Birth Name:
Aahoo Jahansouz Shahi
Birthplace:
Euless, Texas, USA
Date of Birth:
January 10, 1980
Race or Ethnicity:
Iranian, Spanish
Sarah is most well known as playing Latina, Carmen de la Pica Morales in the TV drama, The L Word. She mentioned in an interview that she is of Iranian and Spanish descent. She grew up in Texas and stated;
“It’s a tiny little town and a charming place to grow up. But every boy I liked never liked me back. To be beautiful in Texas, you had to be blonde and blue-eyed and have a name like Ann. Aahoo was a little weird for them.”
Source:
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Sarah-Shahi-Life-19450.aspx
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she is not Arab, she is Persian
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Its nice to see that ‘Arabian’ girls are hot now, as much as people disregard Kim Kardashian she and Sarah Shahi have made that Arab look sexy.
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I like her as an actress…actually watched some episodes of The L Word recently (heard about it before but never watched it until last month) & I liked her character. And she’s gorgeous. Lol, she proves you don’t have to be a Kardashian to have curves! =P
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