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{{short description|Pakistani actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Zeba Bakhtiar
| image = Zeba Bakhtiar at PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week 2010.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Bakhtiar at [[PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week]] in 2010
| birthname =
| birth_date = 
| residence =
| birth_place =
| spouse = Salman Valliani
(m. ?– div1992)
{{marriage|[[Adnan Sami]]|1993|1997|reason=divorced}}
| parents = [[Yahya Bakhtiar]] (father)
| children =
}}
'''Zeba Bakhtiar''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|زيبا بختيار}}}}) is a [[Pakistan|Pakistani]] film and television actress and a television director. She made her television debut with a [[Pakistan Television Corporation]] (PTV) drama, ''Anarkali'' (1988).<ref name="Dawn1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1142896|title=Zeba Bakhtiar: Deconstructing a legend|first=Fouzia Nasir|last=Ahmad|date=November 9, 2014|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref> She made her [[Bollywood]] debut with ''[[Henna (film)|Henna]]'' in 1991.<ref name=tvcom/>

==Personal life==
Zeba is the daughter of [[Yahya Bakhtiar]], a lawyer, politician and pre-independence [[All India Muslim League|Muslim League]] activist who served as the [[Attorney General of Pakistan]], and also played a key role in framing Pakistan's current [[Constitution of Pakistan|constitution]].<ref name="Dawn"/><ref name="ARY"/> Her father belonged to [[Quetta]],<ref name="Dawn">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/108677|title=Yahya Bakhtiar dies|work=Dawn|date=28 June 2003|access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref> while her mother Eva Bakhtiar was an [[England|English]] woman born to [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] parents.<ref name="TNS">{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/522369-azaan-sami-khan-discusses-relation-with-father-adnan-sami-khan|title=Azaan Sami Khan discusses relation with father, Adnan Sami Khan|work=The News|date=19 September 2019|access-date=19 May 2020|quote=Speaking about family dynamics, Azaan first revealed, "My mother’s mother was English; her parents were Hungarian. My grandfather met her in the early 1940s," he revealed.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906023529/https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/522369-azaan-sami-khan-discusses-relation-with-father-adnan-sami-khan|archive-date=6 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="ARY">{{cite news|url=https://arynews.tv/en/zeba-bakhtiar-picture-late-father/|title=‘My hero’: Zeba Bakhtiar shares a memorable picture|work=ARY News|date=19 February 2020|access-date=19 May 2020|quote=Her father Yahya Bakhtiar was a lawyer and Attorney General of Pakistan who played a key role in the framing of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan. Zeba’s mother was a Hungarian woman.}}</ref> Her father died in 2003,<ref name="Dawn"/> and her mother died in 2011.<ref name="Dawn2">{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/597185|title=Yahya Bakhtiar’s wife dies|work=Dawn|date=8 January 2011|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref> Her parents met in the UK in the early 1940s and married, with her mother eventually settling in Pakistan in 1949 after graduating from the [[University College London]].<ref name="TNS"/><ref name="Dawn2"/> Zeba has two brothers, Salim and Karim, who are both doctors, and a sister, Saira.<ref name="Dawn"/> She was raised in Quetta,<ref name="Dawn2"/> and moved to [[Karachi]] later.<ref name="Dawn"/>

Zeba has been married 5 times. Her first husband was Salman Valliani whom she married in the year 1982. They got separated and then she tied knots with another man from Quetta whose name is unknown. They had a daughter together who was named Bobby. Zeba’s sister adopted this baby.

She was then married to Javed Jaffrey in 1989. Their relationship fell apart soon after, in the year 1990. Zeba however refuses any relations with Javed. Although Javed has presented a marriage certificate in the Indian court thereby confirming their marriage. Zeba then came in the limelight because of her marriage to famous singer and music composer Adnan Sami in 1993. They have a son named Azaan. <ref name="tvcom">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com.pk/celebrity/Zeba-Bakhtiar/331/biography|title=Zeba Bakhtiar Biography | Tv.com.pk|website=www.tv.com.pk}}</ref><ref name="Dawn" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/708857/the-buzz-in-conversation-with-zeba-bakhtiar/|title=The buzz: In conversation with Zeba Bakhtiar|first=Zara Nasir|last=Hafeez|date=May 19, 2014|website=tribune.com.pk}}</ref><ref name="TNS" />

She is involved in [[women's association football]] as [[chairwoman]] of [[Diya W.F.C.]],<ref>{{cite news
| last =
| first =
| date = 2016-05-20
| title = A football victory for girls' rights in Karachi
| url = https://issuu.com/uninformationcentreislamabad/docs/unp-newsletter-2-2016-web
| work = United Nations Pakistan Newsletter Issue No. 2 (2016)
| access-date = 2021-03-15
}}</ref> the oldest [[List_of_women's_association_football_clubs#Pakistan|women's football club of Pakistan]].

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Role
!Language
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Henna (film)|Henna]]''<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=RIP Rishi Kapoor: 'Henna' will be remembered forever|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/rip-rishi-kapoor-henna-will-be-remembered-forever-831921.html|website=DeccanHerald|language=en|access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref>
| Henna
| Hindi
|-
| 1994
| ''Mohabbat Ki Aarzoo''
| Poonam Singh
| Hindi
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Stuntman (film)|Stuntman]]''
| Reena B. Tiwari
| Hindi
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Jai Vikraanta]]''
| Nirmala Verma
| Hindi
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Sargam (1995 film)|Sargam]]''<ref name=Dawn/>
| Zeb-un-Nisa
| Urdu
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Muqadama]]''
| Chanchal Singh
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Chief Sahib]]''
|
|-
| 1999
| ''Qaid''
| Khushboo
|-
| 2001
| ''Babu''
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Musalman (film)|Musalmaan (film)]]''
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[O21 (film)|O21]]''<ref name=Dawn/>
| as Producer
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Bin Roye]]''
| Saba's Mother
|-
|}

=== Television ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* Anarkali (1988)- A [[Pakistan Television Corporation]] production
* Tansen
* [[Laag (TV series)|Laag]]
* Mulaqat
* Abke Hum Bichre tau Shayad
* Muqaddas (1996)
* Mehmaan
* Shehr-e-Dil Ke Darwaze
* Moum (2010)
* Masuri
* Doordesh
* Aye Mere Pyar Ki Khushboo
* Ishq Ki Ibtida
* [[Samjhauta Express (TV series)|Samjhauta Express]]
* Hazaron Saal
* Be Imaan
* Takoune
* Maa Aur Mamta
* [[Bin Roye (TV series)|Bin Roye]]
* Aabla Paa
* Kharaash
* Pehli See Mohabbat
}}

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0049085}}

{{NigarAwardBestActress}}

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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:20th-century Pakistani actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century Pakistani actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Karachi]]
[[Category:Kinnaird College for Women University alumni]]
[[Category:Nigar Award winners]]
[[Category:Pakistani film actresses]]
[[Category:Pakistani people of British descent]]
[[Category:Pakistani people of Hungarian descent]]
[[Category:Pakistani television actresses]]
[[Category:People from Quetta]]

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