Nadira (born Florence Ezekiel; 5 December 1932 – 9 February 2006), was an Indian actress who worked in the Hindi film industry.
She appeared in films from the 1950s and 1960s, including Aan (1952), Shree 420 (1955), Pakeezah (1972), and Julie (1975), which won her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.
[1][2] She played pivotal roles in a number of films such as Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (1960), Pakeezah (1972), Hanste Zakhm (1973), and Amar Akbar Anthony (1977).
She was often cast as a temptress or vamp, roles which were used as a foil to the chaste leading lady characters that were favoured at the time by the Hindi film industry.
She had multiple existing health problems, including tubercular meningitis, alcoholic liver disorder, and paralysis.