Mahira Khan

Mahira Khan is a Pakistani television and film actress, also previously a VJ, who is best known for her role in Humsafar as Khirad Ehsan.

She made her film debut with Bol directed by Shoaib Mansoor and made her television debut with the serial Neeyat directed by Mehreen Jabbar, however it went by relatively unnoticed, afterwards which she played the role of Khirad Ehsan, a middle-class girl who marries with her wealthy cousin despite his mother and best friend being against this arrangement, in the 2011 television blockbuster Humsafar.

Her raw portrayal and appeal were greatly appreciated by the audiences as well as the chemistry she shared with co-star Fawad Afzal Khan.

She is selective with her work and reviews a script closely before deciding to accept, regardless of whether the project is in Pakistan or outside of the country.

She is married to Ali Askari, who had attended college with her in Los Angeles. The ceremony took place on 13 July 2007.