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Hareem Farooq (; born 26 May 1989) is a Pakistani theatre, film, and television actress and film producer. She began her career with theater, playing the lead role of
Fatima Jinnah Fatima Jinnah (31 July 18939 July 1967) was a Pakistani politician, stateswoman, author, and Activism, activist. She was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the List of Pakistan Movement activists, founder and first governor-general of ...
in '' Pawnay 14 August'' and Kiran in '' Aangan Terha''. She made her screen debut with a leading role in the 2013 horror thriller film '' Siyaah'', which earned her a nomination at Lux Style Award for Best Actress. In addition to films, she appeared in the 2014
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's romantic television serial '' Mausam'', for which she received Hum Award for Best Television Sensation Female, and followed it with the successful series, such as '' Mere Humdum Mere Dost'' (2014), '' Dusri Bivi'' (2014), and '' Diyar-e-Dil'' (2015). She co-produced and starred in the 2016 romance ''
Janaan ''Janaan'' (Urdu/Pashto: جانان; ) is a 2016 Pakistani romantic comedy film directed by Azfar Jafri, written by Osman Khalid Butt and co-produced by Hareem Farooq, Munir Hussain, Imran Raza Kazmi and Reham Khan, under production banners o ...
'', followed by the comedies '' Parchi'' (2018) and '' Heer Maan Ja'' (2019). She is the first female celebrity to get the honor of hosting ''
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'' in the same year (2018).


Early life

Hareem Farooq was born on 26 May 1989, in
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and spent most of her time in that city before she moved with her family to Karachi. Her parents are both doctors, her father being a public health PhD and international consultant while her mother is a
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. The actress received early education from
Karachi Grammar School Karachi Grammar School is an independent, English-medium school located in 3 different campuses across Karachi. The main and oldest campus is located in Saddar, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is a highly selective, coeducational day school (formerl ...
. She did her bachelor's degree in
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and
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from
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, Islamabad, after which she began her career in acting. Singer Abdullah Qureshi is her cousin.


Career

Farooq began her career in 2012 in theatre playing the leading role of
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in ''Pawnay 14 August'' and Jahan Ara Begum in '' Aangan Terha'' which originally played by
Bushra Ansari Bushra Ansari () is a Pakistani actress, comedian, singer, and playwright in Punjabi and Urdu cinema, who started her career as a child performer in the 1960s. Ansari won numerous awards during her career, including the Presidential Pride of Per ...
. The following year, she made her big screen debut with a leading role in the 2013 horror thriller film '' Siyaah''. Farooq made her television debut with '' Mausam'' alongside Ahsan Khan and Yumna Zaidi in 2014. Her roles in romances '' Dusri Biwi'' and '' Mere Humdum Mere Dost'' brought little recognition to her. Her portrayal of a young-to-old family devoted lady in ensemble family drama '' Diyar-e-Dil'' proved to be a major breakthrough for her. She was then starred in '' Sanam'' as a victim of
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alongside
Osman Khalid Butt Osman Khalid Butt () is a Pakistani film, television and theatre actor, writer and choreographer. He is best known for his role as Wali Sohaib Khan in '' Diyar-e-Dil'' (2015), Faaz Ibrahim in '' Chupke Chupke'' (2021) and Malik Shahzain in '' Eh ...
and
Maya Ali Maryam Tanveer Ali (born 27 July 1989) known professionally Maya Ali, is a Pakistani actress who works in Urdu films and television series. She has received several accolades, including a Lux Style Award and three Hum Awards. Ali began her c ...
. In the same year, she played the lead role in the film '' Dobara Phir Se'' and was a co-producer of the feature film ''
Janaan ''Janaan'' (Urdu/Pashto: جانان; ) is a 2016 Pakistani romantic comedy film directed by Azfar Jafri, written by Osman Khalid Butt and co-produced by Hareem Farooq, Munir Hussain, Imran Raza Kazmi and Reham Khan, under production banners o ...
'' where she also appeared in a cameo role. She appeared in the comedy flick '' Parchi'' as the lead role in which she played the character of a female don, with co-stars Ali Rehman Khan, Ahmed Ali Akbar and Usman Mukhtar in lead roles. In addition to a successful and growing acting career, in 2015, Farooq ventred into productions, by joining her childhood best friend and producer of her debut film, Imran Raza Kazmi as a partner in IRK Films and went on to produce ''Janaan'' with him, followed by her 2018 blockbuster '' Parchi''. In the year 2018, she also went into forming a global entertainment company, IHA Entertainment with Arif Lakhani and Imran Raza Kazmi, which soon entered into an agreement with top entertainment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), as the first distribution firm. Hareem is also the first female celebrity to get the honor of hosting The Pakistan Super League in February 2018, where she hosted the 3rd PSL opening ceremony in
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. She has also signed on to become the official Spokesperson for Loreal Professional, Pakistan in 2017."Hareem Farooq: On Shaping Your Own Destiny"
(8 August 2018), ''Hello! Pakistan''. Retrieved 29 January 2019.


Filmography


Films


Television


Accolades


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farooq, Hareem Actresses from Islamabad Quaid-i-Azam University alumni 21st-century Pakistani actresses Living people Pakistani film actresses Pakistani television actresses Pakistani film producers Actresses in Urdu cinema 1992 births Karachi Grammar School alumni