Maya Ali (actress)

Maya Ali (born Maryam Tanveer Ali on July 27, 1989) is a Pakistani actress, model and VJ. She has worked as video jockey at SAMAA TV, Waqt News and Dunya News.

Ali began her acting career with a brief role in the 2012 Hum TV serial Durr-e-Shahwar, and the same year she played her first leading role in the Geo TV serial Aik Nayee Cinderella. She subsequently appeared in serials such as Aunn Zara (2013), Shanakht (2014), and Zid (2015).^[1]

Career

Early career and modeling

Ali started her career as video jockey at SAMAA TV, Waqt News and Dunya News. She later became a model. She has appeared in commercials such as Coca Cola, Pepsi and Dawood Group.

Acting career

Ali started her acting career with a supporting role in Haissam Hussain's Durr-e-Shahwar which aired on Hum TV. The same year, she appeared in Haissam Hussain's Geo TV serial Aik Nayee Cinderella (inspired by Cinderella) opposite Osman Khalid Butt. Ali played the role of Meesha, who is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters and lives in the life of fantasy.

Ali next again appeared alongside Osman Khalid Butt in the 2013 Haissam Hussain's A-Plus Entertainment serial Aunn Zara (based on a novel Hisar e Mohabbat by Faiza Iftikhar). Ali played the role of Zara, the only daughter of single parent who want to live with a family and thus marries to Aunn and thus leads the couple faces a twist at every turn. The show received higher ratings and was among the highest-rated Pakistani television drama. The same year, she appeared in Faiza Iftikhar's Khoya Khoya Chand along with Ahsan Khan and Sohai Ali Abro aired on Hum TV.^[2] Ali's portrayal of Ahmreen, an outspoken and short-tempered girl, was particularly praised.^[3]

Ali's last appearance of 2014 was Amna Nawaz Khan's Shanakht which focuses on social life based on an Islamic point of view along side Noor Hassan Rizvi. Ali was cast as Qurat-ul-Ain, who live in veil and follow Islamic point but got criticize by her family and society.^[4]

Ali is currently seen in Momina Duraid's romantic drama Zid alongside Ahsan Khan. She is also playing the lead role of Zulaikha in Mera naam Yousuf hai, currently airing on Aplus channel.

Television

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