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==Early life and career== ==Early life and career==

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Sarah Shahi
File:Characters carmen.jpg
Born (1980-01-10) January 10, 1980 (age 45)
Euless, Texas
Occupation(s)Model, Actress
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)

Aahoo Jahansouz Shahi, also known as Sarah Shahi (born January 10, 1980, in Euless, Texas, United States), is an American actress and model of Azerbaijanian and Spanish descent. A former NFL Cheerleader, she is a great-great-granddaughter of the 19th century Iranian king Fath Ali Shah Qajar. Shahi was named #90 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2005" list; she moved up to #66 in 2006. Sarah is engaged to actor Steve Howey, whom she met on the set of Reba in 2004. She has starred in The L Word and currently stars in Life.

Early life and career

Sarah Shahi was born in Euless, Texas, to Iranian father Abbas Shahi and Spanish mother. Her real given name, Aahoo, is the Persian for gazelle. She was 10 years old when her parents divorced. She attended Trinity High School and Dallas' Southern Methodist University, majoring in English and Opera . Shahi started her career as a beauty queen during her teen years. She won the Miss Fort Worth USA pageant in 1997. She joined the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders 1999–2000 squad and appeared on the cover of their 2000 calendar.

Acting career

While working as an extra on the set of Dr. T and the Women, she met director Robert Altman, who encouraged her to move to Hollywood. Sarah then moved to Los Angeles. Once in L.A., she got various recurrent roles in several famous series, such as Alias, where she played Jenny, and Dawson's Creek, where she was Sadia Shaw. Shahi was also the first ghost in Supernatural, the CW paranormal drama series.

She is best known for her role as the Mexican-American DJ Carmen de la Pica Morales in the Showtime drama television series The L Word, which she joined in its second season. Sarah did not renew her contract with the L Word for the fourth season, and consequently her character was written out.

She also played the role of Farah in the second season of Sleeper Cell. She also appeared in HBO's The Sopranos, 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.

Although uncredited by most sources, Sarah also appeared in the Jackie Chan movie Rush Hour 3 as one of the girls being handcuffed along with Mia Tyler for motoring offense by Chris Tucker early in the film.

Sarah speaks English, Persian, and some Spanish although she lived with her Spanish mother after her parents divorced, and has a brown belt in karate.

Sarah currently stars opposite Damian Lewis, in the NBC television series Life, which debuted in the U.S. in late September 2007.

Filmography

Print work

References

  1. Interview with Sarah Shahi
  2. http://www.askmen.com/women/actress_300/317c_sarah_shahi.html
  3. Sarah Shahi Photos, Sarah Shahi Videos, Sarah Shahi News on Maxim.com :: Hot Girls, Sex, Images, Pictures Babes, Chicks, Celebrity, Photo Shoot
  4. Sarah Shahi of 2006 Hot 100 on Maxim.com
  5. Interview with Sarah Shahi
  6. Sarah Shahi Bio - Sarah Shahi Biography - Sarah Shahi Stories

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