Often labeled as the “poster child” for Generation Z, the actress, model, and activist drives her creative vision through multiple projects as she becomes the voice of young Hollywood. Yara Shahidi was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to her parents, photographer Afshin Shahidi and actress Keri Salter Shahidi. Her father, Afshin Shahidi, is Iranian, while her mother, Keri Salter Shahidi, is of mixed African American and Native Choctaw heritage.
Her first name, Yara, means “someone who is close to your heart” in Persian. Yara Shahidi also has two younger siblings, actress and model Sayeed Shahidi and brother Ehsan.
She is also first cousins with rapper Nas.Yara began her career at age six, where she starred in various TV commercials for.
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