Iman Vellani

     Born in Karachi, Pakistan, September 3 2002, Iman Vellani is a Canadian actress who start her career with potraying Kamala Khan in Ms. Marvel series (2022). In her last day of high school, Iman was cast as the first Muslim superhero in Marvel Cinematic Universe. Ms. Marvel or Kamala Khan is a 16 years old Pakistani-American from Jersey City. She’s a fan of Marvel Cinematic Universe and her favorite is Captain Marvel aka Carol Danvers. This show is not just about a girl who is trying to be a good new superhero for her hometown but this show is an epic coming-of-age drama following a high schooler and family issues. As a debut performance this is such wonderful work from her.

     The 19-years-old actress from Canada is a charming girl with a cute smile. She has pretty brown eyes and shiny black long wavy hair. She is quite tall at 165 cm and 55 kg. She looks perfectly stunning. She also looks good in every outfit she wears including shalwar kameez that she used in Kamala’s brother's wedding scene.

     Unlike her character of Kamala Khan who adores Captain Marvel and led her to adopt her name, Iman is a huge fan of Tony Stark aka the icon of superhero Iron Man. She spends her money to buy a Marvel comic every week and every time she gets money from her parents. She also cosplaying as Ms. Marvel in a halloween party when she was 15 and her friends thought she was cosplaying as the Flash. She found out about the casting from her family group on whatsapp. She said it was the brownest way this could ever happened because for South Asians whatsapp is our home.

     Being an actress is not just her dream, but she also wants to do some behind the scenes work someday. She hopes to venture into the world of cinematography one day. In order to make her dream come true she has already worked on two very short film projects which she’s uploaded to her account on the video sharing platform, Vimeo. Not just that, Iman also likes to write movie reviews. Someone found her account on the website Letterboxd who allows movie fans to write reviews and share their opinions on the films they’ve seen. Iman has been very active on the account and she’s got some great insight. She also told Kevin Feige about her disagreement with the MCU’s 616 designation. After she watched Doctor Strange : Multiverse of Madness, she texted him that she doesn’t agree with the MCU being called Earth-616. She said it’s supposed to be 199999 and he hates her opinion.

     As fate would have it, Iman is very suitable to play Kamala Khan. Even Kevin Feige himself said Iman is the perfect Kamala Khan, she is Ms. Marvel. Like her character she’s obsessed with the Avengers. She admitted she spent all her pocket money growing up on McDonald’s and Iron Man comics. Also when Kamala Khan was first introduced in 2013, she became a groundbreaking character to headline their own comic. Like Kamala Khan, Iman is also from Pakistani-Muslim family. Many people are very happy that the casting team choose someone who also has a Muslim background. Iman’s personality is also similar to Kamala. She’s a funny, caring, lovely, and cute girl. She’s also smart and brave.

     Iman Vellani has renowned for her talent, beauty, behavior, and personality. Becoming the first Muslim superhero is not easy. She must hold everyone’s expectations because she brought changes for the lives of many people. No matter how much hate she gets, she never reciprocates and she always remains cheerful. Iman’s passion and dreams for her future inspire many people, especially children her age. She can’t wait to share her journey at Marvel Studios oing forward.