Saboor Ali

Saboor Ali Ansari (born 3 March 1995) is a Pakistani actress. The younger sister of actress Sajal Aly, Saboor Ali began her acting career with the family drama Mehmoodabad Ki Malkain and received recognition with a comic role in the sitcom Mr. Shamim (2015).

Ali continued playing supporting roles in several television series and made her film debut with a romantic-comedy Actor in Law (2016), for which she earned a nomination in the Lux Style Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has since played leading roles in dramas, such as Mere Khudaya (2018), Gul-o-Gulzar (2019) and Fitrat (2020), for which she received the Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress, and Mushkil (2022), and received critical acclaim as well as the Hum Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role of a tomboy in Parizaad (2021).

Early life and career Saboor Ali was born on 3 March 1995 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan to Syed Ali, a businessman, and Rahat Ali, a housewife. She has an elder sister, actress Sajal Aly (born January 1993), and a younger brother, Ali Syed. Ali's father left her mother and married a second time. In an online interview, she said that she was "angry" at her father, but now shares a "close bond with [him]." After that she again appeared with her sister Sajal, in an episode of Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain, an anthology series on Hum TV, and was subsequently featured in Hum TV's acclaimed romantic drama Bunty I Love You, alongside Saba Qamar. In September 2016, she made her film debut with Nabeel Qureshi's socio-comedy film Actor in Law, starring Fahad Mustafa, Mehwish Hayat and Om Puri. Her portrayal of a supportive sister of Mustafa's character earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Lux Style Awards. The telefilm received positive reviews from critics and the public, and she was praised for her performance. She next played second-lead roles in the dramas Teri Meri Kahani and Visaal, the latter of which is among the highest-rated Pakistani dramas of 2018.

Personal life Saboor along with her family performed Umrah in 2017, a few days before her mother's death. She moved to Karachi in 2011 to start her professional career, but moved back to Lahore in 2015. She married actor Ali Ansari at Parsi Institute in Karachi on 8 January 2022, and they have a daughter born in March 2025.

Filmography Films Year Title Role Director Ref(s).2016 Annie Mirza Nabeel Qureshi

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