American actress and model Yara Sayeh Shahidi was born on February 10, 2000. She rose to fame for her leading role as Zoey Johnson, the oldest daughter, in the comedy Black-ish (2014–2022) and its spinoff series Grown-ish (2018–present).
She played the major part in The Sun Is Also a Star and appeared in the movies Imagine That (2009), Smallfoot (2018), and others (2019). She was one of “The 30 Most Influential Teenagers of 2016” according to Time.
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Eighteen x 18 was established by Shahidi with social news outlet NowThis as a platform to “urge [her] classmates to vote in their first-ever midterm elections.” Her other projects include Yara’s Club, a collaboration with the New York-based Young Women’s Leadership Network (YWLN), which offers online mentoring with the goal of eradicating poverty through education.
Former first lady Michelle Obama took note of Shahidi’s work and recommended her to Harvard University in a letter. Teen Vogue gave her the chance to speak with Hillary Clinton in 2017 as well.
Yara Shahidi joined the Dior Stand with Women initiative in 2021.
