Samiya Mumtaz

Samiya Mumtaz was born to Khawar Mumtaz and Kamil Khan Mumtaz. Her mother is a prominent women's rights activist, while her father is an architect.^[4]

Earlier appeared in several musicals shows and in recurring roles in television serials of Pakistan Television Corporation, Mumtaz had her major role as an adult in Shahid Nadeem's directed drama serial Zard Dopehar aired in 1995.^[5] While hosting a talk show, she was noticed by Umera Ahmed who chose her as the lead of the television adaptation of her book Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishaan.^[6] Mumtaz played the role of an ill-fated woman in the eponymous series which aired from 2009–10 on Geo Entertainment, the role earning her the Best Television Actress nomination at the 10th Lux Style Awards. She is also notable for her performance in drama serials such as Yariyan. She also started off as a theater personality and then moved to television. Mumtaz then depicted a selfless mother in the drama Maaye Ni, playing the mother of Sami Khan and Fahad Mustafa's characters. Her antagonistic role in the biographical-romance Sadqay Tumhare as a short tempered and abusive Rasheeda earned her praise from critics and a Hum Award as well. She then appeared in the titular role of Maryam in drama Ali Ki Ammi portraying a hard-hitting and selfless woman. Little praise come from her performance of a timid yet supportive mother of a sexually abused child in social dramaUdaari.^[7][8] In 2022, her performance in the mystery drama Sang-e-Mah was well-received by critics where she appeared as Zarsanga, a character loosely based on Gertrude.

Mumtaz made her film debut in 2014 in a drama thriller film Dukhtar, written and directed by Afia Nathaniel.^[9] She also starred in a family drama film Moor directed by Jami, released in 2015.^[10] She will play the role of Fatima Jinnah in Danial K Afzal's upcoming web series based on her life.^[11]

Mumtaz has two brothers. She is married to Farjad Nabi and has two children from a previous marriage.^[4]

Film

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Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes	Ref(s)
2013	Zinda Bhaag	Elite Woman	Urdu/Punjabi	Cameo	[12]
2014	Dukhtar	Allah Rakhi	Urdu/Pashto		[9][12]
2015	Moor	Palwasha	Urdu/Pashto		[10][12]
2016	Jeewan Hathi	Samiya	Urdu		[13]
2019	Zindagi Tamasha	Farkhanda	Urdu/Punjabi		[14]
2022	Kamli	Aalima	Urdu	Cameo
	Tich Button	Kulsoom			[15]
2023	Gunjal	Najma
2025	Neelofar	Dr. Shagufta Hussain
2026	Mera Lyari †				[16]

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Television

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Year		Role	Network	Ref(s).
1992	Tansen	Jodha Bai	PTV
1995	Zard Dopehar	Sanyya	PTV	[8]
2009	Dil-e-Nadan	Farah
	Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan	Saba Kareem	Geo Entertainment	[8]
2010	Haal-e-Dil	Farah
	Yariyan	Rida
	Daddy	Anya
2011	Maaye Ni	Sabiha
2012	Pathjar Ke Baad	Hadiya	Urdu 1
	Teri Raah Main Rul Gai	Zehra
2013	Ranjish Hi Sahi	Yumna		[17]
	Zindagi Teray Bina	Samina
2014	Bay Emaan Mohabbat	Marya
	Do Saal Ki Aurat	Hajra
	Sadqay Tumhare	Rasheeda	Hum TV	[18]
2015	Ali Ki Ammi	Maryam Nadir		[7]
2016	Udaari	Sajida	Hum TV	[19]
	Faltu Larki	Mah Para
2017	Chanar Ghati	Jahan Ara
2021	Dil Na Umeed To Nahi	Najma	PTV Home / TV One
2022	Sang-e-Mah	Zarsanga	Hum TV
	Mor Moharan	Almas
2023	Jindo	Bandi	Green Entertainment
	Wonderland	Narani Bi
	Ishq Murshid	Zubaida Sikandar	Hum TV
	Rang Badley Zindagi	Samina
2024	Zard Patton Ka Bunn	Nasreen	Hum TV	[20]
	BOL Kahani	Rehana
	Tan Man Neel o Neel	Farah	Hum TV
2025	Pehli Barish	Maleeha	Geo Entertainment

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Telefilm

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Tum Miley Ho Yun	Aliya's mother	Hum TV

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Web series

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Year		Role	Platform	Notes
2020	Aagay Barho	Nadia	YouTube	[21]
2021	Dhoop Ki Deewar	Sunanda	ZEE5
	Qatil Haseenaon Ke Naam	Mai Malki		[22]
2023	Rukhsana	Rukhsana	Deikho
	Khoj	Officer Zainab	Shoq	[23]

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