Humaira Ali (née Chaudhry; 5 April 1960 – 3 May 2025) was a Pakistani actress and singer. She was known for her roles in dramas Nail Polish, Kankar, Jab We Wed and Sammi. She also acted in Pakistan's only English-language film, Beyond the Last Mountain (1976).
Early life Humaira was born on 5 April 1960 in Lahore, Pakistan. She completed her studies at the University of Lahore.
Career Ali joined the television industry in 1973. She made her debut as an actress on the hit PTV drama serial Jhok Siyal, playing a lead role along with Abid Ali, whom she later married. Humaira also sang songs in Jhok Sial and in the dramas directed by her husband Abid.
In 1974, she appeared in the lead role as Batool in Aik Mohabbat So Afsanay which was written by Ashfaq Ahmed and she starred with Sheeba Hassan, Khursheed Shahid and Mustansar Hussain Tarar. She portrayed the role of a kind and sweet housewife who is deeply hurt when she learns that her husband married another girl in a foreign country.
In 1976, she worked in Pakistan's first English film, Beyond the Last Mountain, in which she portrayed a bride who marries someone she does not know and later faces some problems. It was directed and written by Javed Jabbar; later, it was shown at the 6th International Film Festival of India in Delhi.
She was known for singing in the dramas Dasht, Doosra Aasman and Hawa Pe Raqs which was also directed by her husband.
Thereafter she appeared in numerous dramas, including Akbari Asghari, Sabz Pari Laal Kabootar, Nail Polish, Kankar, Jab We Wed, Ranjish Hi Sahi and Sammi.
Personal life and death Humaira married Abid Ali in 1976. They met during the shooting of the drama Johak Sial. They had three daughters, including Iman Ali and Rahma Ali. She and Abid Ali divorced in 2006; she still used his last name and both remained on good terms until his death in 2019.
Humaira Ali died on 3 May 2025, at the age of 65.
Filmography Television YearTitleRoleNetwork1973 Jhok Siyal Mehru PTV1974 Aik Mohabbat So Afsanay Batool PTV1993 Dasht Shahtaaj NTM2005 Azal Begum Ahsan Indus TV2007 Lahori Gate Kulsoom PTV Awaz Suraiya Begum PTV2008 Yaad Piya ki Aaye Abida PTV2010 Din Dhallay Sidra PTV Jeevan Ki Rahon Mein Minal PTV Bas Ik Tera Intezar Safeena PTV 40 Plus Is Naughty Plus Beenish's mother PTV Dastaan Kaamini Hum TV2011 Nail Polish Nafeesa Mehboob A-Plus Akbari Asghari Batool Hum TV Sehra Teri Pyas Ameer Bibi PTV Home Timmy G Season 1 Nusrat ARY Digital 2012 Mere Huzoor Nain Tara's mother Express Entertainment Koi Meray Dil Say Pouchay Shireen PTV Ghar To Akhir Apna Hay Begum Sahiba PTV Timmy G Season 2 Nusrat ARY Digital Bano Bazar Bibi Geo TV Wilyti Desi Shamshad Begum PTV Dil Deke Jayen Ge Maham's mother Geo TV Sabz Pari Laal Kabootar Nasima Geo Entertainment 2013 Pachtawa Nuzhat ARY Digital Kankar Aapa Hum TV Yeh Shadi Nahi Ho Sakti Chami ARY Zindagi Darmiyan Farishtay's mother ARY Digital Ranjish Hi Sahi Hira Geo Entertainment 2014 Haq Meher Sultana ARY Digital Jab We Wed Heer's mother Urdu 1 Behnein Aisi Bhi Hoti Hain Akhtari ARY Zindagi Rasam Yasmeen Geo TV Shikwa Tamanna Khanam ARY Digital 2015 Ek Sitam Aur Sahi Zawar Gul Express Entertainment Shukrana Imtiaz Express Entertainment Mohabbat Aag Si Samiya's mother Hum TV Yehi Hai Zindagi Nain Tara Express Entertainment Paras Sabeen Geo Entertainment2016 Lagaao Nadra Hum TV Yehi Hai Zindagi Season 2 Nain Tara Express Entertainment Hassil Junaid's mother Geo TV2017 Thori Si Wafa Farzana Hum TV Yehi Hai Zindagi Season 3 Nain Tara Express Entertainment Bachay Baraye Farokht Shazia's mother Urdu 1 Sammi Nargis Jutt Hum TV Massom Aruba's mother Express Entertainment Beti To Main Bhi Hoon Qudsia Urdu 1 Yeh Shadi Nahin Hosakti Shehla ARY Zindagi2018 Bay Parwaian Sultana Bibi PTV Rabbaway KhalidaBol Entertainment Bol Kaffara Liaquat's mother2019 Gulfam Samreen ATV
Telefilm YearTitleRole2012 Roshni Ki Dastak Ani2016 Shab-e-Zulmat Beena's mother
Film YearTitleRole1976 Beyond the Last Mountain Bride2011 Bol Marriage Bureau Lady2012 Iffat-e-Maab Anjuman's aunt2022 Tich Button ParveenTBA KambakhtTBA
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