Marina Khan
Marina Khan | |
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Born | Marina Khan 26 December 1962 |
Occupation(s) | Television director, Television producer, Actress |
Marina Khan (born 26 December 1962) is a Pakistani TV and film actress, TV director and a producer.[1]
Early life and career
Marina Khan was born in the district Dera Ismail Khan tehsil Tank (till 1992), KPK, Pakistan. Her father was a Pakistani, an ethnic Pashtun and her mother was of English descent. Also, she is the grandniece of Nawab of Tank. Her father worked for the Pakistan Air Force and the family had to relocate almost every two years depending upon his job assignment. So she said in an interview, as a result of this situation, that she did not have long-term childhood friends.[1] Marina Khan made her debut in a PTV drama in honor of Rashid Minhas Shaheed, Pakistan's national hero from the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. Later, she received her real breakthrough from the drama serial Tanhaiyaan in 1985. "Marina Khan rose to fame with Tanhaiyaan, which became a tremendous hit amongst Pakistani audiences."[2] However, later Marina took up directing and production as parts of her profession and also had her own cooking show.[2]
Currently, She is settled in Karachi also remains the goodwill representative of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Filmography
- † indicates films / dramas that are not released yet.
Selected television work
As actor
- Tanhaiyaan (1985)[3]
- Dhoop Kinare (1987)[3]
- Nijaat (1993)
- Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay
- Jackson Heights (2014)[4]
- Tumse Kehna Tha
- Khali Haath
- Abba Amma aur Ali
- Parosi
- Kohar
As director
Films
- 2017:[5]
- Na Maloom Afraad 2 †
- Punjab Nahi Jaungi (Cameo appearance)
- 2018:
See also
References
- ^ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20080408144502/http://www.ptv.com.pk/host4.asp, An interview with Marina Khan, PTV Home website, Archived 8 April 2008, Retrieved 14 March 2017
- ^ a b http://vidpk.com/p/82/Marina-Khan/, Profile of Marina Khan, Retrieved 14 March 2017
- ^ a b https://www.dawn.com/news/1169324, 'Old but not forgotten: Top 10 Pakistani dramas to re-watch now', Dawn newspaper, Published 13 March 2015, Retrieved 14 March 2017
- ^ https://www.dawn.com/news/1146172, 'Jackson Heights review: Zooming into South Asian immigrant life', Dawn newspaper, Updated 25 November 2014, Retrieved 14 March 2017
- ^ Manal Faheem Khan (22 June 2017). "Na Maloom Afraad 2 raises the bar". The News. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Pashtun people
- People from Peshawar
- Pakistani television actresses
- Pakistani television directors
- Pakistani television producers
- Pakistani people of English descent
- Actresses from Karachi
- 20th-century Pakistani actresses
- 21st-century Pakistani actresses
- Pakistani television biography stubs