Navid's mother was a philanthropist who ran Mayo Hospital's famous convalescent home, which was established in 1948, along with Begum Shahabuddin.
[5] Shahzad began her career with Shoaib Hashmi's political satire Such Gup, which ran for three years on PTV.
[7] In 2016, she also appeared in Sabiha Sumar's Chotay Shah, which was made to aimed at Zeal Film Unity Festival.
[4][9] In 2021, she appeared as a selfish head of a brothel in Kashif Nisar's directorial Dil Na Umeed To Nahi.
[6][12][13] Shahzad served as the dean of house of liberal in Beaconhouse National University, where she set up the first theater, film and television department of the country.