Actor profile

Yara Shahidi

10th February 2000 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Acting

Yara Shahidi (born February 10, 2000) is an American actress and producer. She is known for her roles in the films Salt (2010) and Peter Pan & Wendy (2023), as well as the role of Zoey Johnson on the television series Black-ish (2014–2022) and Grown-ish (2018–2024).

21 Movies 39 TV Shows 64 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Street Smart poster

Street Smart 18th June 2026 as Stella

Sitting in Bars with Cake poster

Sitting in Bars with Cake 7th September 2023 as Jane

Peter Pan & Wendy poster

Peter Pan & Wendy 20th April 2023 as Tinker Bell

My Father's Dragon poster

My Father's Dragon 4th November 2022 as Callie (voice)

black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special poster

black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special 19th April 2022 as Self

PAW Patrol: The Movie poster

PAW Patrol: The Movie 9th August 2021 as Kendra Wilson (voice)

Between the World and Me poster

Between the World and Me 21st November 2020 as Self

The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special poster

The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special 15th October 2020 as Self

All In: The Fight for Democracy poster

All In: The Fight for Democracy 9th September 2020 as Self

Fearless poster

Fearless 14th August 2020 as Melanie (voice)

Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 poster

Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 16th May 2020 as Self

This Changes Everything poster

This Changes Everything 22nd July 2019 as Self

The Sun Is Also a Star poster

The Sun Is Also a Star 16th May 2019 as Natasha Kingsley

Camp! The Movie poster

Camp! The Movie 9th May 2019 as Self

Smallfoot poster

Smallfoot 20th September 2018 as Brenda (voice)

Alex Cross poster

Alex Cross 18th October 2012 as Janelle Cross

Butter poster

Butter 5th October 2012 as Destiny

Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap! poster

Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap! 8th December 2010 as Little Girl (voice)

Salt poster

Salt 21st July 2010 as Salt's Young Neighbor

Unthinkable poster

Unthinkable 26th May 2010 as Katie

Imagine That poster

Imagine That 19th June 2009 as Olivia Danielson

The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Summer poster

The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Summer 16th August 2025

Extrapolations poster

Extrapolations 16th March 2023 as Carmen Jalili

Sherri poster

Sherri 12th September 2022 as Self - Guest

Amend: The Fight for America poster

Amend: The Fight for America 17th February 2021 as Self

The Drew Barrymore Show poster

The Drew Barrymore Show 14th September 2020

The Drew Barrymore Show poster

The Drew Barrymore Show 14th September 2020 as Self

Dear... poster

Dear... 5th June 2020 as Self

Thanks a Million poster

Thanks a Million 6th April 2020 as Herself

Tamron Hall poster

Tamron Hall 9th September 2019 as Self - Guest

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle poster

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle 8th April 2019 as Self

Summer Camp Island poster

Summer Camp Island 7th July 2018 as Beanie (voice)

Explained poster

Explained 23rd May 2018 as Narrator (voice)

grown-ish poster

grown-ish 3rd January 2018 as Zoey Johnson

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia poster

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia 23rd December 2016 as Darci (voice)

To Tell the Truth poster

To Tell the Truth 14th June 2016 as Self - Panelist

Celebrity Family Feud poster

Celebrity Family Feud 21st June 2015 as Self

black-ish poster

black-ish 24th September 2014 as Zoey Johnson

Bad Teacher poster

Bad Teacher 24th April 2014 as Jalissa

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 17th February 2014 as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 17th February 2014 as Self

Radio Disney Music Awards poster

Radio Disney Music Awards 27th April 2013 as Self

Radio Disney Music Awards poster

Radio Disney Music Awards 27th April 2013 as Self - Presenter

The First Family poster

The First Family 22nd September 2012 as Chloe Johnson

Scandal poster

Scandal 5th April 2012 as Young Olivia

The Finder poster

The Finder 12th January 2012 as Adina Abreu

The Cape poster

The Cape 9th January 2011 as Layla Voyt

$#*! My Dad Says poster

$#*! My Dad Says 23rd September 2010 as Girl Scout

In the Motherhood poster

In the Motherhood 26th March 2009

Lie to Me poster

Lie to Me 21st January 2009 as Olivia

Wizards of Waverly Place poster

Wizards of Waverly Place 12th October 2007 as Olive

Cold Case poster

Cold Case 28th September 2003 as Meesha Sullivan (1991)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

Teen Choice Awards poster

Teen Choice Awards 1st August 1999 as Self - Presenter

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self

The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show 22nd July 1996 as Self - Guest

MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards 10th June 1992 as Self - Presenter

LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5th September 1988 as Self - Guest

Kids' Choice Awards poster

Kids' Choice Awards 18th January 1987 as Self - Presenter