Nadia Jamil

Jamil was born in London on 13 October 1972, but moved to Lahore when she was nine. She attended the school of Convent of Jesus and Mary, Lahore.^[8] She holds a Master of English degree in literature.^[9]

Jamil completed a bachelor's in drama and creative writing at Hampshire College, US.^[10] She also studied at Allegheny College. She completed her international fellowship at the Globe Theatre, London.

Jamil has been a Pakistani actress^[11][12] and host for the past two decades. Jamil started her career in the 1990s with Mehreen Jabbar's directed Putli Ghar.^[13]

In 1999, Jamil played a murder planner in Jabbar's directed Chaal, an adaptation of Dial M for Murder.^[14]

Jamil is a trustee of Sunjan Nagar, which is Raza Kazim’s school for financially-deprived girls. She performed a theatre project with them at Al-Hamra. She also serves as an ambassador for Girl Rising, a project which raises awareness about girls' education. She teaches theatre and drama and is working on a few projects with institutes like Oxford University Press and Aitchison, Kids Campus.

She is married to Ali Pervaiz and is mother to two sons, Rakae and Mir Vali.^[15]

In April 2020, Jamil was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer/grade 3 tumor.^[16][17] She underwent successful surgery soon afterwards^[18] and by August was out of danger.^[19]

Jamil has worked in the cancer awareness campaign video "Alvida".^[20]