Who is Saboor Aly?

 Saboor Aly

Saboor Aly born 3 March 1995 is a Pakistani actress. The younger sister of actress Sajal Aly, she began her acting career with a family drama Mehmoodabad Ki Malkain 2011. Aly garnered recognition with a comic role in sitcom Mr. Shamim 2015.She 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 Lux Style Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination.She has since played leading roles in dramas, such as Mere Khudaya 2018 Gul-o-Gulzar 2019 and Fitrat 2020 and received critical acclaim for her role of a tomboy in Parizaad 2021.

Early life and career

Saboor Aly 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, and a younger brother, Ali Syed. Ali's father left her mother and had a second marriage. In an online interview, she said that she was "angry" on her father but now shares a close bond with him. She received her primary education from Rahim Yar Khan's Lahore Grammar School. For further education she enrolled herself in a college affiliated with the Punjab University however she deferred it to pursue acting.

Aly started her career with a small role in Choti Si Kahani and followed it with a supporting role in the family drama Mehmoodabad Ki Malkain on ARY Digital in 2011 in which she appeared with her sister Sajal Aly. After that she again appeared with her sister Sajal in an episode of Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain an anthology series on Hum TV, and subsequently featured in the 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 Lux Style Awards. Aly played the lead in the telefilm Nanu Aur Main 2018. which revolves around the grandfather-granddaughter relationship.The telefilm received positive reviews from the critics and public, and Aly was praised for her performance. Aly next played second-lead roles in the dramas Teri Meri Kahani and Visaal the later of which is among the highest-rated Pakistani dramas of 2018.

Personal Life

Ali along with her family performed Umrah in 2017, a few days before her mother's death. Ali moved to Karachi in 2011 to start her professional career, but moved back to Lahore in 2015. Her mother died of cancer in 2017.She married actor Ali Ansari at Parsi Institute in Karachi on 8 January 2022.