Faryal Gohar


Faryal Gohar is a Pakistani actress, model, television writer and human rights activist. She is known for her roles in dramas Uraan, Chaandni Raatain, Chand Grehan, Wisal and Mohini Mansion Ki Cinderellayain.

Early life

Faryal was born on 18 December 1959, in Lahore, Pakistan. She attended Lahore American School, she enjoyed playing sports and she played softball eventually she became the captain of softball in her school. Then she went to Kinnaird College for Women there she took part in sports. Later she went to Canada to study political economy and studied at McGill University. After graduating from McGill University, she moved to the United States and attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where she studied documentary film.

Career

Faryal made her debut as an actress on PTV in 1975 and she worked in drama Zanjeer. She worked as a model and was a popular model in 1970s. She appeared in drama Traffik with her husband Jamal Shah. Then she appeared in dramas Uraan, Chand Grehan and Chaandni Raatain.
In 1984, she established the Fine Arts Department at the University of Balochistan. She also appeared in telefilm Gul Phenke Hein as Jahanara Faryal joined Ajoka Theatre which was founded by her sister Madeeha and she did many theatre plays in the 1980s and the 1990s.
Faryal was appointed as UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund in 1999.
In 1997 she appeared in the movie Zar Gul as Yasmin and in 2014 in the movie Tamanna as Madame Fatima. Then she appeared in drama Mohini Mansion Ki Cinderellayain as Daaro Maasi along with actress Shabnam and Qavi Khan.
In 2018 she was appointed as Goodwill Cancer Care Ambassador by Cancer Care Hospital & Research Center.
Faryal was appointed as Goodwill Softball Ambassador by Federation of Pakistan president Haider Khan Lehri in 2019.

Personal life

Faryal married actor Jamal Shah and they were a power couple to audiences in Pakistan after they fell in love working together in cinema and art industry together for quite a long time but 9 years later they divorced. During her marriage to Jamal, she had conceived but developed complications in the pregnancy, leading to a miscarriage. In 2002, Faryal married Irfan Jamil Rahman a Pakistani doctor in California in America but he died from cancer in 2011. Faryal's elder sister actress Madeeha Gauhar died in 2018. Faryal is the aunt of actress Savera Nadeem and sister-in-law to screenwriter Shahid Nadeem.

Philanthropy

In 1994, She participate in a fundraising event for the cancer hospital in Lahore, which was founded by Imran Khan. Faryal sold her house in Zaman Park and gave that money to the raising funds for the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital.

Ambassadorship

  • UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador in 1999
  • Ambassador for Cancer Care in 2018
  • Pakistan softball Ambassador in 2019