Samina was born into a Kashmiri family in Lahore, but was raised in Karachi, Sindh Pakistan.
After graduating in commerce she chose to pursue a career in acting.
After many successful years of acting in television dramas and minor roles in television advertisements Samina was cast in starring roles in several films.
She married Usmaan Peerzada, a fellow media personality, in 1975.
The couple have two daughters, Anum and Amal.
Their younger daughter Amal is a miniature artist.
“Huey Tum Ajnabi” is a romantic period drama film set in the backdrop of 1971. While the film showcases some of the major events of fall of Dhaka, East Pakistan, it is said to be not a political commentary and focuses more on the story of lead cast.
Based on the boundary-breaking motorcycle journeys of Zenith Irfan who, at 20 years of age, is the first Pakistani woman to have made a solo motorcycle journey through the northern regions of the country.
A dramatic depiction of the life of Hussain, with allegorical references to the history of the Prophet Muhammad and his descendants. It is prophesied that Young Hussain will one day lead the impoverished masses to a better life. It is his brother, Hasan, however who gains in prominence and when the government is overthrown in a military coup, he tries to adapt. Hussain in the meanwhile gets married and leads a small band of rebels in an attempt to fight the military dictatorship.