Mahbuba Islam Rakhi

Mahbuba Islam Rakhi(born 21 July 1993) is a renowned actress, model and television host from Bangladesh, currently living in Perth, Western Australia. She is the winner of the most prestigious beauty pageant in Bangladesh- Lux Channel I Superstar 2010. Her experience as an actress, model, dancer and television host has been well noted in Bangladeshi media. She has received critical acclaims for her performance as lead in over 50 TV dramas; TV commercial 'Seylon Gold Tea', and hosting the reality show Handsome the ultimate man. She moved to Australia in 2013 to pursue her higher studies and graduated with a first class honours from Edith Cowan University as a Civil Engineer in 2017. She stepped into the media in 2011 through the drama "Bishmoy" written by renowned actress, artist, writer Bipasha Hayat and directed by award-winning actor, director and architect Tauquir Ahmed.

Rakhi was born on 21 July 1993 in Dhaka. Most of her childhood days passed in Dhanmondi. Some of her teenage days were passed in Elephant road and Mohammadpur, Dhaka. Her father was a businessman and humanitarian. Rakhi is the youngest of her four siblings. Since childhood Rakhi sings, dances and paints. She won various competitions as child through her talent in those creative fields. On 25 July 2013, she went to Australia to complete her graduation in Bachelor of Engineering from the Edith Cowan University of Perth, Australia.

Rakhi is currently working as a structural engineer for a renowned multinational mining and minerals company in Western Australia. While in Bangladesh, Rakhi had a career as an actress, model and host and worked from 2011 and 2013 before moving to Australia. Rakhi started her acting career with 'Bisshoy', a TV drama written by Bipasha Hayat and directed by Tauquir Ahmed. The she worked on TV drama 'Aronno Monjuri' directed by Abul Hayat. Rakhi has worked in several dramas directed by Chayanika Chowdhury with her co-actor Ziaul Faruq Apurba including ‘Chena Mukh Achena Mukh’, ‘Bisseder por’. She was a cast in 'Terminal', a TV series on NTV. Besides her acting in dramas, Rakhi has a guest appearance in the music video 'Your Love' sang by Kona on her third album 'Simply Kona', which was collaboration with other internal artists.chive.org/web/20150924002457/http://www.dhakatribune.com/infotainment/2013/jul/15/mosharraf-and-rakhi-pair-eid-special |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2 July 2015}}</ref> The 2013 Eid season was a busy time for her as she also starred in five other TV shows including Emotional Abdur Motin, Ekta Gopon Kotha Chhilo Bolbar, and Adhare Aalo.

• Best Model Female - Diamond World Channel I Best Award 2011 : Won
• Lux-Channel i Superstar 2010: Won
• Diamond World-Channel i Best Award: Won Best female model.