Aahoo Jahansouz "Sarah" Shahi (Persian: آهو جهانسوز سارا
شاهی‎; born (1980-01-10)January 10, 1980) is an American actress
and former NFL Cheerleader. She played Carmen on The L Word in 2008,
Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama Fairly Legal in 2011â€"12,
and also starred as Sameen Shaw on the CBS crime drama Person of
Interest. She has also appeared as the main female role Det. Dani
Reese in Life, and in a supporting role in Alias.. In 2018, she
starred in the series Reverie. In 2019, she appeared in a few episodes
of City on a Hill on Showtime and appeared in seven episodes of the
series The Rookie as romantic interest Jessica Russo.Aahoo Jahansouz
Shahi was born in Euless, Texas, U.S., and raised there. She is the
daughter of Abbas Jahansouz Shahi and Mah Monir Soroush Azar, an
interior designer, who divorced when she was ten. Her father is from
Iran. Her father's family left Iran two years before the Iranian
Revolution. Her father, who was working at the American embassy in
Iran, was slated for execution when the last Shah's regime collapsed
in 1979, but was able to flee the country. Her mother was born in
Spain, to an Iranian father and a Spanish mother. She has an older
brother, Cyrus, and a younger sister, Samantha, who is a production
assistant. Her birth name, Aahoo (Persian: آهو‎), means "gazelle"
in Persian. She is a descendant of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar of the Qajar
Dynasty.Shahi adopted Sarah as her name in second grade after hearing
a song called "Sarah" because she was "tormented" by other children
about her unusual birth name. At her father's behest, she grew up
speaking Persian, in addition to English. Shahi's parents began
entering her in beauty pageants at the age of eight. Shahi attended
Trinity High School, where she was captain of the volleyball and
basketball teams, and Southern Methodist University, majoring in
English and Theater. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega during her
time at SMU. Shahi won the Miss Fort Worth pageant in 1997. Hoping to
become an actress, she joined the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
(1999â€"2000) squad despite not having cheered before. Later, she
moved to Los Angeles.While working as an extra on the set of Dr. T and
the Women in Texas, Shahi met director Robert Altman, who encouraged
her to move to Hollywood, where she received roles in several series,
including Alias, Dawson's Creek, Reba, and Supernatural. In 2005 she
appeared in the supporting character role of DJ Carmen de la Pica
Morales on The L Word, which she joined in its second season. Shahi's
two-year contract was not renewed after the end of the fourth season,
and her character was written out.
شاهی‎; born (1980-01-10)January 10, 1980) is an American actress
and former NFL Cheerleader. She played Carmen on The L Word in 2008,
Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama Fairly Legal in 2011â€"12,
and also starred as Sameen Shaw on the CBS crime drama Person of
Interest. She has also appeared as the main female role Det. Dani
Reese in Life, and in a supporting role in Alias.. In 2018, she
starred in the series Reverie. In 2019, she appeared in a few episodes
of City on a Hill on Showtime and appeared in seven episodes of the
series The Rookie as romantic interest Jessica Russo.Aahoo Jahansouz
Shahi was born in Euless, Texas, U.S., and raised there. She is the
daughter of Abbas Jahansouz Shahi and Mah Monir Soroush Azar, an
interior designer, who divorced when she was ten. Her father is from
Iran. Her father's family left Iran two years before the Iranian
Revolution. Her father, who was working at the American embassy in
Iran, was slated for execution when the last Shah's regime collapsed
in 1979, but was able to flee the country. Her mother was born in
Spain, to an Iranian father and a Spanish mother. She has an older
brother, Cyrus, and a younger sister, Samantha, who is a production
assistant. Her birth name, Aahoo (Persian: آهو‎), means "gazelle"
in Persian. She is a descendant of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar of the Qajar
Dynasty.Shahi adopted Sarah as her name in second grade after hearing
a song called "Sarah" because she was "tormented" by other children
about her unusual birth name. At her father's behest, she grew up
speaking Persian, in addition to English. Shahi's parents began
entering her in beauty pageants at the age of eight. Shahi attended
Trinity High School, where she was captain of the volleyball and
basketball teams, and Southern Methodist University, majoring in
English and Theater. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega during her
time at SMU. Shahi won the Miss Fort Worth pageant in 1997. Hoping to
become an actress, she joined the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
(1999â€"2000) squad despite not having cheered before. Later, she
moved to Los Angeles.While working as an extra on the set of Dr. T and
the Women in Texas, Shahi met director Robert Altman, who encouraged
her to move to Hollywood, where she received roles in several series,
including Alias, Dawson's Creek, Reba, and Supernatural. In 2005 she
appeared in the supporting character role of DJ Carmen de la Pica
Morales on The L Word, which she joined in its second season. Shahi's
two-year contract was not renewed after the end of the fourth season,
and her character was written out.
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