# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shamim-ara
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:29:33.107Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shamim-ara"
name: "Shamim Ara"
slug: "shamim-ara"
description: "Shamim Ara was a Pakistani film actress, director, and producer. She was known as The Tragic Beauty because of the tragic heroine roles she often portrayed in films. She was one of the most popular and successful actresses of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. She is regarded as one of the most influential actresses of all time in Pakistani cinema."
tagline: "Pakistani actor and film director"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Shamim_Ara.jpg"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1938-03-22"
deathDate: "2016-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.74
  momentum:             13.94736842105263
  historical:           8.977150666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0032669/"
    handle:    "nm0032669"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "شمیم آرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "شاميم ارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE"
    title: "শামীম আরা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamim_Ara"
    title: "Shamim Ara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kai.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamim_Ara"
    title: "Shamim Ara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AE_%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE"
    title: "ਸ਼ਮੀਮ ਅਰਾ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "شمیم آرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "شميم آرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "شمیم آرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B7%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "ஷமிம் ஆரா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B7%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE"
    title: "షమీమ్ అరా"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7487555"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1771443"
    title: "Shamim Ara"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump