Mahnoor Baloch

{{Infobox person

| name = Mahnoor Baloch

| birth_date = {{birth date and age |df=y|1970|02|15}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/mahnoorbaloch.official/|title=Mahnoor Baloch (@mahnoorbaloch.official) • Instagram photos and videos|website=www.instagram.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-14}}

| native_name = {{Nastaliq|ماہ نور بلوچ}}

| image =

| birth_place = Texas, United States

| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model|director}}

| years_active = 1985 – present

| citizenship = Pakistani

| spouse = {{marriage |Hameed Siddiqui|1986}}

| children = 1

| website =

}}

Mahnoor Baloch ({{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|ماہ نور بلوچ}}}}; born 15 February 1970){{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BQit-Cfjh7y/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BQit-Cfjh7y |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|title=Mahnoor Baloch on Instagram: "memorable moments with friends and family #birthday"|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2019-08-14}}{{cbignore}} is an American-born Canadian Pakistani actress, film director and former model. Baloch made her television debut in 1993 with the drama serial Marvi, which aired on PTV. She is often praised by critics for her fitness and youthful looks on-screen.{{cite web |last=Khan |first=Atif |date=4 April 2004 |title=A mother's story |url=http://www.dawn.com/weekly/images/archive/040404/images4.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011090217/http://www.dawn.com/weekly/images/archive/040404/images4.htm |archive-date=11 October 2008 |access-date=7 October 2014 |website=Dawn |publisher=}}{{Cite web |author= |date=2016-07-21 |title=Mahnoor Baloch reveals the secret to her youthful good looks |url=http://images.dawn.com/news/1175850 |access-date=2019-08-14 |website=Dawn |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Liaqat |first=Amber |date=2016-12-11 |title=Zeba Bakhtiar, Mahnoor Baloch and Amna Baber in new photo-shoot {{!}} The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1260374/year-life-ajoka-theatre/?amp=1 |access-date=2019-08-14 |website=The Express Tribune}}

Career

Baloch appeared in the TV commercials of well-known brand names in Pakistan.{{citation|url=http://www.desimanzil.com/dmforums/showbiz/55770-mahnoor-baloch-her-family.html|title=Mahnoor Baloch with her Family|publisher=DesiManzil|date=14 October 2010|access-date=7 October 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2016}}{{cbignore}} In 1993, she made her acting debut in the PTV drama serial Marvi which was directed by Sultana Siddiqui.{{cite news|title=No challenge is too great: Sultana Siddiqi|url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/1020436/no-challenge-is-too-great-sultana-siddiqi|access-date=24 August 2013|newspaper=Dawn|date=24 June 2013|author=Asif Noorani}} Her next series was Dusra Aasmaan. In this serial, she performed the role of Abid Ali's daughter.{{Cite news|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/lifestyle/people-are-shocked-as-to-how-mahnoor-baloch-just-doesnt-age/|title=People are shocked as to how Mahnoor Baloch just doesn't age|website=Daily Pakistan Global|date=11 January 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-14}}

In 2000, Mahnoor Baloch started directing and producing her drama serials. Her first serial as director was Lamhay. Later she directed another television series Patjhar Ki Chaioon.

In 2012, she won Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress for her role in the PTV drama series Talafi. She appeared in Geo TV's Eid special play Come On Hum Dum (2013) as the wife of co-star Mohib Mirza. She later appeared as the female lead in the Pakistani film Main Hoon Shahid Afridi (2013), for which she was nominated for Best Actress award at the 1st ARY Film Awards.{{Cite web |last=Imran |first=Kashif |date=2014-04-14 |title=A glance at Best Film, Best Actor nominations in ARY Film Awards 2014 |url=https://arynews.tv/glance-best-film-best-actor-nominations-ary-film-awards-2014/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=ARY News |language=en-US}} For the role, she has filmed an item song "Teri Hi Kami" alongside Mathira and Humayun Saeed, directed by Saqib Malik and produced and penned by Shani and Kami.{{Cite news |date=2019-05-09 |title=Why Pakistani cinema needs another film like 'Main Hoon Shahid Afridi' |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/391362/why-pakistani-cinema-needs-another-film-like-main-hoon-shahid-afridi/ |access-date=2019-08-14 |website=Daily Times |language=en-US}}

In 2013, Baloch made her Hollywood debut in Torn playing the role of Maryam, a mother whose teenage son is killed in an explosion at a suburban mall.{{cite web |last=Jamil |first=Farah |date=21 September 2013 |title=Mahnoor Baloch to debut hollywood movie 'Torn' (2013) |url=http://aaj.tv/2013/09/mahnoor-baloch-to-debut-hollywood-movie-torn-2013/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901044341/http://www.aaj.tv/2013/09/mahnoor-baloch-to-debut-hollywood-movie-torn-2013/ |archive-date=1 September 2019 |access-date=1 April 2016 |publisher=Aaj TV}}

Filmography

=Films=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2013 \| Main Hoon Shahid Afridi \| Sara \|
2013 \| Torn \| Maryam \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Film

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2013

| Main Hoon Shahid Afridi

| Sara

2013

| Torn

| Maryam

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! TV Series ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1993 \| Marvi \| Laila \|
1999 \| Lamhay \| \|
\| Doosra Aasmaan \| \|
\| Shiddat \| \|
\| \| Unhoni \| \|
\| \| Sila \| \|
\| \| Kabhi Kabhi Pyar Mein \| \|
\| 2002 \| Chaandni Raatain \| Maha \|
\| \| Ye Zindagi \| \|
\| \| Patjhar ki Chaioon \| \|
\| Jaane Kyun \| \|
\| Ab Ghar Jaane do \| \|
2009 \| Noor Pur Ki Rani \| Noorulain Aneez \|
2010 \| Noor Bano \| Noor Bano \|
2011 \| Mohabbat Rooth Jaye Toh \| Shumaila \|
2011 \| Ladies Park \| Soniya \|
2012 \| Mehar Bano aur Shah Bano \| Mehar Bano \|
2012 \| Talafi \| Falak \|Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress
2012 \| Mera Saaein 2 \| Innaya \|
2012 \| Ishq Ibadat \| \|
2014 \|Pachtava \|Ayeman \|
2014 \|Pal Mein Ishq Pal Me Nahi \|Michelle \|
2016 \| Khoobsurat	\|
2019 \| Apni Apni Love Story	Sidra \|{{Cite web \|date=2019-07-26 \|title=Mahnoor Baloch returns to small screen after two years break \|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/503967-mahnoor-baloch-returns-to-small-screen-after-two-years-break \|access-date=2019-08-14 \|website=The News International \|language=en}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! TV Series

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1993

| Marvi

| Laila

1999

| Lamhay

| Doosra Aasmaan

| Shiddat

| Unhoni

| Sila

| Kabhi Kabhi Pyar Mein

| 2002

| Chaandni Raatain

| Maha

| Ye Zindagi

| Patjhar ki Chaioon

| Jaane Kyun

| Ab Ghar Jaane do

2009

| Noor Pur Ki Rani

| Noorulain Aneez

2010

| Noor Bano

| Noor Bano

2011

| Mohabbat Rooth Jaye Toh

| Shumaila

2011

| Ladies Park

| Soniya

2012

| Mehar Bano aur Shah Bano

| Mehar Bano

2012

| Talafi

| Falak

|Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress

2012

| Mera Saaein 2

| Innaya

2012

| Ishq Ibadat

2014

|Pachtava

|Ayeman

2014

|Pal Mein Ishq Pal Me Nahi

|Michelle

2016

| Khoobsurat

2019

| Apni Apni Love Story

Sidra

|{{Cite web |date=2019-07-26 |title=Mahnoor Baloch returns to small screen after two years break |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/503967-mahnoor-baloch-returns-to-small-screen-after-two-years-break |access-date=2019-08-14 |website=The News International |language=en}}

Personal life

Baloch married ameed Siddiqui at the age of 15. She has one daughter Laila Hameed, who got married in 2015. She became a grandmother in 2016.{{cite news |date=7 May 2011 |title=Yummy mummies |url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/626799/yummy-mummies |access-date=24 August 2013 |newspaper=Dawn}}{{Cite web|url=https://wowreads.com/mahnoor-baloch-biography/|title=Mahnoor Baloch Biography – Age, Pics, Husband, Family, Dramas, Movies|date=2018-08-29|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-14|archive-date=2019-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814115949/https://wowreads.com/mahnoor-baloch-biography/|url-status=dead}}

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Work

!Award

!Category

!Result

2012

|Talafi

|Lux Style Awards

|Best Television Actress

|{{won}}{{cite news|title=Lux Style Awards take on colours, flavour of Lahore|url=http://dawn.com/news/1023066/lux-style-awards-take-on-colours-flavour-of-lahore|access-date=24 August 2013|newspaper=Dawn|date=6 July 2011|author=Faisal Qureshi}}

rowspan="2" |2013

| rowspan="2" |Main Hoon Shahid Afridi

|Pakistan Media Awards

|Best Film Actress

|{{nom}}{{fact|date=December 2023}}

ARY Film Awards

|Best Actress

|{{nom}}{{fact|date=December 2023}}