Sara Zaker

Sara Zaker is a Bangladeshi theatre and television actor, director, business entrepreneur, and social activist. She was awarded Ekushey Padak by the government of Bangladesh in 2017.

Early life and education

Sara Amin was born in Abbottabad in the then North-West Frontier Province, Dominion of Pakistan. She was nicknamed Chixie. She was the third of four children of Major Salauddin Mohammad Amin, a Pakistan Army officer and Alia Amin, a former school teacher of Viqarunnisa Noon School. Her first production with the troupe, "Baki Itihash" premiered in February 1973. She went on to perform in Bidogdho Romonikul, Nishiddho Polli, Shot Manusher Khoje (1976), Dewan Gazi'r Kissa and "Naam-Gotroheen: Manto'r Meyera" (2014). Nayantara is the co-producer of Sesame Workshop New York in producing Sisimpur, the Bengali edition of the Sesame Street. She is the managing director of Asiatic 360, director of Asiatic Events Marketing Limited, and the managing director of Ddhoni Chitra Ltd.

Activist Founder member of the Board of Trustees of Liberation War Museum of Bangladesh.

Personal life Sara married actor Aly Zaker (d. 2020) in 1975. Their son, Iresh Zaker, is an actor and daughter, Sriya Sharbojaya, worked at a sister concern of Asiatic 360 and as a radio personality of Radio ABC and Radio Shadhin.

, Sara's brother, Alim Amin Pincho, is working as a professor and her sister, Sajeda Amin Pixie, as a demographer, both residents of the United States.

Works Serial dramas Nokkhtrer Raat Ayomoy Films Emiler Goenda Bahini (1980) Nodir Naam Modhumoti (1996) Ontarjatra (2006) Produced Chuye Dile Mon (2015) Voice The World According to Sesame Street (2006)

Awards Bishishtho Nattojon – Lokonattya Gosthi Sommanona (2014) Badruddin Hossain Memorial Award (2016) Ekushey Padak (2017) ATN Women in Excellence Award (2023)