Mahira Khan

Mahira Khan is a Pakistani actress born 21 December 1984, recognized as one of the country's highest-paid performers. After working as a video jockey, she made her acting debut in 2011 in Shoaib Mansoor's social drama Bol, followed by the breakthrough role of a troubled wife in the romantic television drama Humsafar (2011), which earned her the Lux Style Award for Best Television Actress. She built a reputation for unconventional characters across top-rated series including the religious drama Shehr-e-Zaat (2012), the biographical romance Sadqay Tumhare (2014), and the romantic drama Bin Roye (2016), accumulating multiple Best Actress awards and nominations. Her film career accelerated with starring roles in Pakistan's highest-grossing productions Bin Roye (2015) and the coming-of-age musical Ho Mann Jahan (2016), expanding into Hindi cinema with the crime thriller Raees (2017), one of India's highest-grossing films that year. She earned critical praise for portraying a rape victim in the revenge drama Verna (2017) and an aspiring actress in the musical Superstar (2019). After a break, she returned to major box-office successes in the action films Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad and The Legend of Maula Jatt (2022), and produced the sports-based web series Baarwan Khiladi (2022). Across her career, Khan has received seven Lux Style Awards and eight Hum Awards. As a Sagittarius, she carries the numerological life-path signature of the pioneer. Beyond acting, she champions women's rights and refugee advocacy, serving as UNICEF's national and global Goodwill Ambassador for Afghan refugees in Pakistan since 2019. She maintains a private personal life while remaining a prominent brand endorser and award-ceremony host.