Who is the ‘Tinker Bell’ actress?  Yara Shahidi studied at Harvard and has her own Barbie

Who is the ‘Tinker Bell’ actress? Yara Shahidi studied at Harvard and has her own Barbie

On February 28, Walt Disney Studios released the trailer for “Peter Pan & Wendy,” another live-action adaptation of a classic.

In the first images, we could see Yara Shahidi in the role of Tinkerbell.

Just like with Hailey Bieber (who will star in ‘The Little Mermaid’) at the time, the actress’ skin color became the focus of debate among several fans, who were divided between those who supported inclusion and those who who believe that the original character is not respected.

Amidst these comments, the actress’s popularity has increased, so we tell you everything you need to know about her.

Who is Yara Shahidi?

While her face may be new to many people, the actress has been active for over 15 years.

He was born on February 10, 2000 (he is 23 years old) in Minneapolis (Minnesota, United States), the fruit of the marriage between Afshin Shahidi and Keri Shahidi.

The artistic vein is something common in Yara’s family, since her father is a photographer and cameraman and her mother is an actress.

He has a younger brother who has also gone into acting, Sayeed Shahidi, and one of his cousins ​​is rapper Nas.

The Tinker Bell actress’ full name is Yara Sayeh Shahidi, which, she explained on an NPR program in May 2017, comes from Arabic and Persian and means “someone close to your heart witnesses the shadow,” which described as “very cool” and that “Shadow Witness would be my secret name” if she were a spy.

Yara Shahidi’s career before becoming ‘Thinker Bell’ in ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’

The young actress began her career doing commercials with her mother, but her first role came at the age of 9, in the film “Imagine That”, in which she worked alongside Eddie Murphy.

In the following years, he took supporting roles in titles such as “In the Motherhood”, “The Wizards of Waverly Place” or “Scandal”.

However, in 2014 she joined the cast of ‘black-ish’, an award-winning family series that made Yara Shahidi famous.

The actress brought Zoe Johnson back to life in the fiction spin-off ‘Grown-ish’.

Other credits in his career include ‘The Fosters’, ‘The Sun Is Also A Star’, ‘The Finder’ and more.

Yara Shahidi beyond the series and movies she has done

The life of the actress outside the recordings is equally impressive. For example, in March 2017, he had Michelle Obama write him a letter of recommendation to get into Harvard.

The impact of the former first lady of the United States’ letter is unknown, but she won a place at the prestigious university, where she will study Social and African American Studies between 2018 and 2022.

With his priorities straight, he revealed to “Entertainment Tonight” in September 2021 that he asked the organizers of that edition of the Emmy Awards to give him an early time to present an award because he had classes the next day.

The truth is that Yara Shahid has become a role model for many young women in the United States: while still in high school, she started “Yara’s Club,” a program that provides online educational guidance for girls and youth in New York.

She is also the founder of the platform WeVoteNext (formerly Eighteenx18) which seeks to encourage new generations to vote and take an interest in public affairs.

For this project, Barbie made a doll of the actress in the spring of 2019.

Another milestone for the star is that in 2017 he interviewed Hillary Clinton for the magazine “Teen Vogue”.

Tell us, did you know who Yara Shahidi is? Are you impressed by everything she has done in her young years?

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