Yara Shahidi's biography
Yara Sayeh Shahidi is 22 years old actor born at Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She was born on Thursday 10th of February 2000. Yara is often nicknamed as Yara. According to year of birth 2000 she belongs to Generation Z. Birthday on 10th of February means Yara is Aquarius. Aquarius is an Airy sign. They are smart thinkers, social, communicative, independent and intelligent people.
Yara is multiracial american. Yara is citizen of United States of America. Yara is an adherent of islam. Yara´s primary profession is to be actor. You can know her also as film actor, television actor. Yara is recently known as model.
Yara Shahidi's dad
Yara Shahidi's father's name is Afshin Shahidi. He is known as cinematographer.
Yara Shahidi's schools
We found 2 schools Yara attended. Complete list of schools: Harvard University, Dwight School.
Detailed informations about Yara´s schools
- Graduated from Harvard University, with a bachelor's in social studies [2022].
Yara Shahidi's career
Yara´s main focus is to be actor. She is famous thanks to her role as Zoey Johnson on the sitcom 'Black-ish' and its spinoff series 'Grown-ish'.
Is Yara Shahidi gay ?
Yara is known to be straight.
Awards and competitions
Yara Shahidi's Awards
- Received the "Generation Next Award" at the 10th annual Essence Black Women In Hollywood event, February, 2017.
What else you don't know about Yara Shahidi ?
Yara´s middle name is Sayeh.
What Yara Shahidi has done for a first time
- Is a first cousin, once removed, of rapper Nas. Yara's maternal great-grandparents, Ella Mae and Charles Rufus Jones, were Nas's maternal grandparents.
- Had her first starring role as an adult in The Sun Is Also a Star (2019), as Natasha Kingsley, opposite Charles Melton as Daniel Bae.
Yara Shahidi's quotes
- Life is too long NOT to make mistakes!
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Yara Shahidi's height, weight, body shape, eye color
Lets describe how Yara Shahidi looks. We will focus on her height, weight, body shape, eye color and hair color. She is tall as 5' 3" (160 cm). Yara weights 99lbs (45 kg). Body build is slim. Her eyes are tinted brown - dark. Her hair is shade of black.
Latest news about Yara Shahidi
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