Saba Hameed is a Pakistani actress and director. She was one of the top actresses of Pakistani showbiz in the 90s. She is famous for playing the role of obnoxious mother-in-law in Pakistani TV shows.
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Wiki/Biography
Saba Hameed was born on Friday, 21 June 1957 (age 66 years; as in 2023) in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. His zodiac sign is Cancer. She received her education at Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. She belonged to a family of writers and journalists. Before Saba, her younger sister Huma Hameed became an actress. Saba started acting after visiting her sister on the sets. In 2012, Saba moved to Karachi.
Saba Hameed’s childhood picture with her mother
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 6″
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye colour: brown
Family
parents and siblings
Saba’s father, Hameed Akhtar, was a newspaper columnist, writer, journalist and general secretary of the Progressive Writers Association in Pakistan, and her mother, Sadiya Hameed, was a film producer. Saba has three sisters and one brother. Saba’s younger sisters Huma Hameed and Lalarukh Hameed are both actresses.
Saba Hameed (left) with her sister Lalarukh Hameed
Saba Hameed with her sisters
Saba Hameed’s childhood picture with her father
husband and children
Saba Hameed’s first marriage was to Syed Parvez Shafi. They had two children: a daughter, Meesha Shafi, a Pakistani actress and singer, and a son, Faris Shafi, a Pakistani rapper, songwriter and actor. Later they got divorced.
Wedding photo of Saba Hameed and Syed Parvez Shafi
Saba Hameed with her daughter
Saba Hameed is married to Wasim Abbas, who is a Pakistani actor. They have a son, Ali Abbas, who is a Pakistani television actor.
Saba Hameed with Wasim Abbas
Religion
Saba Hameed follows the religion of Islam.
livelihood
Theater
Saba Hameed made her debut in 1980 with the Urdu play “Boond Darwaazi” at Lahore Centre. He has acted in numerous dramas for over a decade from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.
Television
Saba Hameed made her television debut in 1978 with the Pakistani TV show, Dailies. He acted in over 100 television shows including Band Dukhon Ki Chadar (1984), Uncle Sargam Show (1995), Thodi Door Saath Chalo (2007), Qaid-e-Tanhai (2010), Annie Ki Aayegi Baaraat (2012) Have done. Chhoti Choti Baatein (2019), Bandhay Ek Dor Se (2020), Pehli Si Mohabbat (2021), Khan (2017), Mere Humsafar (2022), and Kalank (2023).
In 2021, Saba Hameed appeared in the Pakistani TV drama series Mere Humsafar (2021), in which she played the role of Shahjahan, a hateful mother-in-law, her role was criticized and the show became a hit. Most watched television series.
Saba Hameed in a scene from the show Mere Humsafar (2021)
She has also appeared in several telefilms including Abhi Tu Main Jawan Hoon (2013), Aunty Allergy (2022), Neelofar Tsunami (2022), and Tamak Toiyaan (2023).
Saba Hameed (right) in a scene from the telefilm Aunty Allergy (2022)
director
In 2019, Saba Hameed directed a Pakistani romantic drama television series Ghalti (2019), in which she also played the role of Zaitoon, an uneducated hateful mother. In 2023, Saba directed Jaisi Aapki Marzi (2023).
As You Wish (2023)
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- In 1987, she won the Best Actress Award at the Nigar Awards for the Pakistani show Aasmaan.
- In 2000, she won the Best Actress Award at the PTV Awards for the Pakistani sitcom Family Front (1997).
- In 2012, he was awarded the Pride of Performance, Pakistan’s highest national literary award, by the President of Pakistan.
- In 2023, he won the National Icon Award at the PTV Icon Awards.
Favorite
- Travel Destination: Dubai
Facts/General Knowledge
- Saba Hameed loves to travel and has visited many countries including Scotland, Hawaii and Austria.
Saba Hameed in Austria
- In 2016, Saba Hameed appeared on a Pakistani television morning talk show, Sunrise from Istanbul, alongside Pakistani actresses, Maria Wasti and Samina Ahmed.
- In an interview, while talking about directing and acting at the same time for a show, he said that he enjoyed directing more than acting.
- During an interview in 2023, when she was asked what she would have been if she had not been an actor, she said,
I will become a pilot, I wanted to be a pilot since childhood and never thought of becoming an actor, but becoming a pilot was not an option for women and acting was accidental for me.
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