Savera Nadeem () is a Pakistani actress, producer, and director. Primarily known for her work on television; she also acted in theatre and films. Nadeem received a Lux Style Award for Best Television Actress and five nominations.
Early life Savera Nadeem was born in 1974 to a Kashmiri family in Lahore. Her father, Shahid Nadeem, is a prominent journalist. She has a Masters in English Literature from Kinnaird College, Lahore, and studied directing at the National School of Drama, Delhi. Nadeem also has a background in classical music.
Career Acting Nadeem started acting when she was fifteen, with her first appearance in the drama Kiran, being broadcast in 1989. She subsequently had the lead role in Ayub Khawar's directed social-issue drama Inkaar. For her performance in the series, Nadeem won the PTV Award for Best Actress. In 1995, she played a gynecologist appointed in a small neighborhood in the dark comedy Janjal Pura.
In 2010, Nadeem appeared in the drama Diya Jalay as a wife caught in an abusive marriage. A reviewer from Dawn opined that she "not only emotes well but looks smashing". Later that year, she portrayed a self-sacrificing housewife struggling emotionally in the drama Qaid-e-Tanhai. Nadeem won Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress for her performance at the 11th Lux Style Awards.
In 2012, Nadeem played the titular role of the rigid and dictatorial Zubeida in the drama Bari Aapa. She was drawn to the project due to the character and the gripping dialogues. She then appeared in the drama Mera Yaqeen, portraying a bedridden, paralysed housewife grappling with her husband's romantic affair with her best friend. While reviewing the series for The Express Tribune, reviewer Altaf Hussain found that she "steals the scenes whenever she appears on screen".
In 2015, Nadeem played a cameo role in her second film, the biographical-drama Manto. Based on the life of eminent Urdu writer Saadat Hassan Manto, Nadeem portrayed a tanga puller, a character wrote by the writer himself in one of his short stories.
In 2022, Nadeem played the manipulative and sly matriarch in the mystery-thriller Wehem. Nadeem was agreed to the project due to the unique character traits. In 2023, she played a malevolent stepmother of the male protagonist in the romance Jaan-e-Jahan. The performance received positive reviews from critics.
Producer and director Nadeem's first job as director was on Kal, a telefilm starring Saba Qamar and Fawad Khan that aired on PTV and Geo TV in 2006. Subsequently, she directed thirteen episodes of Qurbaton Ke Silsilay, a drama broadcast on PTV.
Filmography Films YearTitleRoleNotes2015Good Morning KarachiPJcameo2015MantoTaangay Wali
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1989KiranKiranInkaarTaniya1996Janjal PuraDr. Mahjabeen2001SawanNaureen2006GharoorBawi2007Aurat Aur Char DevariShehnaz / ZuneidaEpisode "Aik Aurat Do Nikkah"2008Kaisa Yeh JunoonRukhsanaPulsaraatTelefilmBajiTelefilmArzooTelefilm2004Mahnoor Kajal BaiTelefilm2006ManzilSomia2010Diya JalayNadia2010–11Qaid-e-Tanhai AishaMera SaaeinNaima MalikWoh Chaar2012Mera YaqeenMaha2012–13Badi AapaZubeida “Bari Aapa”2013Teri BerukhiAleena2017Manto Taangay WaliKitni Girhain Baaki Hain (season 2)MeenaAnthony series; Episode 33Laut Ke Chalay AanaZainab2017–18MeraasJahan Aara2018NibahSaiqa2018–19Baba JaniSadiaHaiwanAzra2019–20Meray Paas Tum HoMaham SayyedGuest appearanceTera Yahan Koi NahinHawa2020Tum Ho WajahSehbaDikhawaAnthology series; Episode 22022–2023WehemRukhsana Saleem2023Mein Kahani Hun2023Kitni Girhain Baaki HainZahida AliEpisode "Husn-e-Ittefaq"2023–24Jaan-e-JahanKishwar Shah 2024Bismil Reham Parwarish Mahnoor Jahangir 2025Kuch Na Kehna Noora
Web series YearTitleRolePlatformNotes2021Dhoop Ki DeewarAmna Sher AliZEE52024Abdullahpur Ka DevdasJahan Aara BegumZEE5
Talk Shows Nadeem was the presenter of AAJ TV's morning show AAJ SUBH from 27 September 2010 to 16 September 2011.
Awards
Year Award Category Work Result TBA PTV Awards Best Drama Actress Inkaar
Lux Style Awards Ceremony Category Project Result 3rd Lux Style AwardsBest Television Actress Ibn Aadamrowspan="4" 7th Lux Style AwardsBest Television Actress (Satellite)Shikwah8th Lux Style Awards"https://www.fashioncentral.pk/people-parties/events/celebrations/story-383-winners-announced-for-8th-lux-style-awards/"Milay Kuch Yun10th Lux Style AwardsDiya Jalay11th Lux Style AwardsQaid-e-Tanhai
See also List of Lollywood actors
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