Sarah Shahi (born January 10, 1980; Age: 41 years) is a US-based actress, model, and ex-NFL cheerleader, who hails from Euless, Texas, USA. She is best known for her work in various movies like The L word, Fairly Legal, USA Network, Life, City On The Hill, etc.
The actress is in limelight, because of her latest movie named Sex/Life, in which she played the most selfishly horny character of Billie Connelly. The trailer of the movie was released on June 25, 2021. The creator of the series is Stacy Rukeyser.
The other stars who worked in this series are Mike Vogel as Cooper Connelly, Adam Demos as Brad Simon, Margaret Odette as Sasha Snow, Phoenix Reich as Hudson, Amber Goldfarb as Trina, Meghan Heffern as Caroline, Jonathan Sadowski as Devon, Li Jun Li as Francesca, etc.
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Sarah Shahi’s Biography
Sarah Shahi Wikipedia:- The beautiful actress took birth in January on the 10th. She was born in 1980, in Euless, Texas, the USA as Aahoo Jahansouzshahi. Further, her birthday follows Capricorn in the zodiac sign. The element of this sun sign is Earth and the symbol is Sea-goat. Sarah’s age is 41 years old as of 2021.
The actress was enrolled in a local school for her early education. Later she got registered in Trinity High School. Shahi was quite active in her high school and also was captain of the volleyball and basketball teams. After that, she attended Southern Methodist University, where she did courses in English and Theater.
While in University, Sarah was also a member of Alpha Chi Omega. The talented actress also won the Miss Fort Worth pageant in the year 1997. Later from the year 1999-2000, she joined Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad. Later, the beauty moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of becoming an actress.
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Sarah Shahi’s Family (Father, Mother & Ethnicity)
Shahi took birth in the lap of Muslim parents Abbas Jahansouzshahi (father) and Mahmonir Soroushazar (mother). Her father works in an American embassy in Iran, while her mother is an interior designer. Since the age of 8 years, both her parents make Shahi participate in Beauty Pageant. Both of her parents have their own successful careers, but unfortunately, when Sarah was 10 years they got divorced.
Apart from this Sarah shares a strong bond with her siblings too and spends childhood with her older brother Cyrus, who is serving in the military, and a younger sister named, Samantha. Her sister is a production assistant by profession. Her background is of mixed descent (Iranian & Spanish).
Sarah Shahi’s Husband & Boyfriend
The beautiful actress was married actor Steve Howey on February 7, 2009, at a beautiful wedding ceremony in Las Vegas. In the same year, they became parents of their first baby boy in July 2009. Later, six years after in the year 2015 in January Sarah and Steve announced that they are pregnant with twins. In March, Shahi gave birth to a daughter and a son.
Sadly the couple filed for divorce in May 2020 and by January 2021, their divorce got finalized. Although the reason for their separation is still not revealed by them.
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According to the latest reports, the actress is dating Australian actor Adam Demos, after they meet during the shooting of Sex/Life. The duo first met in the make-up trailer and talked about their interests. Although, Shahi was blown by him.
Acting Career
While in college, she used to play various roles in dramas and also worked as an extra, this was the time when her career took a massive turn to success, luckily she met director Robert Altman on the set of Dr. T and the Women in Texas. Robert guided her and asked to go for Hollywood. She played roles in movies like Alias, Dawson’s Creek, Reba, and Supernatural.
Her skills and looks were liked by many, and in a very short time, she began getting huge projects. In the year 2005, she acted in the supporting character role of DJ Carmen de la Pica Morales in the movie named The L Word.
In the year 2007, she did her first lead role in a TV series, Life as homicide detective Dani Reese. She was co-starring with Damian Lewis. In the year 2009, she worked in the movie named USA Network. Apart from this she also became part of big films like Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, For Your Consideration, I Don’t Know How She Does It, Maybe It’s Me, Dawson’s Creek, The Sopranos, etc.
With her growing success, she got various other projects like modeling and endorsing for several brands and companies like Elle, Rogue, Style, etc. In the year 2019, she became one of the cast members of Showtime’s City on A Hill and played the role of Rachel Behnam, who was an investigator for the district attorney.
In 2020, Shahi became a part of Netflix’s series named Sex/Life, which is inspired by a book called 44 Chapters About 4, written by BB Easton. This is one of Sarah’s latest projects.
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Further, her upcoming project will be Black Adam, said to be released in the year 2022. The exact Net Worth and salary of Sarah Shahi is not yet published on the internet, but experts estimate that it will be between USD 1 m-5 m (approx.). as of 2021.
Filmography
| Debut Movie | Dr. T and the Women |
| Debut Tv Series | City Guys |
| Other Projects | 1. Old School. 2. The Dog Problem. 3. Off Centre. 4. Reba. 5. Rush Hour 3. 6. Crossing Over. 7. Young Justice. 8. Bullet to the Head. 9. The Congress. 10. Ray Donovan. 11. Chicago Fire. 12. Divine Access. 13. Road To Paloma. 14. Hell’s Kitchen. 15. The Rookie 16. Pitch. 17. Hangman 18. City on a Hill 19. Bad Therapy 20. Sex/Life. |
| Upcoming Projects | 1. Black Adam (2022) |
10 Random Interesting Facts about Sarah Shahi
- Sarah’s birth name is Aahoo, in the Persian language, it means gazelle.
- The actress adopted her name Sarah in second grade after hearing a song called “Sarah”.
- In the year 2005, the actress was listed number 90 on the Maxim magazine “Hot 100 of 2005”. Later, in 2006 she came up to number 66 in the list and secured position 36 in the year 2012.
- As per the hot list by AfterEllen.com, she was placed on number 5 in the year 2007.
- She also paid tribute to the legendary basketballer Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna.
- The actress also owns a pet dog.
- She has 599k followers on her Instagram account, which she began on March 11, 2012.
- In the year 2016, she and her whole family were featured on the cover page of People’s Magazine.
- Shahi is a keen reader and has a good collection of books.
- Sarah enjoyed spending quality time with her close friends.
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