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{{short description|Pakistani model and actress}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=June 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox model
| name = Zara Sheikh
| image = Pakistani Actor Zara Sheikh by Creativo Camaal Lens Naayak Photography at Honour Killing Movie.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Sheikh in 2010
| birth_date =
| birth_name =
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], Pakistan
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Model (person)|Model]]|[[actress]]}}
| yearsactive = 2000 – present
| spouse =
|native_name={{Nastaliq|زارا شیخ}}|native_name_lang=ur}}
'''Zara Sheikh''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|زارا شیخ}}}}) is a [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] model and actress.<ref name="Tribune">{{cite news |last=Usman |first=Ali |date=5 May 2010 |title=Zara Sheikh: modelling first, acting later (an interview) |newspaper=[[The Express Tribune]] |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/10815/zara-sheikh-modelling-first-acting-later/ |access-date=13 June 2020}}</ref> Sheikh has acted in films such as ''[[Tere Pyar Mein]]'' (2000), ''[[Salakhain]]'' (2004) and ''[[Laaj (film)|Laaj]]'' (2003).<ref name="Tribune" /> She won the [[Nigar Award]] for Best Actress for her performance in film ''Tere Pyar Mein'' and Lux Style Award for Best Actress for her performance in ‘''Laaj''’.<ref name=Tribune/>

==Career==

=== Modelling ===
Zara Sheikh started her more than a decade long modelling career even before stepping into movies at a very young age. She started out with photographer Khawar Riaz, and till date, is named as one of his most successful models. Due to her unconventional looks, slender frame and height, Zara was an instant favourite for all leading designers. She has graced the covers of almost all Pakistani magazines, and appeared in campaigns for almost all leading brands, including Deepak Perwani, Aasia Saail, Salina Wardah, Nee Punhal, Dawn Bread, Mobilink, Rite Biscuits, Golden Chips, Coca-Cola, Head & Shoulders, Dabur Amla, 7up, Meezan, Gul Ahmed, Nishat, Levi's, Crossroads, Lajwanti, to name a few.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

Unlike most Pakistani models, her fashion career, despite entering movies in 2000, continued for a long time owing to get ability to totally transform for each shoot.

=== Films ===
Zara Sheikh made her cinema screen debut in 2000, through film director Hassan Askari's ''[[Tere Pyar Mein]]'', in which she played the role of an [[India]]n [[Sikh]] girl, who falls in love with a Pakistani banker. Sheikh received the [[Nigar Awards|Nigar]]'s Best Actress award for her role in the film.<ref name="Tribune" />

In 2002, she appeared in [[Sajjad Gul]]'s ''[[Chalo Ishq Larain]]''. A year later, in 2003, Sheikh played the part of a Hindu girl, Ram Khori, who converts to Islam, in ''[[Laaj (film)|Laaj]]'' (means Honour in English), a love tale set in the backdrop of [[Partition of India|1947 partition]] of India and Pakistan.<ref name="cineplot">[http://cineplot.com/laaj/ Review of film Laaj (2002) on Cineplot.com website] Retrieved 13 June 2020</ref>

In 2004, Zara Sheikh worked in the 150 minute, [[Shahzad Rafique]]-directed ''[[Salakhain]]'' (translated as The Bars).<ref name=Tribune/>

In 2006, Zara Sheikh played the role of a girl-in-love in the [[Mubashir Lucman]]-directed ''[[Pehla Pehla Pyar]]'' (The First Love), a film partly filmed in [[Thailand]]. Speaking of her experience, post-production, Sheikh said, "It's not easy to work with Mubasher. He's motivated by his film a lot and does not believe in any compromises." She also stated that, at one point she had worked twenty-eight hours at a stretch, but that when I saw the result on the screen afterwards, I was in tears because it was clearly worth it."

In 2019, she starred in ''[[Heer Maan Ja]])''.<ref name="Dawn">{{cite news |author=Sarym |first=Ahmad |date=26 May 2019 |title=Spotlight: The Return of Zara Sheikh |newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1484553 |access-date=13 June 2020}}</ref>

===Singing===
In 2002, Zara Sheikh collaborated with [[Ali Haider (singer)|Ali Haider]] to [[Playback singer|playback sing]] three musical numbers for her movie ''[[Chalo Ishq Larain]].''

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !!Role!!Ref.
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Tere Pyar Mein]]''||Preeti||<ref name="Dawn" /><ref name="Tribune" />
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Chalo Ishq Larain]]''|| ||<ref name="review">{{cite web |author=Ali |first=Rashid Nazir |date=1 July 2014 |title=Zara Sheikh to make a comeback in singing |url=https://reviewit.pk/zara-sheikh-to-make-a-comeback-in-music/ |access-date=12 June 2021 |website=Reviewit.pk website}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2003 || ''[[Laaj (film)|Laaj]]''|| ||<ref name="review" /><ref name="Dawn" /><ref name="cineplot" />
|-
|| ''Commando''||||
|-
|| ''[[Yeh Waada Raha]]''||||
|-
| 2004 ||''[[Salakhain]]''|| ||<ref name="review" /><ref name="Dawn" /><ref name="Tribune" />
|-
| 2005 ||''Tere Bin Jiya Na Jaye''||||
|-
| 2006 || ''Pehla Pehla Pyaar''|| ||<ref name="review" />
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Kabhi Pyar Na Karna]]''||||
|-
| 2014 || [[Honour Killing (film)|''Honour Killing'']]||Sameera||<ref name="review" /><ref name="Dawn" />
|-
| 2017 ||''Jung''||||
|-
| 2019 ||''[[Heer Maan Ja]]''|| ||<ref name="Dawn" />
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !!Role!!Network
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Raqs-e-Bismil]]''
| Laila
| [[Hum TV]]
|}

==Accolades==
{|class="wikitable style"
! Ceremony
! Category
! Film
! Result
!Ref.
|-
| 2000 [[Nigar Awards]]
| Best Actress (Urdu)
| ''[[Tere Pyar Mein]]''
| {{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-12-24 |title=Pakistan's "Oscars"; The Nigar Awards. - Hot Spot Film Reviews |url=https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613171619/https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards/ |archive-date=2020-06-13 |access-date=2022-11-17 }}</ref>
|-
| [[1st Lux Style Awards]]
| Best Film Actress
| N/A
| {{Won}}
|
|-
| [[2nd Lux Style Awards]]
| Best Film Actress
| ''[[Chalo Ishq Larain]]''
| {{Nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |date=15 July 2003 |title=::LUX Style Awards 2003:: |url=//www.luxstyleawards.com/winners/winners2002.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030715233015/http://www.luxstyleawards.com/winners/winners2002.htm |archivedate=15 July 2003 |accessdate=23 February 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[3rd Lux Style Awards]]
| Best Film Actress
| ''[[Laaj (film)|Laaj]]''
| {{Won}}
|
|}

==Music videos==
*"Gal V Na Kare" – Wet Metals
* ''"''O' Sanam" (O' Love!) –Yasir Akhter
* ''"''Ghar Aya Mera" (Mine, Came Home) – Tulsi
* "Khamaj" – [[Fuzön|Fuzon]]
* "Punjabi Touch" – [[Abrar-ul-Haq]]
* ''[[Hum Ek Hain (2004 film)|Hum Ek Hain]]'' (We Are One) – [[Shehzad Roy]]
* "Atom Bomb (Jee Chaey)" – [[Faakhir Mehmood|Faakhir]]
* "Tu Hi Meri Aas" – Usman Malik

== See also ==
* [[List of Pakistani actresses]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0998008|name=Zara Sheikh}}

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