Mira Hashmi (born 2 October 1976) is a Pakistani actress, host and director. She is known for her roles in dramas '' Teen Bata Teen'', ''Taamak Toyian'' and '' Family Front''.

Early life

Mira was born in 1976 in

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. She completed her studies and did MPhil in Cultural Studies from

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in Lahore. Later she went to Concordia University in

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and did Major in film production.

Career

Mira made her debut as an actress in 1995 on PTV. She appeared in a number of dramas on PTV. She appeared in dramas ''Anteena Washing Powder'', ''Taamak Toyian'' and ''Kausar Ka Dastarkhwan''. She also appeared in dramas ''Katauti'' and Teen Bata Teen. After that she appeared in comedy drama '' Family Front'' as Huma, her role was praised by her co-stars

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and Naseem Vicky.

Personal life

Mira is married and has two children. Mira's father

Shoaib Hashmi Shoaib Hashmi (; 12 July 1938 – 15 May 2023) was a Pakistani playwright, actor and academic. Career Hashmi received his Master of Arts degree in economics from Government College, Lahore (now Government College University), Lahore and his M ...

was an actor and her mother is a painter

Salima Hashmi Salima Hashmi (; born 1942) is a Pakistani painter, artist, former college professor, anti-nuclear weapons activist and former caretaker minister in Sethi caretaker ministry. She has served for four years as a professor and the dean of Nationa ...

. Both her grandparents

Faiz Ahmad Faiz Chaudhry Faiz Ahmad Faiz (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) was a Pakistani poet and author of Punjabi language, Punjabi and Urdu literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated, popular, and influential Urdu writers of his time, and his ...

and

Alys Faiz Alys Faiz (Urdu:; September 1915 – 12 March 2003) was a Pakistani poet, writer, journalist, human rights activist, social worker and a teacher. Alys was born in London, but she later became a naturalized citizen of Pakistan. She was the wife o ...

were poets. Her aunt

Muneeza Hashmi Moneeza Hashmi (; born 1946) is a broadcaster, television producer, actress and a former general manager and director programmes of the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV). Hashmi has over four decades of experience working with public medi ...

is a producer and her cousin Adeel Hashmi is an actor.

Filmography

Television

Bibliography

Mira also authored a critically book titled ''Gulzar's Ijaazat: Insights Into the Film'' in 2019 in memory of her grandfather

and dedicated to Faiz Festival. The same year she wrote another book titled ''Three Classic Films by Gulzar: Insights Into the Films'' co-authored with Saba Mahmood Bashir and Sathya Saran.

References

External links

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Mira Hashmi
on HarperCollins India
Meera Hashmi
at Cinemaazi {{DEFAULTSORT:Hashmi, Mira 1976 births Living people 20th-century Pakistani actresses Pakistani television actresses 21st-century Pakistani actresses