Saba Qamar Zaman is a Pakistani film and television actress. Qamar has established a career in the Pakistani entertainment industry, and is the recipient of several accolades, including one Hum Award.
Born in Hyderabad, Qamar moved to Lahore for further education, pursued a career in acting from there itself, and made her debut with a role in the PTV Home drama Main Aurat Hoon (2005). Qamar con...Saba Qamar Zaman is a Pakistani film and television actress. Qamar has established a career in the Pakistani entertainment industry, and is the recipient of several accolades, including one Hum Award.
Born in Hyderabad, Qamar moved to Lahore for further education, pursued a career in acting from there itself, and made her debut with a role in the PTV Home drama Main Aurat Hoon (2005). Qamar continued to appear in supporting roles in the following years, but her claim to fame came in 2007, when she played leading roles in two of the hit dramas, Dhoop Mein Andhera Hai and Jinnah Ke Naam. She later received widespread recognition for her portraying unconventional roles in several of the highest-rated Urdu television series, including the domestic drama Uraan (2010), the historical drama Dastaan (2010), the social drama Main Chand Si (2011), the family dramas Maat (2011) and Ullu Baraye Farokht Nahi (2013), the melodrama Thakan (2012), the psychodrama Sannata (2013), the romantic dramas Bunty I Love You (2013) and Digest Writer (2014), the tragic romance Sangat (2015) and the modern drama Besharam (2016), all of which earned her critical acclaim as well as several accolades. Qamar established herself as a leading actress of Urdu cinema for portraying the singer Noor Jehan in the acclaimed biographical drama Manto (2015) and a rockstar in the travel comedy Lahore Se Aagey (2016), both of which rank among the highest-grossing Pakistani films of all time.
Born in Hyderabad, raised in Gujranwala, Qamar moved to Lahore to pursue further studies. In Lahore, she made her debut in PTV Home drama Main Aurat Hoon (2004). Qamar made her debut in the TV series Main Aurat Hoon. She won the PTV award for the best TV actress in both public and jury choice categories at the 16th Annual PTV awards, held on 23 July 2011 for her role in Tinkay. This was followed by a Supporting role in the PTV Home's social drama on women Bint e Adam. Her role in the series was of a rich brat who falls for a boy from poor background, and marries him against her cruel father's wishes. Bint e Adam was a major critical and commercial hit, however, critics noted that her role was "limited" from an acting point of view. She baggedwon the Best TV Actress trophy for her role as Suraiya in Dastaan at the first Pakistan Media Awards (2010), and was also the recipient of the Best TV Actress trophy in both the public and jury choice categories at the 16th annual PTV Awards (2011). She has won the award for best actress at the 17th Annual PTV Awards (2012) for her role in Tera Pyar Nahin Bhoole.
In 2015, she made her film debut in movie Manto directed by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat. She appeared in the spin-off to Karachi Se Lahore called Lahore Se Aagey. It was announced that she will make her debut in Hindi film industry, in Saket Chaudhary's film, Hindi Medium opposite Irrfan Khan.
At the first-ever Pakistan Film Festival kicked hosted by the United Nations at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in the presence of some of the biggest Pakistani stars, ambassadors accredited to the United Nation, community members, media and movie buffs. Her film Lahore Se Aagey was the main attraction of the event. Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi, who took the initiative to hold the festival, read out a welcome address, saying the films from Pakistan will convey the energy and dynamism that defines today's Pakistan.
