor in Pakistan during 1960s and 1970s. He acted in films ''Saza'' (1969), ''Gharnata'' (1971) and ''Yeh Aman'' (1971). Later he moved to India there he worked in some films in Hindi Cinema. She is the half-sister of Indian actresses

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and Farah both are popular actresses in Bollywood and Hindi Cinema.

Career

She made her debut as an actress in drama '' Shaheen''. Then she worked with Marina Khan as Farhat in drama ''Nishan-e-Haider'' based on true events of Rashid Minhas in which she portrayed the role of his younger sister Rukhsana. In 1985 she worked in drama ''Choti Choti Baatein'' with Asif Raza Mir and Begum Khurshid Mirza which written by Haseena Moin. Then she worked in drama ''

'' as Sukhaan which was based on the life of Sindhi folk singer Fozia Soomro after Roohi Bano refused to work in drama. She was nominated for ''Best Actress'' at ''6th PTV Awards'' for her role as Sukhaan. After that she worked in drama '' Khaleej'' with Tahira Wasti directed by Sahira Kazmi and ''Yeh Kahaan KI Dosti Hai'' with Rahat Kazmi and Zaheen Tahira which was written by Anwar Maqsood. In 1990 she worked in drama ''Badaltay Qabil'' with Uzma Gillani as Ayar Kahirini and she did the role of a college going girl who is living in quarters and Sajid Ali likes her and always follows her on his bicycle. In 2012 she appeared in drama '' Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu'' on

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and she portrayed the role of Yasmeen starring with

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Sarwat Gilani Sarwat Gilani ( ur, ; born 22 December 1982) is a Pakistani model, film, television and voice actress. Film career Gilani made her movie debut in '' Jawani Phir Nahi Aani'' where she played a pregnant Pashtun woman opposite Vasay Chaudhary. ...

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and Ahsan Khan which was based on the same name novel it was written by Farhat Ishtiaq and directed by Mehreen Jabbar.

Personal life

Huma married Karim Bakhtiar son of lawyer and politician Yahya Bakhtiar. She worked with him in drama '' Khaleej'' and he is a doctor at USA and brother of actress

Zeba Bakhtiar Zeba Bakhtiar ( ur, ; born 5 November 1962) is a Pakistani film/TV actress and a television director. She is known for her TV drama ''Anarkali'' (1988), the Bollywood romantic drama ''Henna'' (1991), and the Lollywood movie, '' Sargam'' (1995 ...

and they have two children later they moved to United States. Huma's aunt Sultana Zafar was also an actress.

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Akbar, Huma 1960 births 20th-century Pakistani actresses Living people Pakistani television actresses 21st-century Pakistani actresses