Shafna was well recognized by the Malayalam audience in the movie Katha Parayumbol, which was a super hit. She was also well appreciated for her role in the film Athmakadha, where she acted as a school-going youth who turns blind like her father. Her dialogue “ayyo acha pokalle” in the movie Chintavishtayaya Shyamala is extremely popular among Malayali audience. She has gotten a handful of offers in Malayalam, Tamil & Kannada.
Shafna was born as the second daughter of Nizam & Shahida on 15 June 1990. She has an elder sister Shabna and younger sister Shaina. Shabna got married to Sunaj Latheef & was blessed with a baby girl Ishal Jahan. Shafna got married to her long time boyfriend cum actor Sajin on 11 December 2013.