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Early life
Qamar was born on 5 April 1985 into a Sindhi family in Hyderabad, Sindh. Qamar lost her father in a very young age and spent most of her childhood in Gujranwala with her grandmother. She got her early education in Gujranwala then moved to Lahore to pursue further studies. Her family is settled in Karachi.

Career
Qamar made her debut in the PTV Home TV series Mein Aurat Hoon. The series was shot in Lahore. It was followed by classic PTV series including Chaap (2005), Unbiyaanable (2005) and Dhoop Mein Andhera Hai (2006). In 2007 Qamar appeared in ATV's Khuda Gawah which was the remake of 1992 Indian film of the same name and Jinnah Ke Naam. She has played the role of Fatima Jinnah and the series was tribute to the Founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Though the series was failed commercialy, Qamar received nomination for Best TV Actress (Terrestrial) at Lux Style Awards. In an earlier interview with The Express Tribune, Qamar confess, “For me, acting is being able to express the feelings, emotions and expressions of different people and characters”.

In 2010, She appeared in a supporting role of Surraya in Hum TV's pre partition television series Dastaan, an adaptation of Razia Butt's novel Bano. She was seen opposite Ahsan Khan, Sanam Baloch and Fawad Khan. Series proved to be the break-through for her and she won the Best TV Actress trophy at the Pakistan Media Awards (2010). She won the PTV Awards for the best TV actress in both public and jury choice categories at the 16th Annual PTV awards, held on 23 July 2011 for her role in Tinkay. Tinkay also earned her a nomination for Best Television Actress at Lux Style Awards. This was followed by a supporting role in the PTV Home's social drama on women, Bint e Adam. Her role in the series was of a rich brat who falls for a boy from poor background, and marries him against her cruel father's wishes. Bint e Adam was a major critical and commercial hit, however, critics noted that her role was "limited" from an acting point of view.

She then appeared in Sarmad Khoosat's Pani Jaisa Piyar and PTV's Tera Pyar Nahi Bhoole. She was paired opposite Ahsan Khan in both series. Both of which garnered her Lux Style Award nominations for Best Television Actress. It was followed by Maat where she played the role of selfish, self-obsessed Saman opposite Adnan Siddiqui and Aamina Sheikh. The series was critically and commercialy hit and became the thirteen highest-rated Pakistani television series and also garnered her Pakistan Media Awards for Best Actress.

The following year, Qamar collaborated with Sami Khan in Geo TV's three projects Jo Chale To Jaan Se Guzar Gaye (2011), Tere Ik Nazar (2011) and Main Chand Si (2011). She has appeared in Ameen Iqbal's Thakan (2012) where she played the role of Sadaf who works extremely hard like a machine day and night to run her family but no one except her grandfather feels sympathy for her or even cares about her. It was followed by the leading roles in Amna Nawaz Khan's Na Kaho Tum Mere Nahi (2012) and Faiza Iftikhar's Yahan Pyar Nahin Hai (2012). The later of which earned her a nomination for Best Actress at Hum Awards. She gained wider recognition for portraying a range of characters in the serials Kaash Aisa Ho (2013), Sannata (2013), Ullu Baraye Farokht Nahi (2013), Jaanam (2014), Bay Emaan Mohabbat (2014), Bunty I Love You (2015), Izteraab (2015), Digest Writer (2015), Kaisay Tum Se Kahoon (2015), and Sangat (2015), some of which garnered her several Best Actress nominations and Awards. Qamar won her first Hum Awards for the Best TV Actress for her role as Diana in Bunty I Love you, at the 3rd Hum Awards.

In 2016, Qamar played the role of Surraya (Sitara) in Seema Taher Khan's Mein Sitara along-with Mekaal Zulfiqar and appeared as Mishal in Farooq Rind's Besharam opposite Zahid Ahmed. The later was a commercially and critically hit. Sadaf Haider of The Express Tribune praised her saying, “Qamar is in great form as Mishi and plays her with restraint and quiet power; a welcome relief from the wounded women she has played of late”. During the 16th Lux Style Awards, the series earned 5 nominations including Qamar for Best TV actress. She was also nominated for her projects Mein Sitara and Lahore Se Aagey in Best Actress category.

Film Career
In 2015, she made her film debut in the movie Manto, directed by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat. She appeared in the spin-off to Karachi Se Lahore, called Lahore Se Aagey. She made her debut in the Hindi film industry, in Saket Chaudhary's film Hindi Medium, opposite Irrfan Khan. The film became a sleeper hit in India and China.