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'Aahoo Jahansouzshahi', also known as 'Sarah Shahi' (born January 10, 1980, in Euless, Texas, U.S.), is an American actress, model and former NFL Cheerleader of Iranian and Spanish^[1][2] descent, a descendent of 19th century Iranian Shah Fat′h Ali Shah Qajar.^[3] Shahi was named #90 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2005" list^[4]; she moved up to #66 in 2006.^[5]

Contents

Early career

Acting career

Filmography

Print work

References

External links

Early career

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.

Acting career

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 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. Her character was written out before the start of the fourth season.
She also appeared in HBO's The Sopranos, in the Season 6b episode "Kennedy and Heidi," as Sonya Aragon, a stripper and college student who spends a weekend with Tony after a death in his family. In the episode, Shahi's character helps Tony have a profound life changing experience through illegal drug use, which includes smoking marijuana and taking peyote buttons.
Sarah speaks English, Persian, and some Spanish, and has a Brown belt in Karate.

Filmography

★ ''Rush Hour 3'' (2007)

★ ''Life'' (2007) (TV) Dani Reese

★ ''The Sopranos'' (2007) Sonya Aragon

★ ''The Adventures of Beatle Boyin'' (2007) "Carla"

★ ''AmericanEast'' (2007) .... Salwah

★ ''Sleeper Cell'' (2007) Farah

★ ''For Your Consideration'' (2006) .... Wake Up Host

★ ''The Adventures of Beatle Boyin'' (2006) .... Carla

★ ''The Dog Problem'' (2006) .... Candy

★ ''Damages'' (2006 .... Jennifer Carillo

★ ''Teachers'' (2006) (TV) "Tina"

★ ''The L Word'' (2005-2007) (TV) "Carmen de la Pica Morales"

★ ''A Lot Like Love'' (2005) "Starlet"

★ ''Plan B'' (2005) (TV) .... Bronwyn

★ ''Century City'' (2004) (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"

★ '' Chinese Baby (2002) TV Episode .... TV Diva

★ '' (2003) 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

Print work

★ ''Curve''

★ ''Maxim''

★ ''Muscular Development''

★ ''Men's Fitness''

References

1. IMDB Sarah Shahi bio
2. [1] - The LWord Online Biography
3. http://www.askmen.com/women/actress_300/317c_sarah_shahi.html
4. http://www.maximonline.com/girls_of_maxim/pictures_and_bio/1125/SarahShahi.girl
5. http://www.maximonline.com/slideshows/index.aspx?slideId=1971&imgCollectId=94

http://www.freewebs.com/sarah-shahi-empire/ (Sarah Shahi Empire)

External links

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★ Sarah Shahi Feature Story

★ The LWord Online Biography