Acting credits
6
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Nelofer Pazira
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 7Series: 1Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 99946
IMDb ID: nm0969891
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1973
Age: 53
Place of birth: Hyderabad, India
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2001 - 2025
Years active: 25
Average TMDB rating: 6.28
Wikidata: Q3874514
Other jobs
Director (2)Producer (1)
Biography
Nelofer Pazira is an Afghan-Canadian filmmaker, actress, journalist, and author, born in 1973 in Hyderabad, India. She was raised in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lived through a decade of Soviet occupation before fleeing to Pakistan in 1989 and immigrating to Canada in 1990. She studied journalism and English literature at Carleton University and earned a master’s degree in anthropology, sociology, and religion from Concordia University. In 2001, she starred in the film “Kandahar,” based on her real-life attempt to find a childhood friend. She later co-directed “Return to Kandahar” and authored the memoir “A Bed of Red Flowers.”
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Nelofer Pazira.
as Self
In the Room
2025 • Movie
as Suraya (older)
Sima's Song
2024 • Movie
Producer
This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth
2019 • Movie
Director
Act of Dishonour
2010 • Movie
The Giant Buddhas
2005 • Movie
as herself
The Return to Kandahar
2003 • Movie
as Nafas
Kandahar
2001 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Nelofer Pazira.
