Yara Shahidi

Yara Shahidi
Born	February 2000 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2009–present
Website
http://www.yarashahidi.com

Yara Shahidi (born February 2000) is an American actress.

Life and career

Shahidi was born, and raised for the first four years of her life, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to an Iranian father and an African-American mother Keri Shahidi. She moved with her family to California because of her father's work. She is the older sister of child actor Sayeed Shahidi.

She began her career when she was six years old, appearing in television and print advertisements for companies such as McDonald's, Ralph Lauren, Target, GapKids, Disney, Guess Kids, and Children's Place. She frequently worked with her mother and younger brother in various print and broadcast campaigns.

Shahidi made her theatrical debut in 2009, starring opposite Eddie Murphy, in Paramount Picture’s Imagine That, for which she received a Young Artist Award nomination.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	Imagine That	Olivia Danielson	First film role
2010	Salt	Salt's Young Neighbor
	Unthinkable	Katie
2011	Rip City	Montana	Television movie
2012	Butter	Destiny	Post-production
	Alex Cross	Janelle Cross	Filming

Television appearances

Year	Television Series	Role	Episode/Notes
2009	In the Motherhood	Esther	"It Takes a Village Idiot"
			"Vacation"
			"Practice What You Preach"
			"Where There's a Will There's a Wake"
			"In Sickness and in Health"
	Cold Case	Meesha Sullivan '91	"Read Between the Lines"
	Wizards of Waverly Place	Olive	"Doll House"
2010	Lie to Me	Olivia	"Teacher and Pupils"
	$h*! My Dad Says	Girl Scout	"Pilot", Voice Role
2011	The Cape	Layla	"Endgame"
	Family Guy	Little Girl	"Episode VI: It's a Trap", Voice Role

External links

• Yara Shahidi at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Home Page
• Fansite