Shabnur

Kazi Sharmin Nahid Nupur (born 17 December 1979 ), known by her stage name Shabnur, is a former Bangladeshi film actress.

Kazi Sharmin Nahid Nupur was born on 17 December 1979 at Navaron, Jashore, Bangladesh.

Her father is Shahjahan Chowdhury.

She has a sister and a brother–Jhumur and Tamal.

Shabnur debuted her career with co-actor Shabbir in the 1993 film Chandni Raatey, directed by Ehtesham.

Her first hit movie was Hridoy Amar with Amin Khan.

She got her breakthrough in her Third film Tumi Amar, co-acted with Salman Shah in 1994.

Shabnur co-acted with Salman until his death in 1996.

She later acted with Omar Sunny, Riaz, Ferdous Ahmed, and Shakib Khan, among others.

In 2004 Shabnur won the Bachsas Award for best actress in the film Bou Shashurir Juddho.

She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the film Dui Noyoner Alo (2005).

She won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress in 2006 for her role in the film Dui Noyoner Alo (2005), and won Meril Prothom Alo Awards for best actress ten times.

Shabnur got engaged with Anik Mahmud, a businessman, on 6 December 2011 and married on 28 December 2012.

Shabnur established a school, Sydney International School, in Baridhara, Dhaka in 2011.

She resides in Sydney, Australia.

In 2011 she received the CJFB Performance Award for Best Actress in the 2010 film Ebhabei Bhalobasha Hoy.

After a year-long break, two films, Bhalobasha Saint Martin-e and Attogopon, with Shabnur were released in 2012.

She is an Australian citizen since 2012.

In 2013, she acted in Kichhu Asha Kicchu Bhalobasha.

After a years-long acting hiatus, Shabnur is slated to appear in two films in pre-production in 2024, Rangana, a thriller film directed by Arafat Hossain, and Matal Hawa, a film to be directed by Chayanika Chowdhury.

The couple officially got divorced on 26 January 2020 due to compatibility issues.

Together they have a son.