Iman Vellani Profile, Age, Height, Weight, Family, Affairs, Biography & More

Iman Vellani Profile, Age, Height, Weight, Family, Affairs, Biography & More

Iman Vellani is a Pakistani-born Canadian actress. Iman Vellani is known for the Disney+ miniseries Ms. Marvel (2022) as the protagonist Kamala Khan, a role she will reprise in the film The Marvels (2023).

Born in Karachi, Pakistan, Vellani moved to Canada when she was a year old, and was raised in the Ismaili faith, a branch of Shia Islam. She graduated from Unionville High School in Markham, Ontario. Vellani was selected as a member of the TIFF Next Wave Committee at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Before being cast in Ms. Marvel at the end of her last year of high school, Vellani had planned to attend the Ontario College of Art & Design University with a focus on integrated media.

In June 2022, Vellani appeared in A Fan’s Guide to Ms. Marvel, a documentary short about the production of the series. Featuring interviews with the filmmaking team and her, it was released on Disney+ before the premiere of Ms. Marvel. On June 8, 2022, Ms. Marvel premiered on Disney+, marking Vellani’s onscreen debut. Both the series and her portrayal of the title character received widespread praise. Kathryn Porter of Paste wrote that Vellani “shines” in the role and that there was “no way to explain how great she is in this other than to say that she embodies the true spirit of Kamala Khan”. Mohammad Zaheer of BBC Culture called her “an adorable bundle of charisma” in a role “tailor-made for her”, while Angie Han of The Hollywood Reporter said that Vellani’s full of “youthful verve and irresistible moxie” in her role. The miniseries concluded on July 13, 2022, consisting of six episodes.

In July, Vellani appeared in Disney Wish’s CGI–immersive interactive experience, Avengers: Quantum Encounter, reprising her role as Khan. The following month, she appeared in Assembled: The Making of Ms. Marvel, a special documentary focused on the process of conceptualizing and creating the series, featuring on-set interviews with Vellani, cast members, and creatives. The special was released on Disney+, as the tenth installment of the anthology docuseries Marvel Studios: Assembled.