Huma Qureshi

Biography of Huma Qureshi

Huma Qureshi was born on July 28, 1986 in Delhi. She is an Indian actress who works mostly in Hindi films. She has been nominated twice for the Filmfare award and is one of the most promising newcomers.

Huma Qureshi was born into a Muslim family. She has three brothers: Naeem Qureshi, Haseen Qureshi and Saqib Saleem. The latter has also been an actor since 2011. Her father, Saleem Qureshi, owns a restaurant called Saleem's; her mother, Ameena Qureshi, who is from Kashmiri, is a housewife.

After graduating from Delhi University with a degree in history, Qureshi began a career in modeling and theatre. In 2008, she moved to Mumbai after being offered a role in the film Junction, which didn't materialize. She instead signed a two-year deal with Hindustan Unilever for television commercials.

While filming a Samsung commercial, director Anurag Kashyap spotted her talent and offered her the role of Mohsin in his two-part crime drama Gangs of Wasseypur (2012). Her performance earned her multiple nominations, including two Filmfare nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Debut, Female. The same year, Qureshi starred in the romantic comedy LuvShuv Tey Chicken Khurana. In the horror thriller Ek Thi Daayan (2013) she embodied a witch alongside Emraan Hashmi. She received a lot of praise from the critics for her performance.

Her only film to hit theaters in 2014 was the romantic comedy Dedh Ishqiya, a sequel to Ishqiya which starred Vidya Balan. The sequel stars Qureshi alongside Madhuri Dixit, Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi. In 2015, Qureshi played the supporting role of a prostitute in the thriller Badlapur (also starring Varun Dhawan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui).