Zainab Raja

Zainab Raja is a Pakistani actress and model. She began her career in the entertainment industry through modelling and acting. In 2016, she won the Miss Veet Pakistan. She was a contestant on Tamasha in 2025.

Early life

Zainab was born and raised in Islamabad, Pakistan. In a 2017 interview with The News International, she said that she had wanted to become an actress and appear on television since she was three years old. She later pursued this interest through modelling and acting, participating in the Miss Veet Pakistan competition in 2016.

Career

Zainab studied BS hons in Mass Communication and Media. She won the Miss Veet Pakistan 2016 title at the competition's finale, which was held at Mohatta Palace in Karachi. In an interview with The News following the competition, she said that she had wanted to act since childhood and viewed the competition as an opportunity to enter the acting and modelling industry.

She later worked in television and short-form productions. She started her acting career with 2017 series Bohtan and subsequently appeared in an episode of the anthology series Dikhawa and was part of the cast of the short film Tharki (2021).

In 2025, Zainab Raja appeared as a contestant in the fourth season of Tamasha, a Pakistani reality television series broadcast on ARY Digital.

Besides media, she is the owner of CoFFEE shop Aero Cafe, located in DHA Phase 6, Karachi.

Television

Year

Title

Role

Network

Notes

2017

Miss Veet Pakistan

Herseld

Winner

2017

Bohtan

2020

Mann e Iltija

ARY Digital

Lead Role

2022

Dikhawa

Geo Entertainment

Episode: "Anokha Ladla"

2022

Meri Guriya

AAN TV

2025

Tamasha

Herself

ARY Digital

Placed in Top 7

2026

Barbaad Hui Rameen

Mun TV

2026

Zindagi Zara Zara

A-plus TV

Film

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2021

Tharki

Short film

2026

Gidh

Short film

Music Video

Year

Title

Singer

2017

Nanhe Nanhe Hathon Mein Kalam

Aima Baig