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With the first overall selection in CP's Hottie Draft II, Team SkinDeep is thrilled to select former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and current television star Sarah Shahi in the Prime-time category.

Sarah Shahi was born in Euless, Texas, to an Iranian father originated from Iran, Abbas Shahi, and a mother of Spanish descent.[3][4] She is a great-great-granddaughter of the 19th century Iranian king Fath Ali Shah Qajar.[5] Her real given name, Aahoo, is the Persian for gazelle[6]. She was 10 years old when her parents divorced. She attended Trinity High School and Dallas' Southern Methodist University, majoring in English and Opera.[7] Shahi started her career as a beauty queen during her teen years. She won the Miss Fort Worth USA pageant in 1997. She joined the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders 1999–2000 squad and appeared on the cover of their 2000 calendar.

While working as an extra on the set of Dr. T and the Women, she met director Robert Altman, who encouraged her to move to Hollywood. Once in L.A., she got various recurrent roles in several famous series, such as Alias, where she played Jenny, and Dawson's Creek, where she was Sadia Shaw. Shahi was also the first ghost in Supernatural, the CW paranormal drama series.


She is best known for her role as the Mexican-American DJ Carmen de la Pica Morales in the Showtime drama television series The L Word, which she joined in its second season. Shahi did not renew her contract with the series for the fourth season, and consequently her character was written out. It was confirmed in 2008 that Sarah will make a guest appearance on the last season of, "The L Word". She appeared in the final episode (#8 Last Word) but only in a goodbye-video from Jenny for Bette and Tina.
She also played the role of Farah in the second season of Sleeper Cell. She also appeared in HBO's The Sopranos, in the Season 6b episode "Kennedy and Heidi", as Sonya Aragon, a stripper and college student who spends a weekend with Tony after a death in his family.


She is currently costarring in the NBC series Life along with British actor Damien Lewis as detective Charlie Crews. Shahi plays homicide detective Dani Reese. Her character is currently on loan to the FBI.

Sarah Shahi strips on "The L Word" (possibly NSFW)