Sarah Shahi
Biography
Sarah Shahi is an American actress who has worked in television and film, moving from roles in several series to leading parts. Born in Euless, Texas, she met director Robert Altman while working as an extra and later moved to Los Angeles, where she appeared in shows such as Alias and Supernatural. In 2005, she played Carmen on The L Word. She went on to lead the series Life as detective Dani Reese and Fairly Legal as mediator Kate Reed, and played Sameen Shaw on Person of Interest. On the film side, she appeared in Bullet to the Head (2012) and Road to Paloma (2014), and played Adrianna Tomaz in Black Adam (2022). In 2023, she received praise for Red, White & Royal Blue as Zahra Bankston. She also played Billie in the Netflix series Sex/Life.
46years old
Turns 47 on January 10in 61 days
- Born Euless
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Aahoo Jahansouz Shahi (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 17 years2006 to 2023
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Big break
Shahi met director Robert Altman while working as an extra on Dr. T and the Women in Texas, and he encouraged her to move to Hollywood.
A change of course
Hoping to become an actress, Shahi joined the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad for 1999 to 2000 even though she had never cheered before.
A first
In 2007, Shahi landed her first regular lead part on a TV show, playing homicide detective Dani Reese alongside Damian Lewis in the NBC series Life.
A role that slipped away
Shahi was cast as detective Nancy Drew in February 2016 for a planned TV series drawn from the books. CBS then passed on the series in May 2016.
Sarah Shahi movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Sarah Shahi shares two films with Pierce Brosnan, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Pierce Brosnan's page
Jason Momoa's page
Lance Henriksen's page
Harvey Keitel's page
Ray Liotta's page
Christian Slater's page
Jaume Collet-SerraDirector, 1 film, 2022
All films by Jaume Collet-Serra
Matthew LópezDirector, 1 film, 2023
All films by Matthew López
All films by Walter Hill
Box office
What Sarah Shahi's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$436 million
8 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 14 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$393M90.2% of the total
- 2$31M7.2% of the total
- 3$9.5M2.2% of the total
- 4$1.0M0.2% of the total
- 5$456K0.1% of the total
- 6$105K0.0% of the total
- 7$12K0.0% of the total
- 8$2K0.0% of the total
