Name	Yara Shahidi
Height
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	10-February-2000
Place of Birth	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Famous for	Acting

Yara Shahidi is an American actress. Shahidi was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to an African-American mother, Keri-Salter Shahidi, and an Iranian father, Afshin Shahidi, a photographer. The family moved to California, for Afshin's work, when Yara was 4. She is the older sister of child actor Sayeed Shahidi; they are second-cousins to legendary rapper Nas. She began her career when she was 6 years old, appearing in television and print advertisements for companies such as McDonald's, Ralph Lauren, Target, GapKids, Disney, Guess Kids, and Children's Place. She frequently worked with her mother and younger brother in various print and broadcast campaigns. Shahidi made her theatrical debut in 2009, starring opposite Eddie Murphy in Paramount Pictures' Imagine That, for which she received a Young Artist Award nomination.