Nafisa Ali
Actor
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.
Filmography
Life in a Metro
as Vaijanti 2007
Yamla Pagla Deewana
as Maa 2011
Big B
as Mary John Kurishingal 2007
Bewafaa
as Anjali's Mother 2005
Uunchai
as Abhilasha Shrivastava 2022
Major Saab
as Dr. Priya J. Rana 1998
Kshatriya
as Raja Jaswant's wife (Mirtagarh) 1993
Junoon
as Ruth Labadoor 1978
Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3
as Raj Mata Yashodhara 2018
Aatank
as Suzy D'Silva 1996
Godfather The Legend Continues
as Godfather's Wife 2007
Lahore
as Mrs. Singh / Amma 2010
Khwaabb
as Nafisa Ali 2014
Max, Min and Meowzaki
as Jennifer Sequera 2022