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Nargis
Nargis Dutt (born Fatima Rashid, also known as Nirmala Dutt; 1 June 1929 – 3 May 1981), known mononymously as Nargis, was an Indian actress and politician who worked in Hindi cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Hindi cinema, Nargis often portrayed sophisticated and independent women in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama. She was among the highest paid actresses of the 1950s and 1960s.

Nandita Das
Indian actress and film director

Kirron Kher
Indian actress and TV talk show host

Amrita Arora
Indian actress

Mahira Khan
Pakistani actress and VJ

Divya Dutta
Indian actress

Veena Malik
Pakistani actress

Ila Arun
Indian actress and singer

Noor Jehan
Pakistani singer and actress (1920–2000)

Shweta Tiwari
Indian film and television actress
Salma Agha
actress, singer

Kim Sharma
Indian actress

Preeti Jhangiani
Indian film actress and model
Meera
Pakistani film actress

Mawra Hocane
Pakistani Film & TV Actress

Saba Qamar
Pakistani actress

Hrishitaa Bhatt
Indian actress

Sara Loren
Pakistani actress

Hania Aamir
Pakistani actress

Ayeza Khan
Pakistani actress and model

Ayesha Omar
Pakistani actor, singer and model

Sajal Aly
Pakistani actress and model
Zeba Bakhtiar
Pakistani actress

Humaima Malick
Pakistani actor and model

Maya Ali
Pakistani actress and model
Meesha Shafi
Pakistani actress, model and singer
Shabana
Bangladeshi actress

Tillotama Shome
Indian actress
Farida Khanum
Pakistani classical singer

Samiya Mumtaz
Pakistani actress

Sanam Baloch
Sindhi and urdu media actor
Swaran Lata
Pakistani actress (1924–2008)
Reema Khan
Pakistani actress and director
Momal Sheikh
Pakistani actress
Roshan Ara Begum
Indian singer

Musarrat Nazir
Pakistani actor and singer

Iman Ali
Pakistani actress

Khursheed Bano
Pakistani singer (1914-2001)

Sana Javed
Pakistani actress and model

Rajshri Deshpande
Indian actress

Nigar Sultana
Indian actress

Durefishan Saleem
Pakistani actress and model

Armeena Khan
Pakistani-Canadian actress and model
Begum Khurshid Mirza
actress

Shakila
Indian actress
Nayyar Sultana
Pakistani actress
Mumtaz Shanti
Indian actress

Noor Bukhari
Pakistani actress and model
Sana Nawaz
Pakistani actress
Rani
Pakistani actress and model (1946–1993)
Jaddanbai
Jaddanbai (1 April 1892 – 8 April 1949) was an Indian singer, music composer, dancer, actress, filmmaker, and one of the pioneers of Indian cinema. She along with Bibbo and Saraswati Devi were one of the first female music composers in Indian cinema. She was the mother of actor Anwar Hussain and the well-known Hindi film actress Nargis, and the maternal grandmother of Priya Dutt and Sanjay Dutt.

Rasika Dugal
actress
Kubra Khan
Pakistani actress

Sardar Akhtar
Indian actress

Asha Posley
Pakistani actress

Veena
Indian film actress (1926–2004)
Hiba Qadir
Pakistani actress
Sabiha Khanum
Pakistani actress
Nadira
Pakistani actress
Neelo
Neelo Begum (born Cynthia Alexander Fernandes; née Abida Riaz; 30 June 1940 – 30 January 2021) was a Pakistani veteran film actress. She made her film debut in 1956 with a Hollywood film Bhowani Junction. She was known as The Queen of Romance and The Princess of Romance for her portrayal of romantic roles. She worked in more than 134 Pakistani films including Urdu and Punjabi language films.