Babra Sharif (Urdu: بابرہ شرِیف; born 10 December 1954) is a Pakistani film actress, best known for her acting roles from the mid-1970s to the 1990s.
She started her career in television commercials in 1973.She has worked with many famous names of her time, including Shahid, Nadeem, Asif Khan, Waheed Murad, Ghulam Mohyedin, Faisal Rehman, Muhammad Ali and even Sultan Rahi. She had great success in Urdu films in Pakistan. She was also known as Audrey Hepburn of Pakistan and Marilyn Monroe of Pakistan due to her fashion styles roles and romantic comedy roles in films
She did a variety of roles which proved her versatility as an actress. Some critics have also considered her among the best actresses of her time in Pakistan.
She has worked in more than 150 movies.
Early life
Sharif original name as Kiran Malik was born in Lahore, Pakistan in a middle-class family. From her early childhood, she took considerable interest in show business.
Career
Modelling and television
Sharif began modelling at the age of 12; she made her presence felt in a ‘Jet’ washing powder commercial in 1973 and came to be known as the ‘Jet’ powder girl. Fair-haired, attractive and intelligent, she soon became a household name In the same year 1973, she appeared in Mohsin Shirazi’s television play, which was telecast from PTV Karachi station and also in the PTV
drama Kiran Kahani,a classical slapstick comedy written by Haseena Moin and directed by Shirin Khan which had Roohi Bano, Manzoor Qureshi and Jamshed Ansari in the cast. After a long while, she came back to television in 1992 for Nadan Nadia, a Pakistan television comedy play by Anwar Maqsood.
