Ayeza Khan

Ayeza Khan was born as Kanza Khan, on 15 January 1991 in Karachi, Sindh.^[3][10][11]

Ayeza Khan participated in a contest "Pantene Shine Princess" while studying in school^[12] and became the first runner-up. Soon after this, she got offered to work as a model in a telecom advertisement. Then she started focusing on modeling. While in college, she started taking more modeling offers and eventually shifted to showbiz rather than continuing her studies.^[12]

She was offered a supporting role in the comedy-drama Tum Jo Miley, in 2009 opposite Fahad Mustafa, Sunita Marshal, and many others. In 2010, she was offered the main lead in the drama serial ‘Pul Sirat’.^[13] After doing supporting roles in several television series, she appeared in the leading role in the Geo TV romantic drama, Tootay Huway Per (2011).^[14]

In 2014, her performance in the drama serial, Pyaray Afzal, earned her the Best Actress Award at Lux Style Awards. She was offered many roles in Bollywood, which she rejected. She took a break for a while from the industry after her marriage.^[14][15][16]

She later appeared after a gap of two years in the tragic romance ,Tum Kon Piya (2016), opposite Imran Abbas. Her serial Koi Chand Rakh included Imran Abbas, Muneeb Butt, and Areeba Habib.^[14][15]

Her performance in the 2019–20 romantic drama Meray Paas Tum Ho earned her Pakistan International Screen Award for Best Television Actress.^[17][7]

In 2021, she appeared as a happy-go-lucky girl with childish mannerisms in the comedy serial Chupke Chupke, opposite Osman Khalid Butt. Khan received praise for her on-screen chemistry with Butt and won various accolades for her performance including Hum Award for Best Actress and Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress.^[18]

In 2023, her performance in Bafar Mehmood's directed Mein as an egoistic lady with bipolar disorder was panned by critics and audiences.^[19]

In 2023, now she is currently portraying as Mahnoor in Jaan-e-Jahan opposite Hamza Ali Abbasi in their second project together after Pyaray Afzal.^[20]

Khan married actor Danish Taimoor in 2014,^[21] after an 8-year relationship since 2006, shared by the couple in a morning show Ek Nayee Subha with Farah on A-Plus.^[22][16] Taimoor, while talking to Maria Wasti at Croron Mein Khel-Bol TV on 25 March 2020, revealed that he met Ayeza Khan for the first time on social networking site. She gave birth to a daughter in 2015, and a son in 2017.^{[23][24][25][26]}

Khan has been described in the media, among Pakistan's most popular and highest-paid actresses.^[4][5] In 2014, Khan was the country's second most searched person on Google.^[27] Khan was placed in Hello Pakistan's HOT100 list, in the "Trailblazers" category in 2020.^[28] The actress serves as a brand ambassador for several products such as Himalaya, Dabur, Harpic and Lifebuoy and has done several photoshoots.^[29][30] Khan was also the most-followed Pakistani celebrity on Instagram, until surpassed by Hania Aamir in 2024.^[31][32]

• Ayeza Khan at IMDb