Uzma Gillani

Uzma Gillani (born 1942; ) is a veteran Pakistani television actress and advertiser. She, along with Khalida Riyasat, Tahira Naqvi and Roohi Bano, dominated the television screens of Pakistan from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Early life
Uzma was born in Meerut, British India and her parents migrated to Pakistan.

Career
Gillani is known for her choice of roles that demonstrate a character's tough nature and autocratic disposition. She is considered to be one of the greatest television actors of all time in Pakistan. Gillani began her career through PTV's most successful plays Waris (1979–1982), Nasheman (1982), Dehleez (1981) and Panah (1981), which earned her recognition and a Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1982.

Gillani has had cancer. With her career spanning over 45 years, she is one of Pakistan's early TV actresses that gained fame when television emerged in Pakistan in 1964.

Personal life
Uzma married Inayat Shah Gillani and the couple had two children. Her husband died in 2017.

Television series

 * Panah (1981) (subject was the Afghan war and the refugees)
 * Waris (1979–1982)
 * Badlon Par Basera
 * Doosra Kinara
 * Manzil Hai Kahan
 * Dehleez (1981)
 * Neelay Hath (1989)
 * Alao (1994)
 * Maa
 * Man-o-Salwa (2007)
 * Firaaq (2014)
 * Maryam(2015)
 * Shehr-e-Ajnabi (2014)
 * Amar Bail (TV One)
 * Tujh Pe Qurban
 * Nasheman
 * Masuri
 * Bulbulay
 * Kinara Mil Gaya Hota
 * Ishq Atish
 * Chahtain
 * Taar-e-Ankaboot
 * Punkh
 * Shaam Sey Phelay
 * Dastar-e-Ana (2017)
 * Kaisa Hai Naseeban (2019)
 * Bhool (2019)

Film

 * Sacch (2019) as Uzma

Honour
The Government of Pakistan named a street and intersection after her in Lahore on August 16, 2021. In 2022 on May 19 the Cantonment Board of Bahawalpur (CBB) named a Park after her called Uzma Gillani Park for children and women in Model Town.