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Alina Khan Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 23, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth26 October 1998

Age28 years

BirthplaceLahore, Pakistan

ProfessionActress

NationalityPakistani

Marital statusUnmarried

FamilyThird born; has an elder sister and one brother

Alina Khan Biography

Pakistani transgender actress Alina Khan rose from difficult beginnings to international acclaim with films Darling and Joyland.

Early life and background
Alina Khan was born on 26 October 1998 in Lahore, Pakistan. Raised in a conservative household, she is the third-born child with an elder sister and a brother. Her father noticed early on how much she loved performing, and as a child she would dance at home and wear a dupatta. Her formal education reached the intermediate level in commerce (I.Com).

Alina’s childhood included hardship and rejection. Her father died when she was in fifth grade, and economic pressures led her to work soon after completing matriculation. She held factory and sales jobs in which she sometimes presented as male to avoid attention, but discrimination and difficulties continued. During her college years she left home and began earning money by performing at public gatherings.

Career
Alina’s public performing led her to join the Khawajasira Society, a community organization for transgender people in Lahore. An important turning point came when she performed Sufi kalam at an event organized by an NGO. Media coverage of that performance brought her to the attention of casting director Sana Jafri, who offered Alina the lead role in the short film Darling (2019).

In Darling, Alina played a dreamy trans girl striving to become a star. The short won recognition on the international festival circuit, including awards at Venice and the Melbourne Queer Film Festival. That early success opened doors to further screen work and raised her profile as an actor.

Alina achieved wider international attention with Joyland (2022), in which she portrayed the character Biba. The film was selected as Pakistan’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards and brought Alina to the Cannes Film Festival red carpet in 2022, a milestone for transgender representation from Pakistan.

Public profile
Joyland’s international recognition was accompanied by controversy at home: the film faced criticism in Pakistan and was subsequently banned by the country’s authorities despite being the national Oscar entry. Alina has spoken publicly about that experience and about what the Cannes red carpet meant to her; she described feeling that her talent was being acknowledged independently of her gender.

Throughout interviews she has been candid about the hostility and physical abuse she experienced from family members during her youth, and about the discrimination she faced in workplaces and social settings. Despite those challenges, Alina has continued to perform and represent transgender people in Pakistani cinema.

Latest updates
Alina’s appearance at Cannes in 2022 after Joyland’s selection as Pakistan’s Oscar entry remains a defining recent moment in her career. She continues to be identified with the Khawajasira community in Lahore and with work that highlights transgender experiences on screen.

Personal notes
Alina follows Islam and is unmarried. Her eye color is described as light brown and her hair is brown. Her height is listed at approximately 177.8 cm (about 5 feet 10 inches). She has cited dancing as a long-standing hobby.

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Recent Work

Darling

Short film in which Alina played the lead role of a trans girl; won international festival awards including Venice and Melbourne.

2019
Joyland

Feature film in which Alina portrayed Biba; selected as Pakistan’s official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards and screened at Cannes.

2022
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Career Highlights

  1. Lead role in short film Darling (2019) which won international festival awards.
  2. Portrayed Biba in Joyland (2022), Pakistan’s official submission for the 95th Academy Awards.
  3. Walked the Cannes Film Festival red carpet in 2022 as part of Joyland’s international profile.
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