Sabeeka Imam

{{short description|British-Pakistani actress and model}}

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| birth_place = London, United Kingdom

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| occupation = Model, actress

| years_active = 2014 – present

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Sabeeka Imam is a British-Pakistani actress and model.{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1014470/not-just-banking-on-a-pretty-face/|title=I've seen how Muslim girls beg for roles in Bollywood: Sabeeka Imam|last=|first=|date=2015-12-22|website=The Express Tribune|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/96438/my-life-somehow-belongs-in-pakistan-i-have-seen-how-pakistani-girls-beg-plead-and-cry-for-roles-in-bollywood-sabeeka/|title=My life somehow belongs in Pakistan: I have seen how Pakistani girls beg, plead and cry for roles in Bollywood: Sabeeka|last=|first=|date=2015-12-27|website=Daily Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-23}} She has established a career in modeling and ramp the walk for several designers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1187344|title=Mirror, mirror: How warped beauty standards dominate Pakistani style|last=Bokhari|first=Haiya|date=2015-06-24|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1173900|title=Fashion Pakistan Week Day 4: Sonya Battla, Zara Shahjahan do inspiration right|last=Feerasta|first=Salima|date=2015-04-04|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}} Imam appeared in a comedy-drama film Queen in 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://images.dawn.com/news/1175363|title=Did you know? Sabeeka Imam rejected film offers to make time for her TV debut|last=Haq|first=Irfan Ul|date=2016-05-17|website=DAWN|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}} She went on to play the romantic interest of the lead male character in the commercially successful Urdu action films Jalaibee (2016) and Sherdil (2019).{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/bollywood/a371449/7-welcome-to-london-becomes-most-successful-british-hindi-film-ever/|title=7 Welcome To London biggest UK Hindi release|last=Baker|first=Steven|date=2012-03-15|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-02-19}}

Personal life

Imam was born to Pakistani parents in London. In 2018, she started dating Hasnain Lehri.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mangobaaz.com/sabeeka-imam-and-hasnain-lehri-and-dating|title=It's Official, Models Sabeeka Imam And Hasnain Lehri Are The Sexiest Couple In Pakistan|last=Athar|first=Arslan|date=2018-10-13|website=MangoBaaz|access-date=2019-02-19}} Both Lehri and Imam ended their relationship in 2020 to which Imam said, "It has a long time since we both realized that our paths are destined to be separate".{{Cite web|author=Images Staff|date=2019-12-18|title=Sabeeka Imam and Hasnain Lehri have called it quits|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1184237|access-date=2020-06-07|website=Images|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Sabeeka Imam opens up about breakup with Hasnain Lehri {{!}} SAMAA|url=https://www.samaa.tv/lifeandstyle/2019/12/sabeeka-imam-opens-up-about-breakup-with-hasnain-lehri/|access-date=2020-12-31|website=Samaa TV|date=18 December 2019 |language=en-US}}

Filmography

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Language

! Ref(s)

colspan="5" style="background:#"|Film
2014

| Queen

| Roxette / Rukhsar

| Hindi

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2015Welcome to London

| Simran

| Urdu/ English

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/7-welcome-to-london/cast/|title=7 Welcome To London Cast List {{!}} 7 Welcome To London Movie Star Cast|last=Hungama|first=Bollywood|date=|website=Bollywood Hungama|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}}

2015

| Jalaibee

| Eman

| Urdu

|{{Cite web|url=http://dunyanews.tv/index.php/en/Entertainment/315149-Biggest-box-office-stories-of-Pakistan-in-2015|title=Biggest box office stories of Pakistan in 2015 - Entertainment - Dunya News|last=|first=|date=|website=Dunya News|access-date=2019-02-19}}

2019

|Sherdil

| Sarah Francis

| Urdu

|{{Cite web|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1179279|title=Mikaal Zulfiqar turns fighter plane pilot for Sherdil|last=Haq|first=Irfan Ul|date=2018-01-18|website=DAWN Images|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}}

colspan="5" style="background:#"|Television
2016

| Laaj

| Alisha

| Urdu

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2016

| Muntazir

| Kiran

| Urdu

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2022

|Dushman

|Sassi

| Urdu

|

colspan="5" style="background:#"|Music video
2014

| "Roiyaan"

| Farhan Saeed

|Punjabi

|{{Cite web|url=http://tns.thenews.com.pk/singing-it-all-the-away/|title=Singing it all away|last=Instep|date=2015-07-26|website=The News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-19}}

2018

| "Hum Donu"

| Strings

|Urdu

|{{Cite web|url=https://nation.com.pk/18-Oct-2018/strings-turn-to-glory-with-new-song-hum-dono|title=Strings turn to glory with new song ‘Hum Donoâ€|last=|first=|date=2018-10-17|website=The Nation|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}}

2020

|"Nai Jeena"

| Sibtain Khalid

|Urdu

|{{Citation|title=Nai Jeena - Sibtain Khalid {{!}} Sabeeka Imam {{!}} Zain Zohaib|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJqZqiR7YSc|language=en|access-date=2020-06-07}}

2020

|"Bhanwaray"

|Goher Mumtaz

|Urdu

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Awards and nominations

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YearAwardsCategoryResult
2015Hum AwardBest Model Female{{win}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1174690|title=HUM TV Awards 2015 survey: Here's who you voted for|last=Desk|first=Entertainment|date=2015-04-08|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}}

References

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