Babra Sharif (Urdu: Ø¨Ø§Ø¨Ø±Û Ø´Ø±Ù ÛŒÙ â€Ž), (born 20 March 1954)
is a Pakistani film actress, most known for her roles from the
mid-1970s to the 1980s. She started her career in television
commercials. She has worked with many famous names of her time,
including Shahid, Nadeem, Waheed Murad, Ghulam Mohyedin, Muhammad Ali
and even Sultan Rahi. She had great success in Urdu films in Pakistan.
She did a variety of roles which proved her versatility as an actress.
Some critics have also considered her as the best actress of her time
in Pakistan.She has worked in more than 100 movies.Sharif was born in
Lahore, Pakistan in a middle-class family. From her early childhood,
she took considerable interest in show business.Sharif began modelling
at the age of 12; she made her presence felt in a 'Jet' washing powder
commercial in 1973 and came to be known as 'Jet' powder girl.
Fair-haired, attractive and intelligent, she soon became a household
name. In the same year, she appeared in Mohsin Shirazi's television
play, which was telecast from a Karachi television station and also in
the PTV drama Kiran Kahani, a classical slapstick comedy written by
Haseena Moin and directed by Shirin Khan which had Roohi Bano, Manzoor
Qureshi, Jamshed Ansari in the cast. After a long while, she came back
to television in 1992 and gave a performance in Nadan Nadia, a
Pakistan television comedy play by Anwar Maqsood.
is a Pakistani film actress, most known for her roles from the
mid-1970s to the 1980s. She started her career in television
commercials. She has worked with many famous names of her time,
including Shahid, Nadeem, Waheed Murad, Ghulam Mohyedin, Muhammad Ali
and even Sultan Rahi. She had great success in Urdu films in Pakistan.
She did a variety of roles which proved her versatility as an actress.
Some critics have also considered her as the best actress of her time
in Pakistan.She has worked in more than 100 movies.Sharif was born in
Lahore, Pakistan in a middle-class family. From her early childhood,
she took considerable interest in show business.Sharif began modelling
at the age of 12; she made her presence felt in a 'Jet' washing powder
commercial in 1973 and came to be known as 'Jet' powder girl.
Fair-haired, attractive and intelligent, she soon became a household
name. In the same year, she appeared in Mohsin Shirazi's television
play, which was telecast from a Karachi television station and also in
the PTV drama Kiran Kahani, a classical slapstick comedy written by
Haseena Moin and directed by Shirin Khan which had Roohi Bano, Manzoor
Qureshi, Jamshed Ansari in the cast. After a long while, she came back
to television in 1992 and gave a performance in Nadan Nadia, a
Pakistan television comedy play by Anwar Maqsood.
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