Savera Nadeem

Savera Arham Nadeem
Born	1974 (age 51–52) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Occupations	Actor producer director
Years active	1995–present
Children	2[1]
Parent	Shahid Nadeem (father)
Relatives	Faryal Gohar (aunt)

Savera Nadeem (Punjabi: سویرا ندیم) is a Pakistani actress, producer, and director. Primarily known for her work on television; she also acted in theatre and films. Nadeem received a Lux Style Award for Best Television Actress and five nominations.

Early life

Savera Nadeem was born in 1974 to a Kashmiri family in Lahore. Her father, Shahid Nadeem, is a prominent journalist. She has a Masters in English Literature from Kinnaird College, Lahore, and studied directing at the National School of Drama, Delhi. Nadeem also has a background in classical music.^[2][3]

Career

Acting

Nadeem started acting when she was fifteen, with her first appearance in the drama Kiran, being broadcast in 1989. She subsequently had the lead role in Ayub Khawar's directed social-issue drama Inkaar.^[3] For her performance in the series, Nadeem won the PTV Award for Best Actress.^[4] In 1995, she played a gynecologist appointed in a small neighborhood in the dark comedy Janjal Pura.^[5]

In 2010, Nadeem appeared in the drama Diya Jalay as a wife caught in an abusive marriage.^[6] A reviewer from Dawn opinied that she "not only emotes well but looks smashing".^[7] Later that year, she portrayed a self-sacrificing housewife struggling emotionally in the drama Qaid-e-Tanhai. Nadeem won Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress for her performance at the 11th Lux Style Awards.^[8]

In 2012, Nadeem played titular role of the rigid and dictatorial Zubeida in the drama Bari Aapa. She was drawn to the project due to the character and the gripping dialogues.^[1] She then appeared in the drama Mera Yaqeen, portraying a bedridden, paralysed housewife grappling with her husband's romantic affair with her best friend. While reviewing the series for The Express Tribune, reviewer Altaf Hussain found that she "steals the scenes whenever she appears on screen".^[9]

In 2015, Nadeem played a caemo role in her second film, the biographical-drama Manto.^[1] Based on the life of eminent Urdu writer Saadat Hassan Manto, Nadeem portrayed a tanga puller, a character wrote by the writer himself in one his short story.^[10]

In 2022, Nadeem played the manipulative and sly matriarch in the mystery-thriller Wehem.^[11] Nadeem was agreed to the project due to the unique character traits.^[12] In 2023, she played a malevolent stepmother of the male protagonist in romance Jaan-e-Jahan.^[13] The performance received positive reviews from critics.^[14]

Producer and director

Nadeem's first job as director was on Kal, a telefilm starring Saba Qamar and Fawad Khan that aired on PTV and Geo TV in 2006. Subsequently, she directed thirteen episodes of Qurbaton Ke Silsilay, a drama broadcast on PTV.^[2]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Good Morning Karachi	PJ	cameo[1]
2015	Manto	Taangay Wali	[1]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Kiran	Kiran	[3]
	Inkaar	Taniya	[5]
1996	Janjal Pura	Dr. Mahjabeen	[5]
2001	Sawan	Naureen	[5][15]
2006	Gharoor	Bawi	[5]
2007	Aurat Aur Char Devari	Shehnaz / Zuneida	Episode "Aik Aurat Do Nikkah"
2008	Kaisa Yeh Junoon	Rukhsana	[5]
	Pulsaraat		Telefilm
	Baji		Telefilm[5]
	Arzoo		Telefilm
2004	Mahnoor	Kajal Bai	Telefilm
2006	Manzil	Somia
2010	Diya Jalay	Nadia	[5]
2010–11	Qaid-e-Tanhai	Aisha	[5]
	Mera Saaein	Naima Malik	[5]
	Woh Chaar		[5]
2012	Mera Yaqeen	Maha	[9]
2012–13	Badi Aapa	Zubeida “Bari Aapa”	[1]
2013	Teri Berukhi	Aleena
2017	Manto	Taangay Wali
	Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain (season 2)	Meena	Anthony series; Episode 33
	Laut Ke Chalay Aana	Zainab	[16]
2017–18	Meraas	Jahan Aara	[5]
2018	Nibah	Saiqa
2018–19	Baba Jani	Sadia	[17]
	Haiwan	Azra	[18]
2019–20	Meray Paas Tum Ho	Maham Sayyed	Guest appearance[19]
	Tera Yahan Koi Nahin	Hawa
2020	Tum Ho Wajah	Sehba
	Dikhawa		Anthology series; Episode 2
2022–2023	Wehem	Rukhsana Saleem
2023	Mein Kahani Hun
2023	Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain	Zahida Ali	Episode "Husn-e-Ittefaq"
2023–24	Jaan-e-Jahan	Kishwar Shah	[13]
2024	Bismil	Reham
	Parwarish	Mahnoor Jahangir	[20]
2025	Kuch Na Kehna	Noora	[19]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Notes
2021	Dhoop Ki Deewar	Amna Sher Ali	ZEE5
2024	Abdullahpur Ka Devdas	Jahan Aara Begum	ZEE5

Talk Shows

Nadeem was the presenter of AAJ TV's morning show AAJ SUBH from 27 September 2010 to 16 September 2011.^[2]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
TBA	PTV Awards	Best Drama Actress	Inkaar	Won	[2]

Lux Style Awards

Ceremony	Category	Project	Result
3rd Lux Style Awards[21]	Best Television Actress	Ibn Aadam	Nominated
7th Lux Style Awards	Best Television Actress (Satellite)	Shikwah
8th Lux Style Awards[22]		Milay Kuch Yun
10th Lux Style Awards[23]		Diya Jalay
11th Lux Style Awards[24]		Qaid-e-Tanhai	Won

See also

• List of Lollywood actors

References

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14. Gaitee Ara Siddiqui (14 January 2024). "Star-struck". The News International. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
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17. Irfan Ul Haq (16 May 2018). "Faysal Quraishi's upcoming drama Baba Jani is not a love story". Dawn Images. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
18. Irfan Ul Haq (5 October 2018). "Faysal Quraishi talks about his upcoming child abuse TV drama". Dawn Images. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
19. "In Conversation with Savera Nadeem". The News International. 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 2025-01-23.
20. Asif Khan (17 June 2025). "Savera Nadeem". The News International. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12.
21. khan, Athar (14 October 2003). "LUX Style Awards for the year 2004". Rewaj | Women Lifestyle. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
22. "https://www.fashioncentral.pk/people-parties/events/celebrations/story-383-winners-announced-for-8th-lux-style-awards/"
23. "Lux Style Awards 2011 Nominations | Rewaj - All About Women Lifestyle". 8 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-08. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
24. "Lux Style Awards: A trip down memory lane". The Express Tribune. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 2023-12-20.

External links

• Savera Nadeem at IMDb