Mahira Khan

Mahira Hafeez Khan (pronounced [maɦiːraː hafiːz kʰan]; born 21 December 1984) is a Pakistani film and television actress.

[1] After working as a video jockey for various television shows, Khan made her acting debut in 2011 with a supporting role in the blockbuster social drama Bol (2011).

Following a short hiatus, Khan took on roles in the 2022 androcentric action films, including the top-grossing Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad and The Legend of Maula Jatt, and produced the sports web-series Baarwan Khiladi (2022).

In addition to acting, Khan promotes social causes such as women's rights and refugee crisis, and is vocal about issues such as child abuse and rapes.

[4] After graduating from Foundation, she, at the age of seventeen, moved to California, United States, for higher education, where she attended the Santa Monica College.

"[6] Khan then enrolled herself at the University of Southern California for a Master's degree in English literature; during this period, she worked as a part-time cashier at Rite Aid.

"[7] However, after completing her first year, Khan decided to pursue her interest to become an actress, and quit her university education and returned to Pakistan.

[8] Her appearance in the show attracted the attention of filmmaker Shoaib Mansoor, who remembered her, and later offered her a role in his film Bol (2011), which she accepted.

Khan started her career as a VJ[9] in 2006, hosting the live show Most Wanted on MTV Pakistan, which was aired three days a week.

[13][16] In 2014, Khan starred in the Mohammed Ehteshamuddin directed drama serial Sadqay Tumhare[24][25] in which she played the role of Shano.

[51][52] Khan began her singing career in 2017,[53] when she starred as a rape victim in Shoaib Mansoor's social drama film Verna.

[54][55][56] The film received generally unfavourable reviews but her performance was praised and she earned a Lux Style Award for Best Actress in 2018.

[57][58][59] In 2018, she starred in Meenu Gaur-Farjad Nabi's romantic comedy 7 Din Mohabbat In which was a commercial failure[60][61] In 2019, she made a special appearance in Asim Raza's Parey Hut Love.

[63] In 2022, she starred opposite Fahad Mustafa in Nabeel Qureshi's action-comedy film Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad which opened to mixed reviews from critics.

[75] The song, a modern adaption of the prayer "Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua" by Allama Iqbal, was set in the pre-partitioned era, and featured her as a young women who explains how she would handle any injustice after marriage.

[80] That same year, she and her brother, founded the media production company, titled as Mashion, that empowers Pakistani women and creates awareness on mental health in the country.

[82] In September 2020, Khan joined the Commonwealth of Nations for the project titled, "No more", to raise awairness about the sexual and domestic violence against women.

[94][95][96] In December 2016, Khan became a victim of false news after anti-India comment emerged ahead of the release of her Bollywood film Raees.

[97] Khan has served as the ambassador for a number of brands and products, such as Lux, QMobile, Gai Power Wash, TUC, Huawei, Sunsilk, Veet, and L'Oréal.

Khan at an event for Zindagi TV in 2016
Khan at the Vogue Beauty Awards in 2016