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My Take
What strikes me about Yara Shahidi is how she carried Zoey Johnson from Black-ish straight into Grown-ish without ever letting the character feel like a spinoff afterthought. Growing up on screen from those early film roles in the late 2000s into a leading sitcom run is a hard balance, and she pulled it off while heading to Harvard, which tells me she never bought into the idea that you pick either school or stardom. The Max Mara Face of the Future nod in 2023 fits the pattern. To me she reads as someone deliberately building a long, deliberate career rather than chasing a quick moment.
Overview
Yara Sayeh Shahidi (born February 10, 2000) is an American actress and producer. She began her career as a child, appearing in the films Imagine That (2009), Butter (2011), and Alex Cross (2012). Shahidi played a starring role as the oldest daughter Zoey Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022) and its spin-off series Grown-ish (2018–2024).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Yara Shahidi
- Name (Japanese)
- ヤラ・シャヒディ
- Reading
- やら・しゃひでぃ
- Born
- February 10, 2000 (age 26)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / model
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Harvard University
Awards & achievements
- 2023 Max Mara Face of the Future Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.