With all due respect, I think most of you here are way off the point…
Sheyraz is spot on that Resham was one of the last few trained actors coming out of PTV. She went on to become a major star in the Lahore industry, in large part due to the string of commercially succesful films she starred in that were mostly directed by Syed Noor. Talking about stuff like Jeeva, Ghoongat, Duppata Jalta Raha etc. here. She brought a certain amount of decency to the seriously tacky Lahore industry, coz her Urdu diction was correct and she didn’t wiggle the way the rest were. The fact that she was exposed to the fashion and television industry helped.
Then Noor got into his Saima obsession phase (that lasts to this day, sadly) and all the other actresses were sidelined. Post Noor’s Choorian the Punjabi-film culture took over the Lahore industry and the Gujjars were back in business after their hiatus following Sultan Rahi’s death (murder?). There wasn’t much room for actresses who wanted to do decent work, like Resham. She did do well in side roles in movies like Inteha though…
Now, when no Urdu movies are being made and the Lahore industry is dead, Resham is probably the only actress with roots in the filmdom who is very well placed in the television world, and much of that is due to Man-o-salwa. I think she looks stunning and its just plain tragic that Pakistani actors and actresses are so underutilized when they are capable of much more…just watch her in Inteha where she was awesome.
Also, she is more like early to mid 30s. Def not 40.
She is indeed a good actress and I mentioned her PTV training for that but still, I won’t agree that she is massively popular. As for her age, she is around 40 as her first play on PTV Lahore was aired in 1993 and she was at least 23 or 24 at the time.