Saba Hamid is a Pakistani actress and director. She was one of the top actresses in the Pakistani showbiz industry in the 90s. She is famous for her role as a hateful mother-in-law in Pakistani television shows.
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Saba Hameed was born on Friday, June 21, 1957, in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan (66 years; as of 2023). Her zodiac sign is Cancer. She was educated at Lahore Women’s University College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. She comes from a family of writers and journalists. Her sister Huma Hameed became an actress before Saba. Saba started her acting career after visiting her sister’s set. In 2012, Saba moved to Karachi.
Childhood photos of Saba Hamid and her mother
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′6″
Hair color: brown
Eye color: brown
family
Parents and siblings
Saba’s father Hamid Akhtar is a newspaper columnist, author, journalist and general secretary of the Progressive Writers Association of Pakistan, and her mother Sadia Hamid is a film producer. Saba has three sisters and a brother. Saba’s younger sisters Huma Hameed and Lalaluk Hameed are both actors.
Saba Hamid (left) and her sister Lalaluk Hamid
Saba Hamid and her sisters
Childhood photos of Saba Hamid with his father
husband and children
Saba Hamid’s first wife was Saeed Parwaiz Shafi. They have two children: daughter Meesha Shafi, a Pakistani actress and singer; son Faris Shafi, a Pakistani rapper, songwriter and actor. Later, they divorced.
Saba Hamid and Saeed Pervaiz Shafi’s wedding photos
Saba Hamid and her daughter
Saba Hamid is married to Pakistani actor Wasim Abbas. They have a son, Ali Abbas, who is a Pakistani television actor.
Saba Hamid and Wasim Abbas
religion
Saba Hamid believes in Islam.
Profession
theater
Saba Hameed made her acting debut at Lahore Center in 1980 with the Urdu drama Bund Darwazy. She appeared in many dramas for more than ten years from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.
television
Saba Hameed made her television debut in 1978 with the Pakistani television show Dheleez. She has appeared in more than 100 TV shows including Band Dukhon Ki Chadar (1984), Uncle Sargam Show (1995), Thodi Door Saath Chalo (2007), Qaid-e-Tanhai (2010), Annie Ki Ayegi Baraat (2012), Choti Choti Batain (2019), Bandhay Aik Dor Say (2020), Pehli Si Muhabbat (2021), Khan (2017), Mere Humsafar (2022) and Kalank (2023).
In 2021, Saba Hamid appeared in the Pakistani TV series “Mere Humsafar” (2021), in which she played the hateful mother-in-law Shah Jahan. Her portrayal of this character was praised by critics, and the series became One of the most acclaimed TV series. The most watched TV series.
Saba Hameed in “Mere Humsafar” (2021) stills
She has also appeared in many TV movies including Abhi Tou Main Jawan Hoon (2013), Aunty Allergy (2022), Neelofer Tsunami (2022), and Tamak Toiyan (2023).
Saba Hameed (right) in a still from the TV series “Allergic Auntie” (2022)
director
In 2019, Saba Hamid directed the Pakistani romantic TV series “Ghalati” (2019), in which she also played Zaitoon, a hateful uneducated mother. In 2023, Saba directed Jaisay Aapki Marzi (2023).
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Awards, Honors, Achievements
- In 1987, she won the Nigar Award for Best Actress for the Pakistani TV series “Asman”.
- In 2000, she won the PTV Award for Best Actress for the Pakistani sitcom “Family Front” (1997).
- In 2012, she was awarded the Pride of Performance Award, Pakistan’s highest national literary award, by the President of Pakistan.
- In 2023, she won the National Idol Award at the PTV Idol Awards.
Favorites
- Travel destination: Dubai
Facts/Trivia
- Saba Hameed enjoys traveling and has been to many countries including Scotland, Hawaii and Austria.
Saba Hamid in Austria
- In 2016, Saba Hameed appeared on the Pakistani television morning talk show Istanbul Days along with Pakistani actresses Maria Wasti and Samina Ahmad from.
- In an interview, when it came to directing and acting in the show at the same time, she said she preferred directing to acting.
- In 2023, in an interview, when asked what she would do if she were not an actress, she said,
I wanted to be a pilot, I had wanted to be a pilot since I was a kid, I had never wanted to be an actor, but being a pilot was not an option for women and acting came to me by accident. “
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