Nadia Afgan is a Pakistani actress who appears in
Urdu films and
television
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and films. She is known for her work in theatre and television. Her numerous work in television includes a series of plays in both Urdu and Punjabi. She rose to prominence when she appeared in the hit TV serial ''
Family Front
''Family Front'' ( ur, فیملی فرنٹ) was a 1997 Pakistani comedy drama sitcom. It was broadcast by the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV World, now PTV News). This sitcom was directed by Waseem Abbas and written by Muhammad Younis But ...
'' in 1997.
Further success came in 2000 with the
PTV Home
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's most-memorable sitcom ''
Shashlik'' which was later re-aired on
Geo TV
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in 2011. Afghan garnered wider appreciation for her comic role in the
Hum TV's blockbuster comedy drama ''
Suno Chanda'' (2018), and for its sequel ''
Suno Chanda 2'', as Shahana Batool the following year.
Life and career
Nadia started her career as an actress from
PTV Lahore Center.
[Profile: ] Later she acted in many PTV drama serials and hosted many shows and PTV night time transmission for many years and now she is being seen in different serials on all the public and private channels in Pakistan. Her credited roles are in ''
Shashlik'', ''
Raju Rocket
''Raju Rocket'' is a 2012 Pakistani comedy drama serial aired on the Hum TV. Serial was first aired on 27 August 2012; and is directed by ''Saima Waseem'' and written by ''Imran Ali Safir'', starring Danish Taimoor, Sumbul Iqbal, Madiha Rizv ...
'' and ''
Bilqees Kaur
''Bilqees Kaur'' ( ur, ) is a Pakistani drama serial directed by Adnan Ahmad, written by Faiza Iftikhar and produced by Momina Duraid. It aired from 15 April 2012 to 26 August 2012 on Hum TV. Set in New York City, Karachi, Lahore and Gujranwa ...
''. She also acted in ''
Banana News Network'', aired on
Geo News.
In 2018, Nadia directed drama serial
Parlour Wali Larki
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.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Living people
1970 births
Pakistani television actresses
Pakistani television directors
Pakistani television producers
Pakistani women comedians
Actresses from Lahore
People from Lahore
20th-century Pakistani actresses
21st-century Pakistani actresses
Women television producers
Women television directors