Dipika Kakar Ibrahim (born 6 August 1985), also known as Faiza Ibrahim after her religious conversion, is an Indian television actress from Pune, Maharashtra. The daughter of an army officer and homemaker Renu Kakar, she graduated from the University of Mumbai and worked as an air hostess with Jet Airways for nearly three years before health issues led her to acting. She made her television debut in 2010 with Neer Bhare Tere Naina Devi on Imagine TV and shot to national fame as Simar Prem Bhardwaj in Colors TV's long-running Sasural Simar Ka (2011–2017). She participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 (2015) and Nach Baliye 8 (2017) with co-star Shoaib Ibrahim. She married Shoaib on 22 February 2018 in Bhopal and converted to Islam, adopting the name Faiza. In October 2018, she entered Bigg Boss 12 and won the season on 30 December 2018, beating S. Sreesanth by public vote. Following BB12, she starred in the Star Plus serial Kahaan Hum Kahaan Tum (2019–20). She and Shoaib welcomed their first child, a son, in June 2023.

Her long-running lead role as Simar Bhardwaj in the Colors TV serial Sasural Simar Ka (2011–2017) and for winning Bigg Boss 12 (2018).

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