Maxim Magazine Girl Sarah Shahi

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

Early Life and Career

Sarah Shahi was born in Grapevine, Texas, to Abbas and Mahmonir Jahansouzshahi. She attended Trinity High School and Dallas' Southern Methodist University, majoring in English and Opera . 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 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 paranormal 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.

Sarah speaks English, Farsi, and some Spanish, and has a Brown belt in Karate.

Sarah's currently starring as one of the leads alongside Damian Lewis in the new hit show Life which started airing in the U.S. in late September.

Filmography

* Dr. T and the Women (2000) as an uncredited cheerleader
* City Guys: "Shock Treatment" (2000-11-04) as Cheerleader
* Spin City: "Blind Faith" (2000-11-15) as Bachelorette
* Boston Public: "Chapter Eleven" (2001-01-22) as Laura
* Off Centre: "A Cute Triangle" (2001-11-18) as Angelica
* Maybe It's Me: "The Exchange-Student" (2001-12-07) as Rosa
* Alias (2001–2002, seven episodes) as Jenny, a budding journalist.
* Class of '06 (2002, undeveloped pilot) as Meg
* Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) as Becky, a Delta-Nu sister
* Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central): "Chinese Baby" (2002-06-05) as TV Diva
* Frasier: "Door Jam" (2003-01-07) as Reservationist
* Old School (2003) as Erica
* Dawson's Creek (2003, four episodes) as Sadia Shaw, a journalist.
* ER: "The Greater Good" (2003-11-06) as Tara King
* Reba: "To Tell You the Truth" (2004-01-23) as Kate
* Century City: "Sweet Child of Mine" (2004-04-06) as Ms. Morris
* A Lot Like Love (2005) as Starlet
* Plan B (2005, undeveloped pilot) as Bronwyn
* Supernatural: "Pilot" (2005-09-13) as The Woman in White/Constance Welsh
* The L Word (2005–2007) as Carmen de la Pica Morales
* Teachers (2006, six episodes) as Tina
* Damages (2006, undeveloped pilot) as Jennifer Carillo
* The Dog Problem (2006) as Candy
* For Your Consideration (2006) as Wake Up Host
* Sleeper Cell (2006) as Farah
* Reba: "Cheyenne's Rival" (2007-01-28) as Bridget
* The Sopranos: "Kennedy and Heidi" (2007-05-13) as Sonya Aragon
* Life (2007—) as Dani Reese
* AmericanEast (2007) as Salwah Marzoke
* Shades of Ray (2007) as Sana Khaliq
* The Adventures of Beatle Boyin (2007) as Carla


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