Aamina Sheikh
Aamina Sheikh was born in New York City, New York, United States on August 29th, 1981 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 42, Aamina Sheikh biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Aamina Sheikh (Urdu: ) is an American-Pakistani actress, singer, and former fashion model. Sheikh has been recognized for her contributions to Urdu television series and art films, and she has been named the recipient of four Lux Style Awards out of nine nominations.
Sheikh, born in New York City and raised in Karachi and Riyadh, studied video production at the Hampshire College. After being an assistant at Curious Pictures, she returned to Pakistan and began her modelling career as a fashion stylist, winning the Lux Style Award for Best Model nomination. She then appeared as the female lead in Baarish Mein Deewar and the Geo TV series Dil e Nadan, which received the Lux Style Award for Best Emerging Talent. Sheikh appeared in many films, including Daam (2010), Maat (2010), Uraan (2010), Mera Saaein (2010), Mera Saaein 2 (2012), Jackson Heights (2014).
Sheikh made her film debut with the 2012 critically acclaimed social drama Seedlings. Her role in the film earned her acclaim and a host of national and international recognition, including the Lux Style Award for Best Film Actress, New York Film Festival Award, and the SAARC Film Festival Award. She continued to be known for her performance as Zarnab in Armaan's romance (2013) and later appeared in the social drama Josh: Freedom Through Unity (2014), a critical and commercial success. Sheikh was widely praised for her work and was nominated in the Best Actress category at the Lux Style Awards and the Silent River Film Festival. Cake (2018) was her best commercial success. She served as one of the Pakistani Academy Selection Committee's committee members in 2015.
Life and career
After returning to Pakistan, Sheikh landed a job with Geo Television, where she directed and produced the children talk show, called Bachey Man Ke Sachey. In 2007, Sheikh made her on-screen debut in Sharjil Baloch and Khalid Ahmed's telefilm, Gurmuch Singh ki Waseeyat. It was based on Saadat Hassan Manto's novel, The Will of Gurmukh Singh. She subsequently garnered international recognition as a spokesperson for the French beauty brand L'Oreal.
In 2008, Sheikh appeared in three major telefilms: Aasmaan Chu Lay, Pachees Qadam Pe Maut and Baarish Mein Deewar. Sheikh played a rickshaw driver who's determined to become the sole breadwinner of the family, in Syed Ali Reza's Aasmaan Chu Lay. Sheikh had to learn and drive a rickshaw on Karachi's busiest M.A. Jinnah road and Garden Area, with a massive camera attached to it and had to attract real passengers. In the same year, Sheikh made her runaway debut with Rehana Saigol's fashion show. She has done extensive print work for fashion designers, such as Deepak Perwani, Amir Adnan, Nomi Ansari, Niche Lifestyle, Khaadi, Teejays, The Men's Store, Fahad Hussayn, Hang Ten, Maheen Khan, Umbereen Sharmeen, Chinyere, Crossroads and Limited Edition. In the following year, she did her second photoshoot for Niche Lifestyle, with Atif Aslam. Her performances in the romantic series Agar Tum Na Hote (2009), Umm-e-Kalsoom (2011), and Kuch Is Tarah (2013), earned her Satellite Best Actress and Best Actress Terrestrial nominations at Lux Style Awards. She achieved further critical and commercial success for her role of portrayal of Zarnab, in the romance Armaan (2013), which earned her a nomination for the Tarang Housefull Award for Best Actress.
In 2011, Sheikh played the role of a grieving mother in Summer Nicks-produced multi award-winning feature film Seedlings and went on to win New York Film Festival Award for Best Actress and SAARC Film Festival Award for Best Actress. She then went on to play the lead in Iram Parveen Bilal's feature art film Josh: Independence Through Unity, before taking on the role of Natasha in the high-octane action spy thriller, Operation 021, produced by Zeba Bakhtiar and directed by Australian filmmaker, Summer Nicks. In 2013, Sheikh was awarded Miss Photogenic Award at the Veet Celebration of Beauty Awards. In 2018, she starred in Asim Abbasi's drama film Cake, alongside Sanam Saeed, which was a major critical and commercial success. The film earned her a Best Actress nomination at the Lux Style Awards.
Sheikh married actor Mohib Mirza, at Karachi. Their wedding was a three-day event taking place from 30 April to 2 May 2005. Mirza and Sheikh met on the sets of a show which Mirza was hosting and she was directing. In an interview given to Jang, Mirza revealed that he had the hardest time convincing Sheikh's father and that each meeting with him involved "extensive grilling". They have a daughter together, Meissa, born in 2015. The two announced their separation in 2018 and were divorced in 2019. Sheikh remarried to a businessman in August 2020.