Sarah Shahi Children: Meet Violet Moon, Knox Blue, and William Wolf

Sarah Shahi Children: Meet Violet Moon, Knox Blue, and William Wolf – Sarah Shahi went to Trinity High School and then Southern Methodist University.

During her time at SMU, she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega. Shahi was crowned Miss Fort Worth in 1997.

Despite having never cheered before, she joined the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (1999-2000) squad in the hopes of becoming an actress. She later relocated to Los Angeles.

Shahi met director Robert Altman while working as an extra on the set of Dr. T and the Women in Texas. Altman encouraged her to move to Hollywood, where she landed roles in several series, including Alias, Dawson’s Creek, Reba, and Supernatural.

She played DJ Carmen de la Pica Morales, a supporting character on The L Word, which she joined in its second season.

Shahi debuted at number 90 on the Maxim “Hot 100” list in 2005, rising to number 66 in 2006 and 36 in 2012. In October 2012, she was featured on the cover of Maxim’s ‘TV’s Hottest Girls’ issue. In 2007, she was ranked fifth on the AfterEllen.com hot list.

She played Farah in the second season of Sleeper Cell, and she also appeared in Season 6b of HBO’s The Sopranos in 2007 as Sonya Aragon, a stripper and college student who spends a weekend with Tony after a death in his family.

She had a small role in Rush Hour 3 in 2007 as Zoe, a scantily clad rich girl pursued by Chris Tucker’s character, Detective Carter.

On NBC’s Chicago Fire, Shahi was cast as a recurring love interest for Taylor Kinney’s character Lt. Kelly Severide in 2012. She appeared in the second season episode “Relevance” as Sameen Shaw, a recurring character on Person of Interest.

CBS President Nina Tassler announced in 2013 that Shahi would be added as a series regular for the show’s third season.

Shahi and the show’s producers announced her maternity leave following January 7, 2015, episode of Person of Interest.