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Yara Shahidi
Yara Shahidi
American Actress
Born: Feb 10, 2000
About Always First Life Me You
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When you're a part of any protected class, whether it is being a woman, a person of color, a part of the LGBTQ community, or an immigrant, we're expected to get everything right and be the embodiment of perfection when it is not expected of other people. Yara Shahidi
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I like to think I know a lot, but I don't. I'm motivated to learn more. Yara Shahidi
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I'm double majoring in social studies - which is sociology, anthropology, economics, and philosophy - and African-American studies. Yara Shahidi
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I have the support of my parents and my teachers. They made it very possible for me to go to a school that is open and supportive of me being gone at times and pursuing acting. But school always comes first for me. Yara Shahidi
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I have so many pairs of oxfords; it's ridiculous. It started because at my school you have to wear oxfords for our uniform, but after I got my first pair, I realized they were really comfortable, so they became my regular walking shoes, too. Yara Shahidi
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Being homeschooled for half of my life allowed me to choose my own curriculum and find things I really enjoy, and that's kind of inspired me. I've always been intrigued in or interested in the topics I've been covering. Yara Shahidi
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My mama is African American and from Wisconsin. My baba was born in Iran. My parents have stressed the idea of creating your own path, and creating your own identity is part of that. That's why embracing these two cultures is important to me. Yara Shahidi
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I really love hip hop. My cousin Nas came out with an album 'Life Is Good,' and I love that album, but I also love Maroon 5. Yara Shahidi
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One thing that used to worry me is the fact that it seemed like Harvard was this big scary thing where I would have to spend all my time studying just to get in. But getting to go to both campuses of Harvard and Oxford and getting to meet some of the professors was absolutely amazing. Yara Shahidi
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At Harvard, I got to meet and have dinner with Jamaica Kincaid. Just to have conversations with professors was absolutely amazing. Yara Shahidi
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'First Family' on the CW is about the president and his family living in the White House. Yara Shahidi
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For me, personally, I'm usually not on my phone that much. I prefer listening to old radio shows and watching foreign films than tweeting. Yara Shahidi
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I am all about comfort and whatever comes along with comfort. I wear a lot of sweats. But I'm also very preppy naturally. Yara Shahidi
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Quite honestly, I'm the kind of person to get my feelings hurt over something somebody said on Twitter. Yara Shahidi
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I've always struggled with Hollywood feeling trivial. Red carpets aren't worth it. Yara Shahidi
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Personally, getting into college was a big deal because I realized it's probably one of the only things I've fully planned. The rest of my life has been, for the most part, a nice little happy accident. I'm glad that it happened this way, but it's nonetheless unintentional. Yara Shahidi
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On a personal level, I think dressing is such a form of expression, and when you do events, it's important to feel as though you are authentically yourself. Yara Shahidi
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Fortunately I can say that social media has treated me pretty well. I've been exempt from a lot of the mean comments. Yara Shahidi
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What modeling taught me at a young age was how to say 'no,' which is something girls - we're not always good at saying 'no.' We want to be nice, and then we forget to look out for ourselves. Yara Shahidi
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I remember my first actual intense breakout was when I was 13, and I no clue what to do because I hadn't dealt with anything in that large of a scale ever before. Yara Shahidi
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Fashion is one of those places in which, when you're wearing something that feels like a representation of you, it does create, in a matter of speaking, a space for you to exist. Even if it's just in a two-inch radius of where you are. It's a walking, personalized area in which you can live. Yara Shahidi
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