Shabana Hussain has been shortlisted for the Freelancer of the Year Awards 2018.​

Now in their fifth year, the awards are designed to celebrate not only the country’s best and brightest freelancers, but also all the organisations and individuals supporting the world of freelancing.

The applicants are judged on a range of criteria including the strength of their portfolio, their passion and commitment to freelancing, business acumen and creativity and the distinctiveness of their offering.

Shabana founded her business in London in 2015. In just two and a half years she has booked over 70 jobs ranging from TfL voiceovers to roles in feature films.

In particular, she has had roles in BBC’s Doctors and Murdered for Love and carved out her niche as a leading British-Pakistani actress. Mentoring and coaching fellow actors is a passion of Shabana's.

Seeing her success, many actors now seek out her advice and assistance and she specialises in helping them use social media to get noticed in the industry.

She said, "I'm absolutely thrilled to be a finalist in the 2018 ipse Freelancer of the Year awards. 

"As a full-time actress my focus on the business side of "show business" is certainly paying off."