Huma Nawab is a Pakistani actress. She is one of the most popular actresses of her time and was one of the most successful actress of the 1980s and 1990s. She played major roles in TV dramas Chand Grehan, Aahat, Nijaat, Hawain, and Silsila.
Early life Nawab was born in 1969 in Islamabad, Pakistan. She completed her education at the University of Islamabad.
Career Huma did theatre plays at school, and Chand Grehan was her most successful drama, and her pairing with Ayaz Naik was quite popular. She is noted for her husky voice, well-suited to the strong characters she played in dramatic works. Nijaat and Dhoop Mein Sawan are other famous drama serials she performed in. She started her career in the mid-80s with Silsila and continued working till 1999, after which she went to the United States. Huma returned to Pakistan briefly in 2012, again in 2014, and permanently in 2015. Since then, she has been a prolific actor, with some of her noted projects being Yaqeen Ka Safar, Deedan, Surkh Chandni, Mein Na Janoo, Dil Ruba, and Hum Kahan Ke Sachay Thay.
Personal life In 2012, she came back to Pakistan, fulfilling her mother's wish who wanted to be buried next to her husband after being diagnosed with blood cancer. Huma is unmarried and lives in Islamabad. Huma's mother Fatima Nawab was also an actress.
Filmography Television YearTitleRoleNetwork1982 Eshaan Riffat Nagina PTV1983 Silsila Seemi1990 Dasht Mehrunisa1991 Aahat Fouzia1992 Baat Banaye Na Bane Annie1993 Nijaat Zareena1994 Hum Kahan Ke Daana Thay Nazi Memon Seth Ki Doosri Shadi Farzana1995 Chand Grehan Shehrbano Aawazain Shabana1996 Chotay Baray Loag Shakeela Farar Amber1997 Hawain Saima1998 Dhoop Mein Sawan Batool2000 Tum Hi To Ho Zaib2014 Susraal Mera Salman's mother Hum TV Zid Omer's mother Jeena Dushwar Sahi Hammad's mother PTV2015 Inteha Shehryar's mother Express Entertainment Kitna Satatay Ho Hammad's Khala Hum TV Mere Ajnabi Aayan's mother ARY Digital Googly Mohalla Bhaya coach PTV Aik Thi Misaal Asma Hum TV2016 Socha Na Tha Amna ARY Zindagi Mere Humnawa Nasra ARY Digital Kuch Na Kaho Nayyara Hum TV Tum Milay Farida ARY Digital Bin Roye Safeer's mother Hum TV Judai Saman ARY Digital2017 Thori Si Wafa Seemal's mother Hum TV Tumhare Hain Kiran ARY Digital Mera Aangan Shaista Shikwa Nahin Kissi Se Ammi A-Plus Begangi Mahi's mother Yaqeen Ka Safar Mahjabeen Hum TV2018 Tum Mujrim Ho Komal's mother BOL Entertainment Deedan Gul Makai A-Plus2019 Kaif-e-Baharan Farah Geo Entertainment Surkh Chandni Safina ARY Digital Muthi Bhar Chahat Eman's mother Express Entertainment Haqeeqat Saira's mother A-Plus Mein Na Janoo Farah Hum TV2020 Rockstar Maryam TV One Dil Ruba Junaid's mother Hum TV2021 Aks Imran's mother LTN Family Hum Kahan Ke Sachay Thay Saleha Hum TV Parizaad Shehla2022 Aitebaar Bilal's mother Beqadar Farzana Rasm-e-Ulfat Arsam's mother PTV Dil Bhatkay Zain's mother TV One Pehchaan Bano Hum TV Ilzaam Mrs. Haleem Aan TV Bakhtawar Shareefa Hum TV2023 Ahsaas Nazi's mother Express Entertainment Ghao Hina's mother PTV Samjhota Azra ARY Digital Kahain Kis Se Zubaida Hum TV2024 Pagal Khana Noor's motherGreen Entertainment Raaz Shoaib's mother BOL Kahani Shahzad's mother BOL Network2025 Raaja Rani Shaziya Hum TV Behroopia TabbasumGreen Entertainment Sharakat Azra2026 Mere Pass Raho Tum Zahida Express Entertainment
Telefilm YearTitleRole1985 Bazgasht Sania1990 Gul Phenke Hein Rida1994 Aaseb Ashi1999 Samjhota Madiha Kamran2017 Eid Sharaba Azmat2018 Glass Tora Bara Aana Urwa's mother2023 Budhi Ghori Laal Lagam Ashi's mother
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2015 Bin Roye Safeer's mother2016 Mah e Mir Dr Kaleem's ex-wife 2017 Kambakht Dil Amna Ehsaan2019 Dastak Soldier's mother2024 Nayab Piyari Baji
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Title Result Ref. 1983 PTV Award Best Actress Merchant of Venus
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Huma Nawab reveals why did she not get married Ary News.