Yara Shahidi appeared in advertisements for McDonald’s, Target, GapKids, Ralph Lauren, Disney, The Children’s Place, and Guess Kids at age 6. She debuted on Entourage in 2007. Two years later, she appeared in Imagine That.
She appeared in “In the Motherhood,” “Cold Case,” and “Wizards of Waverly Place” that year. 2010: “Salt” and “Unthinkable” She appeared on “Lie to Me” and “$h*! My Dad Says” that year. The next year, she appeared in “The Cape” and “Alex Cross.”
2012’s The First Family starred Shahidi as Chloe Johnson. The next year, she appeared on “Scandal.” She played Zoey Johnson on “Black-ish” in 2014. The following year, she appeared on “The Fosters.” Since 2016, she’s played Darcy in “Trollhunters.” In 2018, she starred in the ABC spin-off “Grown-ish.” She played Darci Scott in “3Below: Tales of Arcadia” in 2018-2019. She co-starred with Charles Melton in “The Sun Is Also a Star” in 2019.
Yara joined New York’s Women Management modeling agency in 2016 to promote diversity casting of women of color. Net-a-Porter called her one of 2018’s best-dressed women. Yara is one of 15 ladies on British Vogue’s September 2019 cover. She and her mother launched 7th Sun and signed a partnership to produce the ABC series in 2020.
