Yara Shahidi

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Yara Sayeh Shahidi ( Persian pronunciation: Ãƒ, [j ?: ??: s ?: je ? ÃƒÆ' Ã‚|hi: in:] born February 10, 2000) is an American actress and model who attended AGCM. He is best known for starring as Zoey Johnson on the sitcom Black-ish (2014-present) and the Grown-ish spin-off series (2018-present).

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Kehidupan awal

Shahidi was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to a mother, Keri Salter Shahidi, African-American and Choctaw, and Iranian-American father Afshin Shahidi, a photographer. The family moved to California for the work of Afshin when Yara was 4. She is the sister of child actor and model of Sayeed Shahidi, and they have a younger brother, Ehsan. Rapper Nas is their cousin. Keri Shahidi says the name Yara is translated to "someone who is capable of doing something, or someone very strong and smart to do something difficult" in Persian.

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Careers

He started his career when he was 6 years old, appearing on television and print ads for companies like McDonald's, Ralph Lauren, Target, GapKids, Disney, Guess Kids, and The Children's Place. She often works with her mother and younger brother in various print and broadcasting campaigns.

Shahidi made her cinematic debut in 2009, starring Eddie Murphy at Paragliding Pictures' Imagine That, where she received a Young Artist Award nomination for best performance in the feature film category. In 2012, he plays Chloe Johnson, the daughter of President William Johnson, in the First Family TV series .

In September 2014, Shahidi starred in the mainstream comedy ABC Black-ish as 14-year-old Zoey Johnson. In December 2014 he won the NAACP Image Award in the category 'Best Supporting Actress in Comedy'.

In 2016, he signed a contract with the New York Institute of Women Management model, in the hope of providing a platform to see more colored women in diverse roles.

ABC announced in 2017 that Shahidi will be the headline of the spinoff Black-ish, titled Grown-ish, on the Freeform brothers network. The series aired on January 3, 2018.

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Activism

Shahidi is known among his generation not only as an actor, but also as an activist. He founded Eighteen x 18 with NowThis social news publisher, "which will be a platform to encourage my colleagues to vote for the first time in our upcoming part-time election". Other organizations include Yara's Club, a partnership with the New York Youth Leadership Network (YWLN), which provides online guidance in the hope of ending poverty through education.

Yara's activism has led him to many achievements. She has been noticed by former first lady Michelle Obama, who wrote a letter of recommendation to Harvard University. She was also given the opportunity by Teen Vogue to interview Hillary Clinton in 2017.