Fawzia Mirza

Fawzia Mirza
Fawzia Mirza in a sexual assault prevention course at United States Marine Corps Reserve Headquarters in 2011
Born Fawzia Mirza
Nationality Canadian
Education Northfield Junior-Senior High School
Indiana University Bloomington
Occupation actress, writer, producer, comedian
Years active 2006-present

Fawzia Mirza is a Pakistani-Canadian film and television actress, writer, producer and comedian. She is known for her works such as web series Kim Kardashian, Brown Girl Problems and the film Signature Move (2017).[1][2]

Early life

Mirza is a Canadian writer-actor-comic of Pakistani origin. She grew up in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her parents migrated from Pakistan when she was young.[3][4]

Career

Mirza majored in English and political science in college, and then went to law school. After two years working as a lawyer, she changed professions to become an actor.[5] She has focused on projects relating to the LGBT community, particularly relating to being a queer Muslim woman,[5][6] "to gain visibility for women and brown performers, and find space for queer stories".[7]

Her one-woman show Me, My Mom and Sharmila explores growing up queer and South Asian;[8][9] in 2015 she performed it at the International Theatre Festival at the National College of Arts in Lahore.[6][10] Also in 2015, she appeared in Emmy-nominated Her Story,[11] a six-part series on the lives of trans and queer women.[12]

Mirza plays Ayesha Ali Trump, a fictional Muslim daughter of Donald Trump, in the mockumentary The Muslim Trump Documentary.[13][14]

In 2016, she announced her film Signature Move (2017) alongside Shabana Azmi and also introduced herself as a lesbian on Twitter. Fawzia co-wrote, co-produced and starred in the movie and won many awads all over the world, including Best Narrative Film at Columbus International, Best Director and Best Actress at Out San Diego, Audience Award for Best Narrative in Connecticut, and Mirza won a Jury prize at the Canadian South Asian Mosaic Film Festival.[15]

She tweeted "I'm a lesbian, Muslim, Pakistani, actor, activist, writer, producer, lawyer & creature of passion," Many people criticized her and said that you can't be a Muslim and a lesbian at the same time. However people also supported her. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy tweeted in favor of her.[16]

Films and Web Series

Year Film/Series Notes
2014 Brown Girl Problems (TV Series)
2015 The First Session Short
2016 Spunkle Short
2017 Signature Move

References

  1. ↑ "Kam Kardashian web series worth watching". Chicago Tribune. 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  2. ↑ Wicklund, Joel. "Newcity Pushes Its Indie Cred Into Filmmaking". Chicagoist. Archived from the original on 2016-01-03. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  3. ↑ "Terms of Endearment". The Indian Express. 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  4. ↑ "Coming Out in Religion: Queer Actress-Writer Fawzia Mirza on Embracing 'Muslimness'". 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  5. 1 2 Lubischer, Alex (2012-03-07). "Fawzia Mirza shows strength on and off screen". Windy City Times. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  6. 1 2 "Life as a performance - TNS - The News on Sunday". TNS - The News on Sunday. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  7. ↑ Munir, Sarah (2015-04-06). "Unveiled: 'Nobody expects Muslim women to be comedians'". The Guardian.
  8. ↑ "Artist to perform solo play at Mathers Museum". Indiana Daily Student. Indiana University Bloomington. 2016-02-28.
  9. ↑ "Fawzia Mirza: My mom represents Sharmila Tagore s era". mid-day. 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  10. ↑ Ahmed, Shoaib (2015-04-01). "US artiste enthralls audience with Me, My Mom and Sharmila". www.dawn.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  11. ↑ "Her Story: What It's Like to Date for Trans Women | Advocate.com". The Advocate. 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  12. ↑ Talusan, Meredith (2016-01-21). "'Her Story' Is The Groundbreaking Trans And Queer Web Series You've Been Waiting For". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  13. ↑ "What if Donald Trump had a Muslim daughter?". CBC radio. 2016-03-17.
  14. ↑ "Fawzia Mirza: Comedian Behind Donald Trump's Muslim Daughter". Marie Claire. 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  15. ↑ Franich, Sanya. "Fawzia Mirza: Making Her Signature Move". Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  16. ↑ K Jha, Subhash (15 August 2016). "Shabana Azmi's next? A lesbian film!". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 1 September 2016.


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