Sanam Saeed

Sanam Saeed is a Pakistani actress and former model. She is best known for playing Kashaf Murtaza in the Hum TV romance Zindagi Gulzar Hai (2013), a role which garnered her major recognition in South Asia, and for playing Ruhina Behroze Khan in the dysfunctional family drama Diyar-e-Dil (2015), and Zara in the comedy-drama film Cake (2018), all of which earned her several accolades, including a Lux Style Award for Best Actress. A graduate of film and theatre studies, Saeed made her acting debut with a supporting role in the 2010 romance Daam and went on to play the female lead in several acclaimed television series, including Mera Naseeb (2011), Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu (2013), Talkhiyaan (2013), Firaaq (2014), and Aakhri Station (2018). She expanded to films with the biography Mah e Mir (2016), the thriller Rhm (2017) and the melodrama Azad (2018), and had her biggest commercial success in the 2016 romantic comedy Bachaana and the drama Dobara Phir Se. The last of these earned her a Lux Style Award for Best Supporting Actress. Saeed gained further success in 2024 with the fantasy television series Barzakh. In 2019, Saeed was named "Pride of Pakistan" by Daily Times.