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Mehrun Nissa Hassan, commonly known as Mehr Hassan, is an American actress, model, and classical dancer.[1]

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Mehr Hassan
Born	Mehrunnissa Hassan 1983 or 1984 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Occupation	Actress model classical dancer

Personal life and education

Hassan is the daughter of religious theologian Riffat Hassan. She was born to a Pakistani mother and an Indian father.[2] Mehr is settled in Louisville, Kentucky, though she has performed in films in India and Pakistan, as well. She received her master's degree from the University of Louisville.[3]

Career

Hassan started her dancing career as a stage performer in United States. During her college years, she visited India during summer breaks and began her film career in a Tamil film called Anbe Diana, in which she played the title character.[2] During her stay in India, she also studied acting at the Kishore Namit Kapoor Institute. She continued to work in films while in college, including the award-winning films, Diwali and Dreams. It was on the set of Diwali that Samina Peerzada approached her for her film, Shararat, which was filmed in Pakistan and released in 2003.^{[citation needed]} She has also appeared in the films, The Gold Bracelet (2006) and Heart Land (2009).[3]

Hassan is an accomplished dancer and has worked in award-winning music videos as a dancer and director.

Partial filmography

Film	Character	Director	Release Year
Anbe Diana	Diana	L.V. Athavin	2000
Dreamers	Saira	K. Wadia	N/A
Diwali (short film)	Sejal	Nick Sivakumaran	2001
Nilivil Kalangmilai	Diane	L.V Athavin	N/A
Shararat	Zara	Samina Peerzada	2003
Hum Tum Aur Mom	Reena	A. Nanda	2005
The Gold Bracelet	Simrun Singh	Kavi Raz	2006
Heart Land	Neurotic Mummy-Baby	Fred Holmes	2009
Channa Sachi Muchi	Gypsy	Ijaz Bajwa	2010
Hotel Hollywood	Priya	Param Gill	2010
Sonne Da Karra	Simrun	Kavi Raz	2016
Lakeeran the Destiny	Zubeda	Dharam Panesar	2018

Music videos

• Directed and performed (vocals and dance) in Kuch Nahi Terey Bin[2]
• Co-directed and performed (vocals and dance) in Man Mohna (My Spirit)[2]
• Performed (vocals and dance) in Piya Nain Milla[2]

References

External links

• Official website
• Mehr Hassan at IMDb
• Larry Muhammad (22 June 2011). "Mehr Hassan is a global film star but a 'hillbilly at heart' (part 1)". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
• Larry Muhammad (22 June 2011). "Mehr Hassan is a global film star but a 'hillbilly at heart' (part 2)". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

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