Yumna Zaidi

**Yumna Zaidi** (born 30 July 1989) is a Pakistani actress who works in Urdu-television industry. Known for her portrayals in social to romantic dramas. Zaidi is the recipient of five Lux Style Awards and two Hum Awards.

She first appeared as a supporting character in ARY Digital's domestic-drama _Thakan_ (2012) and then played lead roles in several television series, including the family drama _Meri Dulari_ and the revenge _Ullu Baraye Farokht Nahi_ (both 2013), the later of which earned her a nomination of Hum Award for Best Supporting Actress. She gained popularity and Hum Award for Best Actress nominations by portraying a troubled wife in Farooq Rind's tragic-romance _Rishtay Kuch Adhooray Se_ and received praise for the jealous-drama _Mausam_ (both 2014), the comedy drama _Jugnoo_ (2015), the romance _Zara Yaad Kar_ (2016) and the romantic comedy _Yeh Raha Dil_ (2017).

## Other work

In 2016 the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority served a show-cause notice to_Udaari_, she spoke out, stating:

> It is based on a social cause and we should create awareness in our society through such drama serials. She walked the ramp for designer Aisha Farid's collection _Crystalline_ on Hum TV's _Bridal Couture Week_. She also appeared in celebrity comedy talkshow _Mazaaq Raat_ in 2017.

### Other appearances

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2014|_Shareek-e-Hayat_|Recurring|Anthology romantic series, Episodic appearance|
|2014|_Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain_|Recurring|Anthology series|
|2016|_Salam Zindagi_|Herself|Morning Talkshow hosted by Faysal Qureshi|
|2017|_Mehmaan Qadardan_|Herself|Special appearance|
|2017|_Jago Pakistan Jago_|Herself|Guest appearance with _Dar Si Jaati Hai Sila_ team for promotion of the project|
|2017|_Mazaaq Raat_|Herself|Guest appearance with Abdullah Ejaz|

## Awards and nominations

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Award|scope="col"|Category|scope="col"|Work|scope="col"|Result|class="unsortable" scope="col"|Ref|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|2014|rowspan="8"|Hum Awards|Best Supporting Actress|scope="row"|_Ullu Baraye Farokht Nahi_||||||
|Best Actress|rowspan="2" scope="row"|_Rishtay Kuch Adhooray Se_||||||||||
|Best Actress Popular||||||||||||
|2015|Best Actor in a Negative Role|scope="row"|_Mausam_|||||||||
|rowspan=2|2016|Best Actress|rowspan="2" scope="row"|_Jugnoo_||||||||
|Best Actress Popular||||||||||||
|2018|Best On-screen couple with Ahmed Ali|scope="row"|_Yeh Raha Dil_|||||||||
|2018|Best Actress|scope="row"|_Dar Si Jaati Hai Sila_|||||||||
|2020|19th Lux Style Awards|Best Actress (Viewers' Choice)|_Inkaar_|||||||||
|rowspan="3"|2021|rowspan="3"|20th Lux Style Awards|Best Actress Critics' Choice|rowspan="2"|_Pyar Ke Sadqay_||rowspan="2"||||
|rowspan="2"|Best Actress Viewers' Choice|||||||||||
|_Raaz-e-Ulfat_||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2022|rowspan="2"|21st Lux Style Awards|Best Actress (Critics' Choice)|rowspan="2"|_Dil Na Umeed To Nahi_||||||
|Best Actress (Viewers' Choice)||||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|2023|rowspan="2"|22nd Lux Style Awards|Best Actress - Critics' choice|rowspan="4"|_Bakhtawar_||rowspan="2"||||
|Best TV Actress – Viewer's choice||||||||||||
|rowspan="1"|IPPA Awards|Best TV Actor Female||rowspan="1"||||||||
|rowspan="3"|2024|rowspan="3"|Hum Awards|rowspan="2"|Best Actress Popular||rowspan="3"|||||
|rowspan="2"|_Ishq-e-Laa_|||||||||||
|Best On-screen couple with Azaan Sami Khan||||||||||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Yumna Zaidi
- **image**: Yumna Zaidi.png
- **caption**: Zaidi in 2019
- **birth place**: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- **nationality**: Pakistani
- **yearsactive**: 2012–present