Sydney Tamiia Poitier
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| Sydney Tamiia Poitier | |
| Born | November 15, 1973 Los Angeles, California |
Sydney Tamiia Poitier (born November 15, 1973) is an American actress known for her work on television.
Poitier was born in Los Angeles, California to actor Sidney Poitier and former actress Joanna Shimkus.
Poitier was a recurring character in season one of Joan of Arcadia, where she played Rebecca Askew, the love interest of Joan's older brother, Kevin, and was briefly a regular on Veronica Mars before the show opted to focus on different characters and she was dropped from the cast. Her role in both series was related to journalism - on Joan of Arcadia she worked at the same newspaper as Kevin, and on Veronica Mars she was Veronica's journalism teacher.
