Sabeena Farooq

Sabeena Farooq is a Pakistani actress who mainly works in Urdu television. She rose to prominence with her role in Suno Chanda 2 (2019) and gained widespread recognition for portraying the antagonist Haya in Tere Bin (2022–2023). Sabeena then received praises for portraying Barbeena in Kabuli Pulao (2023) and Aliya in Mann Jogi (2024).^[1]

Sabeena Farooq
Born	Sabina Farooq (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 31) Islamabad, Pakistan
Alma mater	Springfield School
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2016–present

Early life

Sabeena was born in Islamabad to a Punjabi father and a Pashtun mother, one of three siblings (with one sister and one brother), and after graduating in Media Studies she auditioned for a role with PTV and made her acting debut in 2016 with Dhanak starring Nauman Ijaz.^[2]

Career

Sabeena has played the female lead in a number of television productions, including Maa Sadqey (2018), Suno Chanda 2 (2019) and Log Kiya Kahenge (2018). Her other appearances include De Ijazat (2018) and Salaam Zindagi (2018).^[3][4][5] She gained immense recognition by playing the antagonist role in Tere Bin (2022–23).^[6][7] Sabeena's latest work (2023) is her lead role in the drama Kabuli Pulao.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Janaan	Imaan		[8]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	De Ijazat	Zoha
	Maa Sadqay	Sofia		[9]
2019	Suno Chanda 2	Romaina "Maina" Khan		[10]
	Log Kia Kahengay	Mishal Feroze Arsal		[11]
2020	Muqaddar	Abeera
	Kashf	Zoya Wajdan		[12]
2021	Mohlat	Rida Essa
2022	Dil Awaiz	Fariya
	Tere Bin	Haya Ikram Khan		[13]
2023	Kabuli Pulao	Barbeena Haji Mushtaq		[14]
	Grey	Emaan
	Serial Killer	Amna Tufail / Zarish
2024	Tere Mere Sapnay	Amal
	Mann Jogi	Aliya Ibrahim		[15]
2025	Hashtag	Zara	Eid Special Mini Series

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	Aye Zindagi	Sehar	Dot Republic Media series	[16]

Telefilm

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2022	Mast Mohabbat	Maham