Ayesha Omar (born October 12, 1980) is a Pakistani actress, model, singer, former MTV Pakistan VJ and painter. She is best known for portraying the character of Khoobsurat in ARY Digital's sitcom Bulbulay.
Born on October 12, 1980, Ayesha graduated from the prestigious National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan, where she mastered the art of painting fine art. She acquired fame with two of her hit singles, "Aao" and "Koi To Ho".
Since her early days at school, Ayesha had been keen in theater and
charity work. She was a president at her arts school and managed theater
productions along with doing costumes and conceptual creative work. She
would dedicate her summers at the Rising Sun School for special
children. At the age of eight, she started hosting a show with Muneeza
Hashmi called Meray Bachpan Kay Din in which she would interview celebrities about their early days.
However, it was her break in the light teen comedy Kollege Jeans that prompted her career in television. The show was directed by another NCA graduate Jawad Bashir and cast her alongside Ali Zafar and other prominent TV personalities. Soon after she was invited to host a show called Rhythm for Prime TV where she interviewed musicians from all over Pakistan including veterans like Arif Lohar and Shazia Manzoor.
She would even act with Nautanki, NCA’s drama group, even
before she joined the college whence she gathered that a formal training
is required. The National College of Arts (NCA) provided her every
other reason to indulge into any prospect of performing arts. During her
tenure at the institution she also modelled 18 fashion shows held as
well as perform in seven plays with Lahore’s amateur theater groups.
In 2003, a set of paintings that Ayesha created for her final NCA thesis
generated excitement and controversy when exhibited. The controversy
surrounded her submission of two semi-nude self portraits,
also a part of the exhibition. Asked, Ayesha would say that the
Pakistani society has forgotten the integral preciousness of life and
quoted that “the human body is the purest of all natural forms, it’s
chaste, it’s innocent, but you have to see beyond the apparent to
perceive the metaphysical.
Ayehsa Omar hosted ‘Hot Chocolate’ on ARY Zauq. She is now hosting a
morning show 'Ye Waqt Hai Mera' on CNBC Pakistan and Samaa tv. (Source: Wikipedia)
