Yara Shahidi
Yara Shahidi ( born February 10, 2000, Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an Iranian- American actress.
Life and career
Yara Shahidi was born in February 2000 in the most populous city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, the daughter of an Iranian father and an African American mother. My younger brother, Sayeed Shahidi is also an actor. Due to the work of her father, she moved at the age of four years with her family to Los Angeles, California. At the age of six weeks, she performed together with her mother and younger brother in commercials for Disney, McDonald's, Target and the Gap Inc.. Her acting debut was in the comedy Imagine That go on the side of Eddie Murphy as his film daughter. Also in 2009, she was in the short-lived ABC comedy series In the Motherhood, the daughter of one of the main characters, as well as two guest-starred on the series Cold Case - No victim is ever forgotten and to see Wizards of Waverly Place. For the Young Artist Awards 2010 Shahidi was finally for Best Actress for her role in the home of the magic going nominated in a feature film, but ultimately lost this Abigail Breslin. In her next role she played in the thriller Unthinkable opposite Samuel L. Jackson, Carrie- Anne Moss and Michael Sheen, the daughter of Jackson figure. In the same year, she completed a guest appearance in the TV crime series Lie to Me, and a small role in the action thriller Salt. In 2011 she worked as a voice actor in each case an episode of the animated series Family Guy and Special Agent Oso. In the same year she was seen in all butter in their second major starring role as an orphan Destiny in the film. In 2012 she played in the movie Alex Cross, along with her younger brother, the children of Tyler Perry and Carmen Ejogo. In addition, since 2012 she is the comedy series The First Family as Chloe Johnson front of the camera, which is sold via syndication.
Filmography (selection)
- 2007: Entourage (TV series, episode 4x11 )
- 2009: Home is the magic going on ( Imagine That )
- 2009: Cold Case - No victim is ever forgotten ( Cold Case, television series, episode 7x07 )
- 2009: Wizards of Waverly Place ( Wizards of Waverly Place, TV series, episode 3x06 )
- 2010: Unthinkable
- 2010: Lie to Me (TV series, episode 2x15 )
- 2010: Salt
- 2011: Family Guy (TV series, episode 9x18, Voice )
- 2011: Special Agent Oso ( Special Agent Oso, TV series, episode 2x23 )
- 2011: All in butter (butter)
- 2012: Alex Cross
- Since 2012: The First Family ( TV series)