Sarah Shahi
Sarah Shahi ( born January 10, 1980 in Euless, Texas as Aahoo Jahansouz Shahi ) is an American actress.
Life
Sarah Shahi father Abbas comes from Iran, her mother Mahmonir is Spanish. In 1993, her parents divorced. Shahi has an older brother and a younger sister. Sarah Shahi was cheerleader for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (1999-2000), on whose cover she was depicted Calendar 2000. She studied at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and English opera sciences. The men's magazine Maxim has named Shahi at the 2005 election of the 100 hottest women on place 90; in 2006 it reached number 66
Shahi is fluent in English and Persian. She is married to actor Steve Howey, whom she met while filming the series Reba 2004. In the summer of 2009, she brought her first child into the world.
Career
While she was working on the set of Dr. T and the Women, she met director Robert Altman in 2000 the well-known, who encouraged her to go to Los Angeles to become an actress. There she got a few appearances in popular television series such as Alias - The agent, Dawson 's Creek, ER - Emergency Room and Supernatural. Her breakthrough came with The L Word - When women love women, where they played from the second season on the side of actresses like Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig and Pam Grier the Latina Carmen de la Pica Morales Djane. In 2007 she starred as Detective Dani Reese alongside Damian Lewis in the two seasons of the NBC crime drama Life. In addition to other guest roles on Sleeper Cell, Damages - the power, The Sopranos and Psych had the usual madness in the film comedy - How She held a lead role. For the broadcast by USA Network series Fairly Legal, she stood for two seasons as Kate Reed in front of the camera.
From October 2012 she took over Chicago Fire in a supporting role as Renée Royce, the girlfriend of Kelly Severide (played by Taylor Kinney ). In February 2013, she began her supporting role as Samantha Shaw in the CBS series Person of Interest, which was developed with the beginning of the third season in a starring role.
Filmography (selection)
- 2000: Dr. T and the Women
- 2002: Alias - The Agent ( alias)
- 2003: Old School - We can absolutely burn anything ( Old School )
- 2003: Emergency Room - The emergency room (ER)
- 2003: Dawson 's Creek
- 2004: Reba
- 2005: Supernatural
- 2005-2006, 2009: The L Word - If women love women ( The L Word )
- 2006: The Dog Problem
- 2006: Sleeper Cell
- 2006: Teachers (TV series, six episodes)
- 2007: Damages - the power ( Damages )
- 2007: American East
- 2007-2009: Life
- 2007: The Sopranos ( The Sopranos, episode 6x18 )
- 2007: Rush Hour 3
- 2009: Crossing Over
- 2010: Psych ( episode 4x11 )
- 2011: The Trouble with Bliss
- 2011: I Do not Know - Working Mum ( I Do not Know How She Does It )
- 2011-2012: Fairly Legal
- 2012: Shootout - No Mercy ( Bullet to the Head )
- 2012-2013: Chicago Fire
- Since 2013: Person of Interest