Aina Asif

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Aina Asif
Born (2009-08-02) 2 August 2009 (age 14) [1]
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Model
Years active2021–present

Aina Asif (born 2 August 2009) is a Pakistani actress who mainly works in Urdu television. Aina made her debut with Pehli Si Muhabbat in 2021. Her notable roles include - Maliha in Hum Tum (2022), Abeer in Pinjra (2022), Saman in Baby Baji (2023) and Qurrat-ul-Ain in Mayi Ri (2023). [2]

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Early life

She was born to a Kutchi Memon father and a Punjabi mother. [3]

Career

Asif made her acting debut in 2021 with Anjum Shahzad's Pehli Si Muhabbat, where she portrayed the younger version of Maya Ali's character. [4]

In 2022, she rose to prominence with her portrayal of a tomboyish sister of Ahad Raza Mir and Junaid Khan's characters in Hum TV's Ramadan special Hum Tum . [4] [5] The same year, she held a role in Asma Nabeel's Pinjra playing a manipulative and cunning school student who is the daughter of Hadiqa Kiani and Omair Rana's characters. [6] [7]

In 2023, her first role was of a girl next door in Abdullah Seja's soap opera Baby Baji , alongside an ensemble cast of Samina Ahmed, Munawar Saeed, Syed Tuba Anwar and Javeria Saud. [8] She had the leading role of a child bride in Big Bang Entertainment's Mayi Ri. [2]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2021 Pehli Si Muhabbat Young Rakhshi[ citation needed ]
2022BadnaseebRuby [9]
Hum Tum Maliha "Mili" Sultan
Pinjra Abeer
Pehchaan Hamna Adnan
2023AitraafAreeba
Baby Baji Saman [10]
Mayi Ri Qurrat-ul-Ain "Annie" Habiblead [11]
Mein Kahani HunNoreen
Jannat Se Aagay Aasia Mughal

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