Nadia Khan (born 22 May 1971) is a Pakistani television actress, presenter and producer. She is best known for the ''

Nadia Khan Show ''Nadia Khan Show'' is a talk show on Pakistan's Geo Entertainment, started in 2006 and hosted by presenter and producer Nadia Khan. Overview The show aired on Geo Entertainment. It originally ran as a morning show from 2006 to 2010, then ret ...

'', a morning TV programme, and for OutStyle, her YouTube channel. She is known for her role in the PTV series '' Bandhan''. She has received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Kinza in ''

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''. In 2019, she portrayed Aima in ''

Kam Zarf ''Kamzarf'' () is a 2019 Pakistani television series, produced by Hassan Zia under their production banner Mastermind Productions. It featured Junaid Khan, Rabab Hashim and Nadia Khan in lead roles. The drama aired weekly episode on Geo Ente ...

'' and Dolly in ''

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''.

Early life

Nadia Khan was born in Quetta,

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. She belongs to an ethnic

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family from Jalandhar (India), which moved to

Rawalpindi, Punjab Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

after independence. Khan began her career in Rawalpindi.Nadia Khan Biography
Tv.com.pk. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

Career

Actress

Khan made her acting debut in 1995 on the show ''Pal Do Pal''. She appeared in ''Bandhan'' (1996), for which she won the '' PTV Best Actress Award''. In the same year, she played a leading role in the drama serial ''Bharam''. She later started anchoring morning shows.

Presenter

Khan made her television debut in 1993 in the show ''Daak Time'' (Mail Time) with Uncle Sargam on PTV. She returned as an anchor on ARY Digital's morning show ''Breakfast with Nadia''. The show began airing in 2003 from Dubai. In November 2006, Khan moved to

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to a new live chat and interview show called the ''

'' (''Geo Mazay Say''). She interviewed a variety of Pakistani celebrities, artists, performers, religious leaders, athletes and politicians. There were also segments on Islam, and health and beauty. The show was banned in 2010 by the Dubai government. Sources say that Khan showed actress

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and her husband fight before Bukhari's interview. Her husband claimed in court that "our family matter", so the court banned Khan's show in Dubai for six months. Khan won the Masala Lifestyle Awards For Best TV Presenter 2008 and Masala Lifestyle Awards For Best TV Presenter 2009, out of five candidates, from Zee Tv,

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, Star Plus and ARY Digital. Khan resumed her anchoring career after a year in August 2011 with ''Eid Transmission'' on

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. On 31 March 2012, the ''Nadia Khan Show'' returned to Geo TV as a night-time, consumer-oriented talk show.. She resumed anchoring with a brief year-long run from 2015 to 2016 of her morning show (''Nadia Khan Show'') on Geo TV. She hosted '' Croron Mein Khel'', a game show, on

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. In January 2018, Khan became the first Pakistani beauty, fashion and lifestyle YouTube influencer to reach 100,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, Outstyle. In 2019 she started a morning show again on PTV named ''Morning @home''.

Personal life

Nadia married Faisal Mumtaz Rao, a retired Pakistan Air Force fighter pilot, in December 2020. This is her second marriage and Rao’s third. Her first marriage was to Khawar Iqbal, with whom she has a two children. In 2020, she adopted a son, Kiaan.

Filmography

Television

Talk shows

Awards and recognition

In 2007, Khan was dubbed the " Oprah Winfrey" of Pakistan by

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PTV awards

;Winner *1997: Best Actor (Female); '' Bandhan''

Masala Lifestyle awards

;Winner *2008: Best TV Presenter; ''

'' *2009: Best TV Presenter; Nadia Khan Show

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Nadia Living people Pashtun women People from Rawalpindi Pakistani television hosts 1972 births Pakistani television talk show hosts Pakistani expatriates in the United Arab Emirates Pakistani television actresses 20th-century Pakistani actresses 21st-century Pakistani actresses PTV Award winners Pakistani women television presenters