Shamim Hilaly (née Ahmed, born 1947) is a Pakistani actress who has acted in both films and television.
In 1976, she worked in Pakistan's first English film, Beyond the Last Mountain, in which she portrayed the role of a single parent bringing up a small child.
lt was directed and written by Javed Jabbar; later, it was shown at the 6th International Film Festival of India in Delhi.
[1] Later in 1982, she appeared in the drama Alif Noon, and she portrayed the role of a college student who goes to a bicycle shop to have a punctured tire repaired.
In 2011, she appeared in the drama Maat ,which was based on an Urdu novel of the same name by Umera Ahmad, and she portrayed the role of Faisal's mother, who is a middle-income widow and sits with her son on a motorcycle.
[1] Since then she appeared in dramas such as Neeli Zinda Hai, Meri Shehzadi, Wehem, Prem Gali, Hum Kahan Ke Sachay Thay and Jannat Se Aagay.