Yamina Peerzada



Yamina Peerzada a Pakastani actress, singer and puppeteer. She is the puppeteer of Rani on Sim Sim Hamara. Peerzada graduated from Central School of Speech and Drama in the UK with a Masters Degree in 'Acting for Screen' and has performed as a puppeteer with the Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop in multiple countries.

Biography from her Facebook page :


 * Growing up amongst artists she was introduced and drawn to the performing arts from a very young age. She performed her first stage play at the 2nd World Performing Arts Festival 1994.


 * She has performed as a puppeteer with the Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop in Pakistan, India, Turkey, Italy, Scotland, France, Norway, Denmark and United Kingdom


 * She was the first Pakistani actress to perform a One-Woman Show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, 2008. 


 * She performed 'Dance Without Movement' (One-Woman Show) at the Invasian Festival-Edinburgh Fringe Festival, for 21 Nights, directed by Jim Johnson-Peshkar Productions.


 * She has two music videos to her credit namely 'Chal Merey Saath' by Rubberband, directed by Ahmed Ali Butt and Bilal Lashari (2008 ) and 'Moray Sayyan' by Kaavish, directed by Sohail Javed (2010).


 * She made her acting debut on television in 'Rangeel Pur' written and directed by Usmaan Peerzada, on PTV Home in Nov 2010.


 * Her second serial was A & B's "Roag" directed by Babar Javed and Furqan Khan and written by Faiza Ifthikar, on ARY Digital in April 2011. 


 * Since she is also a puppeteer, she voices and manipulates the female protagonist "Rani", a six year old puppet character on 'Sim Sim Hamara', a Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop and Sesame Street collaboration, on PTV Home aired in Dec 2011.


 * Her third serial was A & B's "Baraf" directed by Mohsin Mirza, on A Plus in Jan 2013. The same serial was renamed as "Roshni Andhera Roshni" and aired on ATV in 2014.


 * Her fourth serial was "Anjanay Nagar" directed by Khwaja Najam ul Hasan and written by Haseena Moin, TV One in May 2013. 


 * Yamina won the 'Best Actress (Terrestrial)' Award for 'Roshni Andhera Roshni' at the Lux Style Awards in 2014.