Wikipedia:Naila Azad Nupur

Naila Azad Nupur is an actress, dancer, performer, director, choreographer, costume designer from Bangladesh.

Early life
Her parents are from West Bengal in India. She was born in Bangladesh on 6 February 1958. She is the eldest of 2 siblings. In 1973 H.S.C exam she stood 1st in combined merit list from Business Department. She started her acting career with a open staged drama. In 1974 Ratnadip was her 1st BTV drama. She went to Pune, India for Acting Diploma for 8 months. In the 80s after returning she started to work as a theatre artist and worked at Dhaka Theatre. In 1980 she got chance in a movie called 'Ghuddi' alongside Raisul Islam Asad and Suborna Mustafa.

Higher Study
She moved to the United States in 1989 for a higher degree in theater, film and acting. She graduated from Antioch University with a B.F.A in Theatre and in 1997 received her M.F.A in Theatre, Film & Television from the University Of California, Los Angeles. Since then she has been working in Los Angeles, New York, India and Bangladesh, as an performer, director and choreographer. She has been a member of Ziggurat Theatre since 1997. She has acted in plays at the Fountain Theatre, East-West Players, and Ziggurat Theatre.

Career
He has also acted in several Hollywood movies. The Hollywood movie 'Crossing Over' starring Naila Azad as Rokeya Jahangir and Harrison Ford was released in 2009. She played the mother of Taslima Jahangir, a 15-year-old girl from Bangladesh, presents a paper at school promoting that people should try to understand the 9/11 hijackers. She appeared in Lie to Me (stylized as Lie to me*) which is an American crime drama television series for 1 episode called Depraved Heart. After 22 years, she acted in the Bengali drama 'Jadur Shohor' of a Bangladeshi serial in 2011. After 25 years she was seen in a Bengali Movie named Ghashphul in 2015. She was also a part of the highest grossing Bengali language film of all-time at the United States Box Office called Bengali Beauty by Rahsaan Noor. She played Moshfeka, Moyna's mother in Bengali Beauty.

Currently she is active in acting, directing in theatre in Bangladesh and teaching at IUB & ULAB.

Single Drama
Eti Brittanto (2015)

Kothay jabo (1987)

Duburi (1981)

Nishit Trishnay (1980)

Kittonkhola (1979)

Ratnodip (1974)

Ek shanur Kotha

Valobashi Ghash

Sesh Bongshodhor

Morog

Machi

Ami Kisher Bichar Chaibo

Awrangzeb (1982)

Shuvra sundor Kolyani Anondo

Kothay Jabo

Cactus

Procchaya

Norjon Jonaronne

Sonali EK Chabi

Potvumi Porichiti

TV Series
Lie to Me (2009-2011)

CSI

Jadur Shohor (2011)

Ayna (1982)

Films
Bengali Beauty (2018)

Ghashphul: The Flower of Grass (2015)

Crossing Over

Kirtonkhola (2000)

Storm in the Afternoon (1998)

Ghuddi (1980)

Mohona

Dohon

Resisted (Upcoming)

Short Films
Topi (Short) (2009)

27,000 Days (Short)

Eden (Short) (2001)