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Aahoo Jahansouzshahi (Persian: آهو جهانسوز شاهی; born (1980-01-10)January 10, 1980), known professionally as Sarah Shahi (سارا شاهی‎),[1] is an American actress and former model. She played Carmen on The L Word in 2005, Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama Fairly Legal (2011–2012), and Sameen Shaw on the CBS crime drama Person of Interest (2012–2016).[2] She has also appeared in the main role Det. Dani Reese in Life,[3] and in a supporting role in Alias.[4] In 2018, she starred in the series Reverie. In 2019, she appeared in a recurring role in City on a Hill on Showtime[5] and appeared in seven episodes of the series The Rookie as romantic interest Jessica Russo.[6]

Sarah Shahi
Shahi in 2016
Born	Aahoo Jahansouzshahi (1980-01-10) January 10, 1980 (age 42) Euless, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	Southern Methodist University
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Steve Howey ​ ​ (m. 2009; div. 2021)​
Children	3

Early life

Sarah Shahi was born Aahoo Jahansouzshahi on (1980-01-10)January 10, 1980 and raised in Euless, Texas, U.S.[1] She is the daughter of Abbas Jahansouzshahi and Mahmonir Soroushazar, an interior designer, who divorced when she was ten.[7] Her father is from Iran. Her father's family left Iran two years before the Iranian Revolution.[8][9] Her father, who was working at the American embassy in Iran, was slated for execution when the last Shah's regime collapsed in 1979, but was able to flee the country.[7] Her mother was born in Spain, to an Iranian father and a Spanish mother.[10][11] Shahi has an older brother, Cyrus,[12] and a younger sister, Samantha, who is a production assistant.[13][14] Her birth name, Aahoo (Persian: آهو), means 'gazelle' in Persian.[11] Shahi adopted Sarah as her name in second grade after hearing a song called "Sarah" because she was "tormented" by other children about her birth name, Aahoo.[1] At her father's behest, she grew up speaking Persian, in addition to English. Shahi's parents began entering her in beauty pageants at the age of eight.[9] Shahi attended Trinity High School, where she was captain of the volleyball and basketball teams, and Southern Methodist University, majoring in English and Theater.[15] She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega during her time at SMU. Shahi won the Miss Fort Worth pageant in 1997.[16] Hoping to become an actress, she joined the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (1999–2000) squad despite not having cheered before. Later, she moved to Los Angeles.[1]

Career

While working as an extra on the set of Dr. T and the Women in Texas, Shahi met director Robert Altman, who encouraged her to move to Hollywood,[1] where she received roles in several series, including Alias, Dawson's Creek, Reba, and Supernatural. In 2005 she appeared in the supporting character role of DJ Carmen de la Pica Morales on The L Word, which she joined in its second season. Shahi's two-year contract was not renewed after the end of the fourth season, and her character was written out.[17]

Shahi was named number 90 on the Maxim "Hot 100 of 2005" list, moving up to number 66 in 2006[18] and 36 in 2012.[19] She appeared on the cover of Maxim's 2012 'TV's Hottest Girls' Issue in October 2012.[20] She ranked number 5 on the AfterEllen.com hot list in 2007.[21]

She played Farah in the second season of Sleeper Cell, and also appeared in HBO's The Sopranos in 2007, in the Season 6b episode "Kennedy and Heidi" as Sonya Aragon, a stripper and college student who spends a weekend with Tony after a death in his family. In 2007, she secured a small role in Rush Hour 3 as Zoe, a scantily clad rich girl who is pursued by Chris Tucker's character, Detective Carter.

In 2007, she took on her first permanent leading role on a TV series, co-starring with Damian Lewis in the NBC series Life as homicide detective Dani Reese. The series ran for two seasons.[1][22]

In October 2009, Shahi landed the lead role in the USA Network pilot, Facing Kate. Shahi began filming in November 2009.[23] The show followed the life of Kate Reed, a legal mediator who is frustrated with the bureaucracy and injustice she witnesses in the legal system. The series title was later changed to Fairly Legal. The show was cancelled after two seasons in November 2012.[24]

Shahi was cast as a recurring love interest for Taylor Kinney's character Lt. Kelly Severide on NBC's show Chicago Fire in October 2012.[25] She was cast in the recurring role of Sameen Shaw on Person of Interest, making her first appearance in the second season episode "Relevance", which aired in February 2013.[26] In May 2013, CBS President Nina Tassler announced that Shahi would be added as a series regular for its third season.[2] She played the daughter of Sylvester Stallone's character in the 2012 action film Bullet to the Head. Her co-star on this film was Jason Momoa, who she worked with again in the 2014 film Road to Paloma. Following the January 7, 2015, episode of Person of Interest, Shahi and the show's producers announced she would be going on maternity leave.[27]

In February 2016, she was cast as iconic detective Nancy Drew in a planned TV series based on the books.[28] In May 2016, CBS passed on the series.[29] Also in May, Shahi resumed her appearances as Shaw on Person of Interest, until June 21, 2016, when the show ended.[30] She starred in the new TV series Reverie in 2018,[31] but it was cancelled after one season.[32]

In 2019, Shahi joined the cast of Showtime's City on A Hill as recurring character Rachel Behnam, an investigator for the district attorney.[5]

In August 2020, Shahi started filming Sex/Life, a Netflix series inspired by BB Easton's book "44 Chapters About 4 Men", in Toronto, Canada.[33][34] She plays Billie, a housewife struggling to remain a devoted wife and mother when tempted by an old flame and the freer days of her youth.[34] In October, she was cast as Adrianna Tomaz in the 2022 DCEU film Black Adam opposite Dwayne Johnson and Pierce Brosnan.

Personal life

Shahi married actor Steve Howey on February 7, 2009, in Las Vegas. In July 2009, she gave birth to their first child, a son,[35] during an at-home water birth.[36] In January 2015, she announced that she was pregnant with twins.[37] In March, a daughter and son were born during another home birth.[38] Shahi and Howey filed for divorce in May 2020.[39] Their divorce was finalized in January 2021.[40]

In 2020, Shahi began dating Australian actor Adam Demos, whom she met on the set of Sex/Life.[41][42]

Shahi mastered karate in her youth becoming a 1st dan black belt in Shorin-Ryu karate. [43]

In 2016, Shahi was sued by a former nanny of her children for sexual harassment and religious discrimination. The lawsuit claimed Shahi mocked her Islamic customs of dress and fasting. The lawsuit also alleged sexual harassment, with Shahi sharing a lewd photograph with the nanny and grabbing her backside commenting “you have a perfect little butt.” [44]

Filmography

Film

Sarah Shahi in films

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2000	Dr. T and the Women	Cheerleader	Uncredited
2003	Old School	Erica
2003	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Becky, Delta Nu sister	Uncredited
2005	A Lot Like Love	Starlet
2006	For Your Consideration	Sanchez
2006	The Dog Problem	Candy
2007	Rush Hour 3	Zoe
2008	Shades of Ray	Sana Khaliq
2008	AmericanEast	Salwah
2009	Crossing Over	Pooneh Baraheri
2011	East Fifth Bliss	Hattie Skunk / Hattie Rockworth
2011	I Don't Know How She Does It	Janine LoPietro
2012	Static	Adele Dade
2012	Bullet to the Head	Lisa Bonomo
2013	The Congress	Michelle
2014	Road to Paloma	Eva
2015	Divine Access	Marian	[45]
2015	The Adventures of Beatle	Carla
2017	Hangman	Captain Lisa Watson	[46]
2020	Bad Therapy	Annabelle
2020	American 11	Aliyah Ali	[47]
2022	Black Adam	Adrianna Tomaz

Television

Sarah Shahi in television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2000	City Guys	Cheerleader	Episode: "Shock Treatment"
2000	Spin City	Bachelorette	Episode: "Blind Faith"
2001	Boston Public	Laura	Episode: "Chapter Eleven"
2001	Off Centre	Angelica	Episode: "A Cute Triangle"
2001	Maybe It's Me	Rosa	Episode: "The Exchange-Student Episode"
2001–02	Alias	Jenny	7 episodes
2002	Class of ‘06	Meg	Unsold NBC pilot
2002	My Adventures in Television	TV Diva	Episode: "The Chinese Baby"
2003	Frasier	Reservationist	Episode: "Door Jam"
2003	Dawson's Creek	Sadia Shaw / Mystery Girl	Episodes: "Catch-22", "Sex and Violence", and "All the Right Moves"
2003	ER	Tara King	Episode: "The Greater Good"
2004	Century City	Ms. Morris	Episode: "Sweet Child of Mine"
2004, 2007	Reba	Kate / Bridget	Episodes: "To Tell You the Truth" and "Cheyenne‘s Rival"
2005	Plan B	Bronwyn	Unsold CMT pilot
2005	Supernatural	Constance Welch / The Woman in White	Episode: "Pilot"
2005–09	The L Word	Carmen de la Pica Morales	26 episodes
2005	The Drop	Herself	Episode: "2.49"
2006	Teachers	Tina Torres	Main role
2006	Sleeper Cell	Farrah	Episodes: "Faith" and "Torture"
2007	The Sopranos	Sonya Aragon	Episode: "Kennedy and Heidi"
2007–09	Life	Dani Reese	Main character, 32 episodes
2010	Psych	Ruby	Episode: "Thrill Seekers and Hell Raisers"
2011–12	Fairly Legal	Kate Reed	Lead character, 23 episodes
2011	Young Justice	Killer Frost	Episode: "Terrors"
2012–13; 2018	Chicago Fire	Renee Royce	9 episodes
2013–16	Person of Interest	Sameen Shaw	Recurring role (season 2); main role (seasons 3–5)
2015	Ray Donovan	Hasmig	Episode: "One Night in Yerevan"
2016	Pitch	Natalie Luongo	Episodes: "Unstoppable Forces & Immovable Objects" and "Scratched"
2016	Drew	Nancy Drew	Unsold CBS pilot
2017	Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special	Carmela	Netflix variety special
2018	Reverie	Mara Kint	Main role, 10 episodes
2018	Halfway There	Carrie Claussen	Television film
2018	Hell's Kitchen	Herself	Blue guest diner; Episode: "Fish Out of Water"
2019	Heartstrings	Lucy Jane	Episode: "Cracker Jack"[48]
2018-2019	The Rookie	Jessica Russo	Recurring role 7 episodes [49]
2019	City on a Hill	Rachel Behnam	Recurring role[5]
2021-present	Sex/Life	Billie Connelly	Main role

References

External links

• Official website^{[dead link]}
• Sarah Shahi at IMDb
• Sarah Shahi at AllMovie
• Sarah Shahi at the TCM Movie Database

На других языках

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[de] Sarah Shahi

Sarah Shahi (* 10. Januar 1980 in Euless, Texas als Aahoo Jahansouz Shahi, persisch آهو جهانسوزشاهی) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin, bekannt durch ihre Serienrollen in The L Word – Wenn Frauen Frauen lieben, Life, Person of Interest und The Rookie.

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- [en] Sarah Shahi

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[ru] Шахи, Сара

Сара Шахи (англ. Sarah Shahi; род. 10 января 1980,Юлесс,Техас, США) — американская актриса, модель и бывшая черлидерша NFL испано-иранского происхождения.

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