Name
Nafisa Ali
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1957-01-19 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Biography
Nafisa Ali was born in Kolkata, the daughter of Ahmed Ali, a Bengali Muslim, by his wife Philomena Torresan, a Roman Catholic of Anglo-Indian heritage. Nafisa's paternal grandfather, S. Wajid Ali, was a prominent Bengali writer. Her paternal aunt (father's sister) was Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, a Pakistani journalist and feminist. Nafisa is also related to the decorated Bangladeshi freedom fighter and soldier Bir Pratik Akhtar Ahmed. Nafisa's mother is now settled in Australia.
Nafisa went to Sr. Cambridge from La Martiniere Calcutta. She has also studied Vedanta taught by Swami Chinmayananda, who started the center Chinmaya Mission of World Understanding.
Her husband is the renowned polo player and Arjuna awardee, retired Col R.S. Sodhi. After marriage, she chose to stop working and focus on her three children: daughters Armana, Pia and son Ajit. After a break of 18 years she returned to the film industry.
Known For
6.4
A group of Mumbai up-and-comers search for love and struggle for success in this ensemble ...
5.6
Virendra is a spoiled young man newly enrolled in the Indian army. Major Jasbir Singh Rana...
- 2007 Life in a Metro as Vaijanti
- 2026 Max, Min and Meowzaki as Jennifer Sequera
- 2011 Yamla Pagla Deewana as Maa
- 1998 Major Saab as Dr. Priya J. Rana
- 2007 Big B as Mary John Kurishingal
- 2001 Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar
- 1996 Aatank as Suzy D'Silva
- 1978 Junoon as Ruth Labadoor
- 2022 Uunchai as Abhilasha Shrivastava
- 2014 Khwaabb as Nafisa Ali
- 2005 Bewafaa as Anjali's Mother
- 2007 Godfather The Legend Continues as Godfather's Wife
- 1993 Kshatriya as Raja Jaswant's wife (Mirtagarh)
- 2018 Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3 as Raj Mata Yashodhara
- 2010 Lahore as Mrs. Singh / Amma
- 2010 Guzaarish as Ethan's Mother
- 1988 Tamas ( 6 episodes ) as Liza
- 2002 Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai ( 2 episodes ) as Herself
