Sarah Shahi

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Sarah Shahi
Born: January 10, 1980
Euless, Texas
Occupation: Model, Actress

Aahoo Jahansouzshahi, also known as Sarah Shahi (born January 10, 1980 in Euless, Texas, USA), is an American actress, model and former NFL Cheerleader of Spanish [1][2] and Iranian[1][3] descent, a descendent of 19th century Iranian Shah Fat′h Ali Shah Qajar.[4] Shahi was named #90 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2005" list; she moved up to #66 in 2006.

Shahi started her career as a beauty queen during her teen years. She won the Miss Fort Worth USA pageant in 1997. After studying opera, she joined the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders 1999-2000 squad. She appeared on the cover of their 2000 calendar.

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 packed her bags and 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 drama series.

She is best known for her starring 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 speaks English, Persian, and some Spanish, and has a Brown belt in Karate.

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[edit] Filmography

  • AmericanEast (2007) (pre-production) .... Salwah
  • Sleeper Cell (2007) Farah
  • For Your Consideration (2006) .... Wake Up Host
  • The Adventures of Beatle Boyin (2006) (filming) .... Carla
  • The Dog Problem (2006) (post-production) .... Candy
  • Damages (2006) (completed) .... Jennifer Carillo
  • Teachers (late March 2006) (TV) "Tina"
  • The Adventures of Beatle Boyin (2006) (in production) "Carla"
  • The L Word (2005-2007) (TV) "Carmen de la Pica Morales"
  • A Lot Like Love (2005) "Starlet"
  • Plan B (2005) (TV) .... Bronwyn
  • Century City (????) (TV) - Sweet Child of Mine .... Ms Morris
  • Reba (2004) (TV) - To Tell You the Truth .... Kate
  • Supernatural (2004) (TV) - Pilot .... The Woman in White/Constance Welsh
  • ER (2003) (TV) - The Greater Good .... Tara King
  • Old School (2003) "Erica"
  • Dawson's Creek (2003) (TV) "Sadia" - Appeared in 4 episodes of the last season as a journalist.
  • Frasier (2003) (TV)- Door Jam.... Reservationist"Meg"
  • Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)... aka My Adventures in Television (USA: new title) - Chinese Baby (2002) TV Episode .... TV Diva
  • Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) (movie) Delta-Nu Sister named Becky
  • Class of '06 (2002) (TV) "Meg"
  • Alias (2001-2002) (TV) "Jenny" - Appeared in seven episodes in the first season as a budding journalist.
  • Maybe It's Me (2001) (TV) .... Rosa
  • Off Centre (2001) (TV) .... Angelica
  • Boston Public (2001) (TV) .... Laura
  • Spin City (2000) (TV) - Blind Faith .... Bachelorette
  • Dr T and the Women (2000) (uncredited) .... Cheerleader Extra

... aka Dr. T and the Women (Germany) (USA: alternative spelling)

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[edit] Trivia

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  • Listens, sings and dances to Britney Spears
  • Has a Jack Russell named Eddie
  • Has double-jointed thumbs
  • Is a non-practising Muslim

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b IMDB Sarah Shahi bio
  2. ^ Catalina Magazine Why "controversy" is her middle name
  3. ^ [1] - The LWord Online Biography
  4. ^ The great-great-granddaughter.[citation needed]

[edit] External links

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