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Sarah Shahi mediates in 'Facing Kate' for USA

Monsters and Critics - Found Mar. 15, 2010
Characters welcome channel USA announced a new female lead series "Facing Kate" today. Sarah Shahi - Arrivals - ArcLight Theater - Hollywood, CA.
"L Word" Vixen Starring in USA Legal Drama - ABC News
USA gives series order to 'Facing Kate' - Hollywood Reporter
"L Word" vixen starring in USA legal drama - Reuters
"L Word" vixen starring in USA legal drama - Reuters Canada
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Monsters and Critics

Posted on March 15, 2010, 11:03 am

Funny Bitches Kathy Najimy, Mo Gaffney and Sexy Sarah Shahi Headed ...

PlanetOut - Found Mar. 13, 2010
... adding two mega superstars to an already phenomenally gigantic entertainment line-up: L Word actress Sarah Shahi aka 'sexy Carmen,' Mo Gaffney...

Posted on March 13, 2010, 12:08 pm

Rachel Nichols cast as Tamara in Marcus Nispel?s Conan

Your Entertainment Now - Found Mar. 5, 2010
Conan.  Nichols reportedly edged out other contenders like Jessica Lucas (?Cloverfield?) and Sarah Shahi (?The L Word?).  Click over...

Posted on March 5, 2010, 1:21 pm

The Glorious Return of Matthew Lillard [Trade Roundup]

Gawker - Found Mar. 16, 2010
Facing Kate, about Sarah Shahi being a lawyer with Ethan Embry (only on USA!), will air twelve episodes.

Posted on March 16, 2010, 6:06 am

USA Orders Second Female-Centered Drama

Seattle Post Intelligencer - Found Mar. 15, 2010
11 episodes in addition to the pilot of Facing Kate, starring Sarah Shahi (). Kate centers on top litigator Kate Reed (Shahi) who decides to...
Exclusive Video: Is High Society Star a Racist, Fattist Homophobe? ... - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Michael Urie Knows How He Wants Ugly Betty to End - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Battlestar Galactica Alum Joins Eureka - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Mary Steenburgen to Star in Southern Discomfort - Seattle Post Intelligencer
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TV Guide Online

Posted on March 15, 2010, 12:10 pm

USA Network gives series order to Facing Kate

Your Entertainment Now - Found Mar. 14, 2010
... for a 12 episode first season.  Facing Kate stars Sarah Shahi (?Life?) as the title character, ?Kate Reed (Shahi), a top litigator who...

Posted on March 14, 2010, 11:57 am

Monday's poisonous Italians news

The Medium is Not Enough TV blog - Found Mar. 15, 2010
... on Lights Out and Hung , plus a departure on White Collar [spoilers] Colm Feore to star on The Borgias Sarah Shahi's Facing Kate gets a...

Posted on March 15, 2010, 4:15 am

News bits on 'Bones,' 'Battlestar' alumni and 'Archer'

Chicago Tribune - Found Mar. 15, 2010
... that will star Sarah Shahi (of 'Life' and 'The L Word').  Trucco will play the ex-husband of Kate, a lawyer-turned-mediator played by Shahi.
'Battlestar Galactica' veteran joins 'Eureka' - Hollywood Reporter
"Battlestar Galactica" Veteran Joins "Eureka" - ABC News
"Battlestar Galactica" veteran joins "Eureka" - Reuters
Syfy?s Eureka Starts Production, Scores Galactica Star - Wired News
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Hollywood Reporter

Posted on March 15, 2010, 11:06 am

Rosie ODonnell cancels Dinah, L Words Sarah Shahi added

Examiner.com - Found Mar. 7, 2010
With less than a month to go, comedian Rosie O?Donnell has canceled her show at The Club Skirts presents The Dinah to remain in Miami with her

Posted on March 7, 2010, 10:33 am

"L Word" vixen starring in USA legal drama

KNAU - Found Mar. 15, 2010
Actress Sarah Shahi smiles for the media as a UAE local passes in the background at the Cinema Against AIDS Dubai event (Reuters) - LOS ANGELES

Posted on March 15, 2010, 1:43 pm

Sarah Shahi Biography

Sarah Shahi
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Sarah Shahi
Born Aahoo Jahansouz Shahi
January 10, 1980 (1980-01-10) (age 30)
Euless, Texas
Other name(s) Sara Shahi
Occupation Actress
Model
Years active 2000-present
Spouse(s) Steve Howey (February 6, 2009)

Aahoo Jahansouz (Persian: آهو جهانسوز), also known as Sarah Shahi (born January 10, 1980) is an American actress of Iranian, Azerbaijani, and Spanish descent. A former NFL Cheerleader, Shahi was named #90 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2005" list;1 she moved up to #66 in 2006.2 She also ranked Rank No. 5 on the AfterEllen.com hot list in 2007. [1] She has starred in The L Word and Life.

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Early life and career

Sarah Shahi was born in Euless, Texas, to an Iranian father, Abbas Shahi and a Spanish mother, Mahmonir.34 She is a great-great-granddaughter of the 19th century Iranian king Fath Ali Shah Qajar.5 Her real given name, Aahoo, is Persian for deer6. She attended Trinity High School and Dallas' Southern Methodist University, majoring in English and Opera.7 Shahi started her career as a beauty queen during her teen years. She won the Miss Fort Worth USA pageant in 1997. She joined the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders 1999–2000 squad and appeared on the cover of their 2000 calendar. She is fluent in English and Persian.

Acting career

While working as an extra on the set of Dr. T and the Women, she met director Robert Altman, who encouraged her to move to Hollywood. Once in L.A., she got various recurrent roles in several famous series, such as Alias, where she played Jenny, and Dawson's Creek, where she was Sadia Shaw. Shahi was also the first ghost in Supernatural, the CW paranormal drama series.

She is best known for her role as the Mexican-American DJ Carmen de la Pica Morales in the Showtime drama television series The L Word, which she joined in its second season. Shahi did not renew her contract with the series for the fourth season, and consequently her character was written out. She makes a guest appearance on the last episode of the series.

She also played the role of Farah in the second season of Sleeper Cell. She also appeared in HBO's The Sopranos, in the Season 6b episode "Kennedy and Heidi", as Sonya Aragon, a stripper and college student who spends a weekend with Tony after a death in his family.

She costarred in the NBC series Life along with Welsh actor Damien Lewis as detective Charlie Crews. Shahi played homicide detective Dani Reese.

In October 2009 it was announced that Shahi has landed a lead in an upcoming show entitled Facing Kate. In November 2009 Shahi began filming.8

On February 3, 2010 Shahi appeared on an episode of Psych called "Thrill Seekers And Hell Raisers"9 playing Burton Guster's new girlfriend. Her husband Steve Howey also guest-starred in the same episode.citation needed

Personal life

Shahi speaks English, Persian, and some Spanish. She lived with her mother after her parents divorced and has a brown belt in karate.

Shahi is married to actor Steve Howey. They were engaged in June of 2007 while vacationing in Hawaii, and married on February 6, 2009 in Las Vegas. On July 9, 2009 their first child, William Wolf Howey, was born, weighing 8lbs, 6oz and measuring at 21 inches in length. 10

Shahi has an older brother and a younger sister, Samantha Jahansouzshahi.11

She currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

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