Yumna Zaidi

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Yumna Zaidi is a Pakistani actress and model who is known for playing very challenging and extraordinary roles in the Urdu television industry. She has worked in many popular television shows like Khushi Ek Roag, Meri Dulari, Dil Muhallay Ki Haveli, Rishtay Kuch Adhooray Se, Mausam, Guzaarish, and Zara Yaad Kar and has received seven Hum Award nominations for her impressive performances.Yumna Zaidi was born in Karachi and brought up in Lahore, Pakistan. In 2016, she moved to Texas, United States to live with her family there. Yumna Zaidis childhood picture.Yumna Zaidi was an introvert during her school days and never thought of pursuing her career in acting, but while she was studying in the 8th grade, one of her friends, Affan Waheed, insisted her to play a small role in ARY Digitals 2012 domestic drama Thakan as Mehak. Her first television appearance as Mehak was very much appreciated by the audience and the show makers, and she was offered a lead role in the melodrama Khushi Ek Roag. She played the role of Aabroo in the show and became a household name in no time. Later, she was seen in the show Teri Raah Main Rul Gai as Maryam on Urdu 1.In 2013, Yumna Zaidi worked in the television shows like Geo TVs Meri Dulari and Hum TVs Ullu Baraye Farokht Nahi, portraying emotionally intense characters for which she also got a nomination for the Best Supporting Actress at Hum Awards.Yumna Zaidi established herself as a lead actress in the Pakistani television industry by portraying the role of a troubled wife in the tragic romance Rishtay Kuch Adhooray Se for which she won the Hum Award for Best Actress and Best Actress Popular nominations. Yumna is known for performing very extraordinary and unpredictable roles in the industry.In 2015, Yumna Zaidi made appearances in the TV dramas like Mausam, Madawa, Guzaarish, Jugnoo, Kaanch Ki Guriya, Paras, and Aap ki Kaneez, and gained several nominations in the Best Actress category.Yumna Zaidi has worked with Zahid Ahmed and Sana Javed for Momina Duraids Zara Yaad Kar (2016) in which she played the lead character Uzma Ikhtiar and gained a lot of appreciation for it. Later in 2017, she was seen in Hum TVs Yeh Raha Dil as Hayat, whose mother had died and father left her at a youthful age, opposite Ahmed Ali. Yumna and Ahmed Alis on-screen chemistry was applauded by the audience leading them to the nominations for the Best on-screen couple at Hum Awards 2017.In 2016, a crime drama series Udaari, featuring Yumna Zaidi, was banned before going on air. Yumna raised her voice against the issue saying,.Yumna Zaidi has appeared in various telefilms including Subah Be Daagh Hai (2014), Shaadi Impossible (2019), and Raajay Ki Raaji (2019).Yumna Zaidi has worked with many renowned designers. In January 2021, She walked the runway for designer Aisha Farids collection Crystalline on Hum TVs Bridal Couture Week. Yumna Zaidi walking down the runway for designer Aisha Farid.