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Post by Admin on Mar 28, 2019 8:36:55 GMT -4
YARA SHAHIDI Actress, Model & Activist, USA 2019 Barbie Shero Yara Shahidi is an actress, model, activist and breakout star of ABC’s Emmy- and Golden Globe- nominated comedy series black-ish. Yara has been awarded a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress and a Gracie Award for Female in a Breakthrough Role. Recently, she also appeared on TIME magazine’s annual “30 Most Influential Teens” list as well as Forbes “30 Under 30” list in 2017 and 2018 for her television contributions and humanitarianism. Her first major film Imagine That, opposite Eddie Murphy bolstered her love of acting. Yara’s new film from Warner Bros. The Sun is Also a Star, will be released in May 2019 and explores a love story alongside one of the most pressing issues of the century, immigration. Off-screen, Yara continues to use her platform to inspire others. Engaged in politics, she launched Eighteen X 18 last year to educate and motivate first-time voters to turn out for the 2018 mid-term elections. She created Yara’s Club in partnership with The Young Women’s Leadership Schools in NYC, a digital meet-up for high school students to discuss societal issues, self-improvement, and higher education. Yara also served as a spokesperson for DoSomething.Org and 3M’s STEM campaign, which raised funds for classrooms in need of science and tech resources, and worked with the Obama White House on STEM initiatives.
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