Zaira Wasim was born on 23 October 2000 to a Muslim family in Srinagar. She made her film debut with the role of wrestler Geeta Phogat in the biographical sports film Dangal. She then starred as an aspiring singer in the musical drama Secret Superstar. Her last film appearance was in The Sky Is Pink, which garnered her a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination despite underperforming commercially.
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Zaira Wasim was born on 23 October 2000 to a Muslim family in downtown Srinagar. Wasim made her film debut with the role of wrestler Geeta Phogat in the biographical sports film Dangal. She then starred as an aspiring singer in the musical drama Secret Superstar, which became the highest-grossing Indian film with a female protagonist. Her last film appearance was in The Sky Is Pink, which garnered her a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination despite underperforming commercially. In November 2017, Ram Nath Kovind, the President of India, honoured her with the National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement. On 30 June 2019, Wasim announced she would be leaving her acting career because it conflicted with her religious beliefs.
She has completed shooting for her next film The Sky is Pink, the biopic of motivational speaker Aisha Chaudhary, a 19-year-old girl who died from pulmonary fibrosis, which will be released in India on 11 October 2019. She is the daughter of Zahid and Zarqa Wasim and has a brother and a sister. She attended St. Paul’s International Academy in Sonwar, Srinagar and completed tenth grade from St. Paul’s International Academy. She currently lives in New Delhi with her husband and two children. She works as a bank manager at J&K Bank, and her mother is a teacher. She also has a son with actor Aamir Khan, and a daughter with actor Raj Arjun.
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