Sajal Aly

Aly made her first on-screen appearance with a recurring role in Geo Entertainment's sitcom Nadaaniyaan (2011).[11] It was an episodic appearance followed by leading roles in several soap operas including, the melodrama Mehmoodabad Ki Malkain,[12][13][14] the family Ahmed Habib Ki Betiyan[11] and supporting roles in primetime political-drama Mastana Mahi,[11][15] and the melodrama Meray Qatil Meray Dildar,[12] the later of which earned her a nomination of Hum Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 2012, she played the titular role in Express Entertainment's Chandni. The same year, she received praised for portraying a young outspoken college student in Fasih Bari Khan's written Mohabbat Jaye Bhar Mein[11][13] She then appeared as naive poor Esha in Meri Ladli opposite Ahsan Khan, as carefree cancer patient Zoya in Fahim Burney's Sitamgar opposite Faisal Rehman, and as a girl nextdoor in Syed Ahmed Kamran's Mere Khuwabon Ka Diya opposite Danish Taimoor.[16][17] Her next role was in Fasih Bari Khan's Quddusi Sahab Ki Bewah as an opportunistic tenant for few episodes.[18]

In 2013, Aly received critical praise for her portrayal of an innocent teen child in Haseeb Hassan's directed Nanhi,[19][20] The series was highly rated and earned her the nominations of Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress - Satellite and Pakistan Media Awards for Best Actress.[20] Her next appearance was in Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi's Gohar-e-Nayab as the titular Gori, a young orphaned with exceptional spirit despite the mistreatment. The series earned her another nomination of Pakistan Media Award for Best TV Actress also. Her performance as a young troubled child in Asim Raza's Behadd alongside Nadia Jamil and Fawad Khan was praised by critics.[15] The same year, she starred in Mohsin Mirza's directed Aasmanon Pay Likha alongside Sheheryar Munawar which turned out to be the highest rated television series of the year in Pakistan.[21][11] Aly then portrayed a victim of split personality disorder in Kashif Nisar's directed Sannata alongside Danish Taimoor and Saba Qamar. Her performance brought her favourable reviews and a nomination of Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress.[11][22]

In 2014, her roles in Barkat Siddiqui's directed Qudrat, Faiza Iftikhar's written Kahani Raima Aur Manahil Ki and Waseem Abbas's directed Ladoon Mein Pali were went unnoticed.[11][20] However, the portrayal of a rape survivor in Yasir Nawaz's directed Chup Raho propelled her career.[13] Despite the negative reviews that the series received due to the misleading depicting of the rape, her performance was praised, earning her third nomination as a Best TV Actress at 14th Lux Style Awards.[22][23] This was followed by less well-received portrayals in A-Plus TV's Mera Raqeeb and Chupke Se Bahar Ajaye.[11][24]

Her first role in 2015 was of submissive girl dominated by her mother's ideologies in Sabiha Sumar's directed Khuda Dekh Raha Hai, earned her another nomination of Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress.[25][26][27] Later that year, she made her second on-screen appearance with Agha Ali after Khuda Dekh Raha Hai in Kashif Nisar's directed Kis Se Kahoon,[11] where she portrayed a young college student who faces the hurdles there courageously. Her next role was in Siraj-ul-Haque's directed love-triangle Tum Mere Kya Ho as a young caretaker of a widower's daughter.[11][20] Her portrayal of a women rights activist opposite Feroze Khan in the romance Gul e Rana earned her further praise.[23] Despite mixed reviews, the series was highly rated like her previous collaboration with Khan, Chup Raho. For her performance she received her first ever award, Hum Award for Best Actress and a nomination of Best Actress at 15th Lux Style Awards.[22] Aly then appeared in Anjum Shahzad's directed romance-drama Mera Yaar Miladay opposite Faysal Quraishi which couldn't get wider response.[20]

Aly made her Bollywood film debut starring opposite Sridevi in the 2017 Hindi film Mom.[28] Aly also sang the theme song for the series O Rangreza, in which she plays the character Sassi.[29] She portrays the role of Chammi in 2018 period drama Aangan which aired on Hum TV. She received critical praise for her performance with Dawn IMAGES ranked it as the top 6 performances of television in 2019.[30] Buraq Shabbir of The News International stated, "Sajal Aly stole the limelight and overshadowed everyone and everything else surrounding the recently concluded play."[31] In 2019, Aly was seen portraying Momina Sultan in Geo Entertainment spiritual romantic drama Alif alongside Hamza Ali Abbasi. As of 2019–2020, she appeared in Yeh Dil Mera as Noor-ul-Ain Zaman in Hum TV. In 2021, Sajal appeared on the silver screen as Zara in Urdu-language drama Pakistani film Khel Khel Mein' opposite Bilal Abbas Khan. The film was written and directed by Fizza Ali Meerza.

In 2023, she made her English-language film debut in the British romantic comedy What's Love Got to Do with It? which was produced by Jemima Khan and directed by Shekhar Kapur.