Yara Shahidi
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File:Yara Shahidi at the world premiere of Butter, 2011 Toronto Film Festival -a.jpg
Yara Shahidi at the world premiere of Butter, 2011 Toronto Film Festival
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Born | Yara Sayeh Shahidi February 10, 2000 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Nationality | American-Iranian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2007–present |
Yara Sayeh Shahidi[1] (born February 10, 2000) is an American actress best known for playing Zoey on the sitcom Black-ish.[2]
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Life and career
Shahidi was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to an African-American mother, Keri-Salter Shahidi, and an Iranian father, Afshin Shahidi, a photographer.[2][3] The family moved to California, for Afshin's work, when Yara was 4. She is the older sister of child actor Sayeed Shahidi.
She began her career when she was 6 years old, appearing in television and print advertisements for companies such as McDonald's, Ralph Lauren, Target, GapKids, Disney, Guess Kids, and Children's Place. She frequently worked with her mother and younger brother in various print and broadcast campaigns.
Shahidi made her theatrical debut in 2009, starring opposite Eddie Murphy in Paramount Pictures' Imagine That,[2] for which she received a Young Artist Award nomination.
In September 2014, Shahidi starred in ABC's prime-time comedy Black-ish as 14-year-old Zoey Johnson. In December 2014 she won an NAACP Image Award in the category of 'Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy'.[4]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Imagine That | Olivia Danielson | |
2010 | Salt | Salt's Young Neighbor | |
2010 | Unthinkable | Katie | |
2011 | Rip City | Montana | Television movie |
2011 | Butter | Destiny | |
2012 | Alex Cross | Janelle Cross |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Entourage | Kandace West | Episode: "No Cannes Do" |
2009 | In the Motherhood | Esther | 5 episodes |
2009 | Cold Case | Meesha Sullivan '91 | Episode: "Read Between the Lines" |
2009 | Wizards of Waverly Place | Olive | Episode: "Doll House" |
2010 | Lie to Me | Olivia | Episode: "Teacher and Pupils" |
2010 | $h*! My Dad Says | Girl Scout | Episode: "Pilot" |
2011 | The Cape | Layla | Episode: "Endgame" |
2011 | Family Guy | Little Girl (voice) | Episode: "Episode VI: It's a Trap" |
2012 | The Finder | Adina | Episode: "The Conversation" |
2012–2013 | The First Family | Chloe Johnson | 23 episodes |
2013 | Scandal | Young Olivia Pope | 2 episodes |
2014–present | Black-ish | Zoey Johnson | 24 episodes NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
2014 | Bad Teacher | Jalissa | Episode: "Pilot" |
2014 | The Fosters | Maddie | 2 episodes |
See also
References
External links
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- Official website not in Wikidata
- 2000 births
- Living people
- American people of Iranian descent
- American child actresses
- American film actresses
- American television actresses
- African-American actresses
- Actresses from Minneapolis, Minnesota