Nadia Hussain
{{Short description|Pakistani actress and model (born 1979)}}
{{for|the British baker|Nadiya Hussain}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nadia Hussain Khan
| image = Nadia Hussain (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Nadia Hussain at Pakistan Fashion Week in 2010.
| birth_name = Nadia Hussain
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|01|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = United Kingdom
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| nationality = Pakistani
| years_active = 2000-present
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| height = 5 ft 10 in{{cite web|first=Shireen |last=Hirani | title=Top Model Nadia Hussain Profile | website=Style.pk |date=28 May 2012 | url=https://style.pk/top-model-nadia-hussain-profile/ }}
| spouse = Atif Khan (m. 2003)
| partner =
| children = 4
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| relatives = {{unbulleted list | Tina Sani (Aunt){{cite web|first=Saadia |last=Qamar | title = Celebrating women of substance | website=Express Tribune |date=8 May 2015 | url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/883185/celebrating-women-of-substance }}|
Tabinda Chinoy (Aunt){{cite web|first=Saadia |last=Qamar | title = Celebrating women of substance | website=Express Tribune |date=8 May 2015 | url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/883185/celebrating-women-of-substance }}}}
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| occupation = Actress, swimmer, supermodel, dentist, airline pilot, Beauty Instructor
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Nadia Hussain Khan ({{langx|ur|نادیہ حسین}}, born 11 January 1979) is a Pakistani television actress, host, supermodel, entrepreneur and fashion designer.{{cite web|title=Profile: Nadia Hussain|url=http://www.fashioncentral.pk/pakistani/models/21-nadia-hussain/about/#.UQE7TB30DOc|publisher=fashioncentral.pk|accessdate=24 January 2013}}{{Cite web|date=2016-06-15|title=Modeling not an undesirable profession anymore, says Nadia Hussain|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1122411/modeling-not-undesirable-profession-anymore-says-nadia-hussain|access-date=2021-01-17|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-27 |title=Nadia Hussain calls Karachi ‘a stinky bloody dump’ |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2454578/you-should-move-to-islamabad-nadia-hussain-calling-karachi-a-stinky-bloody-dump-divides-internet |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}} She's recognized as one of Pakistan's first supermodels.{{Cite news|title=Pakistan's first supermodel|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-36523423|access-date=2021-01-17}}
Career
Hussain was born in the United Kingdom. At the age of four, she came to Karachi, Pakistan.{{Cite web|last=Hasan|first=Shazia|date=2017-10-08|title=Six 'wonder women' share their success stories|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1362331|access-date=2021-01-17|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}} Hussain started her career in modelling in 2000, just after she had completed her A-levels. Hussain, just 20 at the time, appeared in a modelling shoot for a Winter Collection of Lakhani Silk Mills.{{Cite web|date=2010-10-21|title=Nadia Hussain, the stylish diva|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/63053/nadia-hussain-the-stylish-diva|access-date=2021-01-17|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}} She was the only Pakistani model to have been chosen by Rizwan Beyg for the Sarajevo Fashion Week. As an actress, she has worked in various dramas. She is a practicing dentist, also owns a salon, and has her own lawn collection and footwear line called Fetish. She is the niece of the renowned Pakistani singer Tina Sani. She did her first shoot for Herald magazine with Deepak Perwani and Tapu Javeri as fashion designer and photographer.{{cite web|title=Nadia Hussain Biography|url=http://www.tv.com.pk/celebrity/Nadia-Hussain/261/biography|publisher=TV.com.pk|accessdate=15 August 2013}}
Personal life
Hussain got married at the age of 24 to investment banker Atif Khan in 2003.{{Cite web|last=InpaperMagazine|first=From|date=2013-01-20|title=First person: Brand Nadia|url=https://www.dawn.com/2013/01/20/first-person-brand-nadia/|access-date=2021-01-17|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}} She is the mother of four children.{{Cite web|date=2018-08-31|title=Model Nadia Hussain looking to work in films|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1792022/model-nadia-hussain-looking-work-films|access-date=2021-01-17|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=6 November 2014 |title=Nadia Hussain welcomes fourth child |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1142662 |access-date=2021-01-17 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2349597/talent-is-talent-model-sarah-zulfiqar-calls-out-nadia-hussain-over-elitist-comments| title=Talent is talent: Model Sarah Zulfiqar calls out Nadia Hussain over 'elitist' comments | language=en |access-date=22 April 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://arynews.tv/nadia-hussain-latest-instagram-reel/| title=VIRAL: Netizens relate with Nadia Hussain's Instagram reel | language=en | access-date=22 April 2022}}
Television
- Ishq Junoon Deewangi (Hum TV)
- Ladies Park (Geo Entertainment)
- Manay Na Ye Dil (Hum TV) as Rubab
- Noor Bano (Hum TV) as Sara
- Omar Dadi aur Gharwalay (ARY Digital)
- Sitamgar (Hum TV) as Zeba
- Choti Si Kahani (PTV Home) as Mishal
- Shert (Urdu 1) as Afroze
- Mithu Aur Aapa (Hum TV)
- Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain (Hum TV)
- Ittehad Ramzan
- Tera Yahan Koi Nahin
- Raja Ki Raji
- Thays as Shahista
- Jalan (ARY Digital) as Kinza
- Chupke Chupke (Hum TV) as Amma Chuumantar
- Yun Tu Hai Pyar Bohut (Hum TV)
- Pehchaan (Hum TV) as Shaheena
- Fitna (Hum TV) as Talat
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Category:Pakistani female models
Category:Pakistani television actresses
Category:Pakistani television hosts
Category:Pakistani fashion designers
Category:Beaconhouse School System alumni
Category:Actresses from Karachi
Category:21st-century Pakistani actresses
Category:Pakistani women television presenters