Sarah Shahi is an American actress and former NFL Cheerleader, she was born on January 10, 1980, in Euless, Texas, the United States as Aahoo Jahansouz Shahi, to an Iranian father Abbas Jahansouz Shahi, and Spanish mother Mah Monir Soroush Azar, an interior designer. Shahi played Carmen on The L Word in 2008, Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama Fairly Legal 2011–12, and Sameen Shaw on the CBS crime drama Person of Interest 2012 – 2016.
Sarah has also appeared as the main female role Det. Dani Reese in Life, as well as in a supporting role in Alias. In the year 2018, she starred in the series Reverie. In 2019, Shahi appeared in a recurring role in City on a Hill on Showtime and appeared in seven episodes of the series The Rookie as romantic interest Jessica Russo.
