Sarah Shahi

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Sarah Shahi (2011)

Sarah Shahi (* 10. January 1980 in Euless , Texas as Aahoo Jahansouz Shahi ) is an American actress , known for her roles in series The L Word - When women love women , Life , Person of Interest and The Rookie .

Life

Sarah Shahi's father Abbas is from Iran , her mother Mahmonir is Spanish . In 1993 her parents divorced. Shahi has an older brother and a younger sister. From 1999 to 2000, Shahi danced with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (DCC) and appeared on the cover of the DCC 2000 calendar. She then studied at the Southern Methodist University , Dallas , English and operas sciences. In 2005, the men's magazine chose Maxim Shahi for the “100 hottest women” in 90th place; In 2006 she achieved 66th place here.

Shahi is fluent in English and Farsi . She is married to actor Steve Howey , whom she met in 2004 while filming the US sitcom Reba . In summer 2009 they gave birth to their first child together. In early March 2015, Shahi and Howey became parents to twins.

Career

While on the set of Dr. T and the Women , she met director Robert Altman in 2000 , who encouraged her to go to Los Angeles and become an actress. There she got some roles in television series such as Alias ​​- The Agent , Dawson's Creek , Emergency Room - The Emergency Room and Supernatural . She had her breakthrough with The L Word - When Women Love Women , where she played the Latina Carmen de la Pica Morales alongside actresses such as Jennifer Beals , Katherine Moennig and Pam Grier from the second season . From 2007, she served as Detective Dani Reese alongside Damian Lewis in NBC - crime series Life can be seen in the second lead role. In addition to other guest roles in Sleeper Cell , Damages - In the Net of Power , The Sopranos and Psych , she played a leading role in the comedy The normal madness - Working Mum . For the USA Network broadcast series Fairly Legal , she was the main character Kate Reed in front of the camera for two seasons.

From October 2012 she took on a supporting role in Chicago Fire as Renée Royce, the friend of Kelly Severide (played by Taylor Kinney ). From 2013 to 2016 she played a supporting role as Sameen Shaw in the CBS series Person of Interest , which expanded to a leading role with the start of the third season (2014). In The Rookie , she plays a former FBI agent and the friend of Nathan Fillion's character.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ileane Rudolph: For Sarah Shahi, 'Life' Is Beautiful. In: TVGuide.com. CBS Interactive Inc., October 6, 2008, accessed March 27, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Sarah Shahi: Twins for the Actress , article from March 6, 2015 on gala.de, accessed on March 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ Michael Ausiello: Chicago Fire Scoop: Fairly Legal's Sarah Shahi Joins Cast as Love Interest For [Spoiler ] . In: TVLine.com . October 30, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  4. ^ Christian Junklewitz: Person of Interest: Sarah Shahi promoted to the main cast . In: Serienjunkies.de . May 15, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Shahi, Sarah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shahi, Aahoo Jahansouz (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Euless , Texas