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name: "Nelofer Pazira"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nelofer-pazira"
fi1m_id: "nelofer-pazira"
imdb_id: "nm0969891"
tmdb_id: 99946
wikidata_id: "Q3874514"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T03:26:33.620675+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Nelofer Pazira

## Identity

Nelofer Pazira

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nelofer-pazira
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nelofer-pazira
- **IMDb ID:** nm0969891
- **TMDB ID:** 99946
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3874514
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelofer_Pazira, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3874514, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0969891/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99946

Actor. Born 1 January 1973 in Hyderabad, India.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1973, Hyderabad, India
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelofer_Pazira, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3874514, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0969891/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99946

## Biography

Nelofer Pazira is an Afghan-Canadian actress, filmmaker, journalist and author. She was born in 1973 in Hyderabad, India, and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan. She fled with her family to Pakistan in 1989 and immigrated to Canada in 1990.

In 2001 she starred as Nafas in the film *Kandahar*, directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf and loosely based on her own attempt to return to Afghanistan during Taliban rule. She later co-directed and produced the documentary *Return to Kandahar* (2003). Pazira has also appeared in other films including *Act of Dishonour* (2010) and has written the memoir *A Bed of Red Flowers*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kandahar* (2001), Fi1m 75, as Nafas — [page](https://film.one/film/kandahar.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *You Will Be Free* (2026), Actor
- *Sima's Song* (2024), as Suraya (older)
- *This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth* (2019), Producer, Co-Writer, Researcher
- *Act of Dishonour* (2010), as Mejgan · Writer, Executive Producer, Director
- *The Giant Buddhas* (2005), Actor
- *The Return to Kandahar* (2003), Director
- *Kandahar* (2001), as Nafas — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/kandahar.md)

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