Hailie Sahar

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Hailie Sahar at Capital Pride in Washington, DC 2019

Hailie Sahar (born July 12, 1988 in Los Angeles ) is an American actress , singer , fashion designer and activist . She is best known for her lead role Lulu Abundance in the FX production Pose .

Life

Sahar claims to have grown up in a religious household in Los Angeles with five brothers. Her father works as a preacher for a local Baptist church . When she was a child, Sahar was a dancer for the Sparks , the Los Angeles women's basketball team . In her youth, Sahar became a member of Ballroom Culture , in which mostly non-white members of the LGBT community in houses compete against each other in artistic competitions. In her youth, Sahar also began gender reassignment measures . At the age of 18, Sahar was the community's youngest house founder to date . However, she later left the House of Rodale and instead joined the House of Allure .

Sahar, who is transgender , was crowned the winner of the Queen USA beauty pageant for trans women in 2015 , and the following year she sang in the duet Born This Way at the same event with the then reigning Miss USA Betty Cantrell . In 2015 she was also Miss LA Pride at the Gay Pride in Los Angeles. It was as a speaker at the 57th Presidential Advisory Council on HIV / AIDS in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center invited to the representative of the White House and the US Department of Health of the terms AIDS -Problematik be advised. She is also committed to the Women's Center in East Los Angeles against domestic violence .

Career

Sahar got her first film role as a cashier in the music dramedy Leave It on the Floor . In the following years she was seen in supporting roles in individual episodes of Mr. Robot and Transparent . In late 2017, she starred Ariela in the off-Broadway production Charm in New York City .

That same year, Sahar was cast in the lead role of Lulu Abundance on the FX television series Pose during a six-month casting . This is about the New York members of the ballroom culture of the 1980s and 1990s, who mainly struggled with homophobia and transphobia , racism and the HIV epidemic. Lulu is a member of the House of Abundance , but no longer wants to be in the shadow of the director Elektra , which is why she founded her own House of Ferocity with member Candy .

Since 2019, Sahar has played the supporting character Jazmin in the Freeform series Good Trouble .

Filmography

  • 2011: Leave It on the Floor
  • 2016: Transparent (TV series, episode 3x1)
  • 2017: Mr. Robot (TV series, episodes 3x2 & 3x10)
  • 2018: Marquise (short film)
  • since 2018: Pose (TV series)
  • since 2019 Good Trouble (TV series, six episodes)
  • 2019: EastSiders (web series, four episodes)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hailie Sahar: Pose 'star Hailie Sahar is paving the way for transgender actresses everywhere. In: USA Today . September 20, 2018, accessed February 23, 2020 .
  2. ^ Maria Elena Fernandez: Pose's Hailie Sahar on Finding Lulu's Humanity in the Wake of Tragedy. In: New York . July 30, 2019, accessed on August 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Sandra Song: 'Pose' star Hailie Sahar On Being “Daddy Ryan” Murphy's Prodigy. In: nylon. June 4, 2018, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Jennifer Swann: Behind the Scenes of "Queen USA" - the beauty pageant for trans people. In: Vice . October 30, 2016, accessed February 23, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Steve Angels: Transgender Pinoys celebrate gay pride in LA. In: ABS-CBN Corporation . June 16, 2015, accessed February 23, 2020 .
  6. ^ Presidential Advisory Council on HIV / AIDS. In: files.hiv.gov. September 15, 2015, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  7. ^ Bianca Rae: Trans Actress Uses Her Platform to Help Abused Women. In: Spectrum News March 1, 20, 2019, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Jason Pham: 'Pose' Star Hailie Sahar on Her #MeToo Story and Fighting Trans Stereotypes. In: Style Caster. Retrieved February 23, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Glenn Garner: Hailie Sahar's journey from ballroom baby to Ryan Murphy muse in 'Pose'. In: Queerty. June 3, 2018, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Allie Fasanella: "Pose" Is Making Television History With These 5 Transgender Actors. In: Teen Vogue . June 10, 2018, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Tracy E. Gilchrist: Hailie Sahar's Trans Character on Good Trouble Challenges the LGB. In: The Advocate . January 18, 2019, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Sahar, Hailie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress, singer, fashion designer and activist
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California