Sarah Shahi
Department: Acting
Biography
Aahoo Jahansouzshahi, known professionally as Sarah Shahi, is an American actress and former NFL cheerleader. Shahi cheered for the Dallas Cowboys from 1999–2000. She's best known for her roles as Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama Fairly Legal (2011–12), Carmen on The L Word (2008), and Sameen Shaw on the CBS crime drama Person of Interest. She's also appeared in the Netflix series ...Life.
Known For
Rush Hour 3
2007
Old School
2003
The Dog Problem
2006
Crossing Over
2009
Bullet to the Head
2012
I Don't Know How She Does It
2011
The Trouble with Bliss
2011
AmericanEast
2008
Shades of Ray
2008
Static
2012
For Your Consideration
2006
Monkey Love
2002
The Congress
2013
A Lot Like Love
2005
Red, White & Royal Blue
2023
Extreme Honor
2001
Road to Paloma
2014
The Hollys
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Guns for Hire
2015
Divine Access
2015
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
2017
Hangman
2017
Halfway There
2017
Bad Therapy
2020
Language Arts
2021
There's Only One America's Team
2016
Black Adam
2022
Road to Recovery
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Drew
2016
Red, White & Royal Wedding
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Boston Public
2000
The Sopranos
1999
Teachers
2006
Reba
2001
Alias
2001
Supernatural
2005
Dawson's Creek
1998
Spin City
1996
Life
2007
Frasier
1993
The L Word
2004
Off Centre
2001
Century City
2004
ER
1994
Pitch
2016
Ray Donovan
2013
Sex/Life
2021
Tamron Hall
2019
Fairly Legal
2011
City Guys
1997
Person of Interest
2011
Psych
2006
Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)
2002
Hell's Kitchen
2005
Supernatural
2005
Young Justice
2010
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Reverie
2018
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Chicago Fire
2012
Paradise
2025
The Rookie
2018
Nightline
1980
City on a Hill
2019
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
2019
Coupling
2003
After Midnight
2024
Reba
2001
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Paradise: Official Podcast
2026