| Nadia Khan | |
| Native Name: | Urdu: نادیہ خان |
| Birth Place: | Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan |
| Children: | 3 |
| Occupation: | Actress, TV presenter, anchor, producer |
| Years Active: | 1993–present |
Nadia Khan (born 22 May 1972) is a Pakistani television actress, presenter and producer. She is best known for the Nadia Khan Show, a morning TV programme, and for OutStyle, her YouTube channel.[1] [2] [3]
She is known for her role in the PTV series Bandhan. She has received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Kinza in Aisi Hai Tanhai. In 2019, she portrayed Aima in Kam Zarf and Dolly in Dolly Darling.[4]
Nadia Khan was born in Quetta, Balochistan.[1] She belongs to an ethnic Niazi Pathan family from Jalandhar (India), which moved to Rawalpindi, Punjab after independence. Khan began her career in Rawalpindi.[5] [6]
Khan made her acting debut in 1995 on the show Pal Do Pal.[1] [7] She appeared in Bandhan (1996),[1] [8] for which she won the PTV Best Actress Award. In the same year, she played a leading role in the drama serial Bharam. She later started anchoring morning shows.[9]
Khan made her television debut in 1993 in the show Daak Time (Mail Time) with Uncle Sargam on PTV. She returned as an anchor on ARY Digital's morning show Breakfast with Nadia. The show began airing in 2003 from Dubai. In November 2006, Khan moved to Geo TV to a new live chat and interview show called the Nadia Khan Show (Geo Mazay Say). She interviewed a variety of Pakistani celebrities, artists, performers, religious leaders, athletes and politicians. There were also segments on Islam, and health and beauty. The show was banned in 2010 by the Dubai government. Sources say that Khan showed actress Noor Bukhari and her husband fight before Bukhari's interview. Her husband claimed in court that "our family matter", so the court banned Khan's show in Dubai for six months.
Khan won the Masala Lifestyle Awards For Best TV Presenter 2008 and Masala Lifestyle Awards For Best TV Presenter 2009, out of five candidates, from Zee Tv, Sony TV, Star Plus and ARY Digital.[10]
Khan resumed her anchoring career after a year in August 2011 with Eid Transmission on Dunya News. On 31 March 2012, the Nadia Khan Show returned to Geo TV as a night-time, consumer-oriented talk show..[11] She resumed anchoring with a brief year-long run from 2015 to 2016 of her morning show (Nadia Khan Show) on Geo TV.[12] She hosted Croron Mein Khel, a game show, on BOL Entertainment.
In January 2018, Khan became the first Pakistani beauty, fashion and lifestyle YouTube influencer to reach 100,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, Outstyle.[13] [14]
In 2019, she started a morning show again on PTV named Morning @ home.[15]
Nadia married Faisal Mumtaz Rao, a retired Pakistan Air Force fighter pilot, in December 2020. This is her second marriage.[16] [17] Her first marriage was to Khawar Iqbal,[18] with whom she has two children.[19]
She adopted her third child, Kayaan when he was just few days old
She describes herself as "realist feminist" and she is constantly travelling from Dubai to Pakistan.[2] [20]
| Year | Drama | Role | Writer | Director | Broadcasting network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Pal do Pal | Rameen | Mohsin | |||
| 1996 | Baandhan | Farry | Tariq Mairaj | PTV | PTV Best Actress Award | |
| 1997 | Bharam | Mazhar Bobby | M.Izhar Bobby | PTV | PTV Classic Drama Award | |
| 1997 | Mahrukh | Mahrukh | Aftab Ahmed | Arshi Bhai | PTV | |
| 1999 | Des Pardes | Sara | Ali Rizvi | PTV | ||
| 1998 | Laag | Safia | Rauf Khalid | PTV | ||
| 2000 | Manzilein | Ghazal | Seema Ghazal | Fahim Burny | PTV | |
| 2005 | Koi To Ho | Yasmeen | Danish Javed | Haseeb Hassan | ARY Digital | |
| 2008 | Main Aur Tum | Radha | Aljaz Imran | Episode Sitaara Plus | ||
| 2008 | Yeh Zindagi Hai | Herself | Fizza Jaffri | Kamran Akbar Khan | Guest appearance | |
| 2017 | Aisi Hai Tanhai | Kinza | Mohsin Ali | Badar Mehmood | [21] | |
| 2018 | Zun Mureed | Amna Mufti | [22] | |||
| 2018 | Kaisi Aurat Hoon Main | Maham | Saima Akram Chudhery | Fahim Burney | Hum TV | [23] |
| 2018 | Khana Khud Garam Karo | Jamila | Kashif Saleem | Kashif Saleem | ARY Digital | Telefilm[24] |
| 2019 | Kam Zarf | Aima | Seema Munaf | Zeeshan Ahmed | Geo Entertainment | [25] |
| 2019 | Jhanka Tanki | Neeli | Misbah Ali Syed | Kashif Saleem | ARY Digital | Telefilm |
| 2019 | Dolly Darling | Dolly | Dr. Muhammad Younis Butt | Muhammad Iftikhar Iffi | Geo Entertainment | |
| 2022 | Pehchaan | Safina | Rubina Kabira Khan | Asad Jabal | Hum TV | |
| Wehshi | Muneera | Shumaila Zaidi | Iqbal Hussain |
| Year | Show | Type | Broadcasting network | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–1995 | Daak Time (Mail Time) with Uncle Sargam | Children Choice | STN/NTM | Khan's hosting debut | |
| 2003–2006 | Breakfast with Nadia | Morning show | |||
| 2006–2010 | Nadia Khan Show | Morning show | Masala TV Award For Best TV Presenter 2008 and Masala TV Award For Best TV Presenter 2009[26] | ||
| 2011 | Eid with Nadia Khan | Eid special show | |||
| 2012–2013 | The Nadia Khan Show (season 2) | Talk show (weekend nights) | Geo Entertainment | ||
| 2015 | Nadia Khan Show (season 3) | Morning show | Geo Entertainment | ||
| 2018 | Croron Mein Khel | Game Show | BOL Entertainment | ||
| 2019–2020 | Morning @ Home | Morning Talkshow | PTV Home |
In 2007, Khan was dubbed the "Oprah Winfrey" of Pakistan by Jang Group of Newspapers.[1] [5]