annie zaidi pakistani actress
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Gender: Female
Nationality: Pakistani
Family: Has a son and two daughters. Ali Zaidi (son), Maheen Zaidi (daughter)
Annie Zaidi is a Pakistani TV actress. She became famous for her role in PTV drama Chaaon (1988).
Later, she moved to the USA in the 1990s and returned to Pakistan in 2013 to continue her acting career.
She married to an army man and is the mother of three children.
Q) Tell us something about yourself? A: I live in California where I work as a substitute teacher at a vocational college.
I used to teach regularly, but became a substitute teacher to avail long leaves for my work here in Pakistan.
I studied dental front office and back office duties. I have got 3 kids Masha Allah, all grown up and they all are in computers.
I come to Pakistan annually to do my projects.
Q) How do you balance your work between your personal life and professional life? A: Both lives are mine! I keep a balance; it’s pretty simple since my all kids are grown up and they’re working and independent.
I don’t have any responsibilities.
I have grandkids, who are a joy so I just go there and spend like 4 months and then I come back to Pakistan to do my projects.
It’s pretty simple to manage both the things.
I enjoy both the worlds, so it’s like 8 months here 4 months there: a perfect combination.
Q) What inspired you to become an actress? A: That’s very interesting because not even in my wildest dreams I’d wanted to become one.
It’s just that one day a friend came and she offered me a role; she said why don’t you try?
And I said YES! I just went with it and then that serial became a big hit. It was from Quetta.
After that I was a known artist, but unfortunately I had to leave and go to America and settle down there. Now I come here every year.
I love acting; it has become my passion now. I love to try different roles. It’s my profession as well as my hobby.
Q) What’s your take on healthy life style and how do you maintain a balance with a busy life? A: I try a lot to be on the healthier side and maintain a good routine.
I try to avoid fatty food and I walk a lot, go to gym sometimes and when I can’t do that I try to eat small portions and have been successful in maintaining good health so far.
I eat everything, but control portions.
My best habit is that I think positively about every single problem and try to find the solution. I stay away from negative people.
Mental health is very important and it reflects your physical health too, so if you’re mentally positive, mentally happy then your health will be good and your face will show it.
So it all depends on your mental health.
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Q) How has the journey been so far? A: My journey so far has been blessed, no complains. Whatever I wanted to do I have achieved that.
I try to focus on my work and on social work as well; I try to do something for people who are underprivileged.
How successful I am, my God knows and I think earning money is one thing and then spending on the right cause is also important and if everybody who’s earning well think the same, I am sure lot of our problems will be eliminated.
Q) When did you decide to make it to this career and what were the push factors for you? A: What pushed me in this career, well I think it was not a push.
I was not expecting it.
It just happened one day when I decided and asked my husband about it and he said, ‘Why don’t you go and try?!’ and it was my first serial: Chhaon, written by Shahid Kazmi and directed by Kazim Pasha from Quetta.
My friend Laila Zuberi was in the main cast, she brought me in and it happened.
I had thought I could never be an artist and that I would do my part and come back, nobody would notice and I’d have fun, but Chhaon turned out to be a hit and I was in.
Q) What does life mean to you? A: Life to me is a continuous journey of experiences, circumstances and problems.
I have to solve them. Do your best, honestly, that the life.