Navid Shahzad

Navid Shahzad (née Rahman) is a Pakistani actress, writer and educationist. She started her career as an actor in the 1970s and has appeared in a number of television series since then. Navid was a popular and successful actress of the 1970s. She made her film debut with a supporting role in Nadeem Baig's Punjab Nahi Jaungi. She became an author when her first book Aslan's Roar was published in 2019. Shahzad is the recipient of the president's Pride of Performance, the highest literary award of Pakistan.

Early life
Shahzad was born and raised in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Her father S. A. Rahman was the judge at the Supreme Court of Pakistan and later served as the 5th chief justice of Pakistan.

She completed her studies from Government College, Lahore. Navid was the only daughter and youngest among her three brothers including Shahid Rahman a lawyer, Asad Rahman a human rights activist and Rashed Rahman a writer for Dawn Newspaper. Navid's mother was a philanthropist who ran Mayo Hospital's famous convalescent home, which was established in 1948, along with Begum Shahabuddin.

Acting career
Shahzad began her career with Shoaib Hashmi's political satire Such Gup, which ran for three years on PTV. Following the success of the series, she appeared in Hashmi's next show Taal Matol, which had same format as of his previous satire. She played a manipulative feudal matriarch in Nusrat Thakur's Ghulam Gardish, which ran on PTV in 1999.

In 2016, she also appeared in Sabiha Sumar's Chotay Shah, which was made to aimed at Zeal Film Unity Festival. In 2017, she made her feature film debut with Nadeem Baig's Punjab Nahi Jaungi. In 2021, she appeared as a selfish head of a brothel in Kashif Nisar's directorial Dil Na Umeed To Nahi.

As an educationist
Shahzad served as the dean of house of liberal in Beaconhouse National University, where she set up the first theater, film and television department of the country. She is currently serving as the academic advisior of Lahore Grammar School.

Personal life
She married Shahzad Humayun during her study at Government College, Lahore. Humayun passed away few years after their marriage, leaving three children behind. One of Shahzad's son Farhad Humayun was a musician, who passed away in 2021.