Saboor Aly

Saboor Ali Ansari (Urdu: صَبور علی) (born 3 March 1995) is a Pakistani actress.^[2] The younger sister of actress Sajal Aly, she began her acting career with the family drama Mehmoodabad Ki Malkain (2011) and received recognition with a comic role in the sitcom Mr. Shamim (2015).^[3]

Saboor Ali Ansari
Born	(1995-03-03) 3 March 1995 (age 29)[1] Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present
Spouse	Ali Ansari ​ (m. 2022)​
Relatives	Sajal Aly (sister)

Ali continued playing supporting roles in several television series and made her film debut with a romantic-comedy Actor in Law (2016), for which she earned a Lux Style Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination.^[4] She has since played leading roles in dramas, such as Mere Khudaya (2018), Gul-o-Gulzar (2019) Fitrat (2020), for which she received the Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress, and Mushkil (2022), and received critical acclaim as well as the Hum Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role of a tomboy in Parizaad (2021).^[5][6]

Early life and career

Saboor Ali was born on 3 March 1995 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan to Syed Ali, a businessman, and Rahat Ali, a housewife. She has an elder sister, actress Sajal Aly(born January 1993), and a younger brother, Ali Syed. Ali's father left her mother and had a second marriage. In an online interview, she said that she was "angry" at her father, but now shares a "close bond with [him]."^[6][2] She received her primary education from Rahim Yar Khan's Lahore Grammar School. For further education, she enrolled herself in a college affiliated with the Punjab University; however she deferred it to pursue acting.

She started her career with a small role in Choti Si Kahani and followed it with a supporting role in the family drama Mehmoodabad Ki Malkain on ARY Digital in 2011, in which she appeared with her sister Sajal Aly.^[7] After that she again appeared with her sister Sajal, in an episode of Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain, an anthology series on Hum TV, and was subsequently featured in Hum TV's acclaimed romantic drama Bunty I Love You, alongside Saba Qamar. In September 2016, she made her film debut with Nabeel Qureshi's socio-comedy film Actor in Law, starring Fahad Mustafa, Mehwish Hayat and Om Puri. Her portrayal of a supportive sister of Mustafa's character earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Lux Style Awards.^{[5][8][9][10][11][3]} Ali played the lead in the telefilm Nanu Aur Main (2018), which revolves around the grandfather-granddaughter relationship.^[12] The telefilm received positive reviews from critics and the public, and she was praised for her performance.^[13][14] She next played second-lead roles in the dramas Teri Meri Kahani and Visaal, the latter of which is among the highest-rated Pakistani dramas of 2018.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Personal life

Saboor along with her family performed Umrah in 2017, a few days before her mother's death. She moved to Karachi in 2011 to start her professional career, but moved back to Lahore in 2015.^[3] Her mother died of cancer in 2017.^[19] She married actor Ali Ansari at Parsi Institute in Karachi on 8 January 2022.^[20]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Director	Ref(s).
2016	Actor in Law	Annie Mirza	Nabeel Qureshi	[21]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s).
2011–2012	Mehmoodabad Ki Malkain	Rimsha		[22]
2011	Choti Si Kahani	Sanara		[23]
2012	Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain	Aimen	Episode: "Parde Mein Rehne Do"	[22]
2013	Dil Awaiz	Riffat		[23]
2013–2014	Bunty I Love You	Mehwish		[24]
2014	Meri Anaya	Anaya		[24]
2014	Na Katro Pankh Mere	Anusha		[24]
2015	Mr. Shamim	Rosie		[22]
2015–2016	Rang Laaga	Shumaila		[22]
2015	Tere Dar Per	Anjuman		[24]
2015–2016	Bekasoor	Hira		[23]
2016	Teri Chah Mein	Zara		[25]
2016–2017	Bhai	Wajiha		[23]
2016–2017	Waada	Jaana		[23]
2016	Aashiq Colony	Qamar-Un-Nisa	Telefilm	[26]
2017	Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain (Season 2)	Sara	Episode: "Socha Na Tha"	[22]
2017	Mubarak Ho Beti Hui Hai	Amber		[27]
2017	Jallan	Aima		[24]
2017–2018	Meraas	Jia		[28]
2018	Teri Meri Kahani	Sofia		[29]
2018	Visaal	Naheed		[23]
2018	Nanu Aur Main	Erum	Telefilm
2018–2019	Mere Khudaya	Mehak		[30]
2018–2019	Ishq Mein Kaafir	Ujala		[31]
2019	Bhool	Ayesha		[32]
2019	Gul-o-Gulzar	Gul		[33]
2019	Naqab Zan	Dua		[34]
2020	Tum Ho Wajah	Sitara		[35]
2020	Haqeeqat	Aliya	Episode: "Mujrim Kon"	[36]
2020-2021	Fitrat	Fariya		[26]
2021	Mujhay Vida Kar	Sadia		[26]
2021	Parizaad	Saima Aka Bubbly Badmash		[26]
2021-22	Amanat	Zunera (Zuni)		[26]
2022	Nehar	Anmol		[37]
2022	Mushkil	Sameen		[38]
2023	Sar-e-Rah	Rameen		[26]
2023	Jannat Se Aagay	Zara		[39]
2024	Beyhadh	Areeba "Jugnoo" Iqbal		[40]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref(s).
2017	Lux Style Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Film	Actor In Law	Nominated	[21]
2021		Best Television Actress (Viewers' Choice)	Fitrat	Won	[41]
2022	Hum Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Parizaad	Won	[42]

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External links

• Saboor Aly at IMDb
• Official website