Ismat Zaidi is a Pakistani senior actress. She has appeared in a variety of television dramas and advertisements. She has worked with directors such as Babar Javed, Mehreen Jabbar, and Farooq Rind. She has appeared with Faisal Qureshi, Fahad Mustafa, Samiya Mumtaz, Ayeza Khan, Aamina Sheikh, Sarwat Gilani, Neelam Muneer, Adnan Siddiqui, Soniya Hussain, Maya Ali, Javeria Abbasi, Humayun Saeed, Ayesha Khan, Sanam Baloch and Fatima Effendi as their mother. She is regarded as the Sweetest Mother of Pakistani Industry as she has always done the role of a positive mother or mother in law. With the exception of Koi Nahi Apna, she has done always positive supporting roles. She has mostly worked in dramas whose writer is Umera Ahmed which includes Kankar and Malaal. She has appeared alongside the most with Shehryar Zaidi. She has worked with actors such as Javed Sheikh and Khayyam Sarhadi. Her works include Parsa, Man-o-Salwa, Mere Meherbaan, Qaid-e-Tanhai and Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan.