Yara Shahidi is named the New Gen Gamechanger at Glamour’s Women of the Year Awards

Yara Shahidi shares hopes for women to ‘crack the surface of inclusivity’ in the industry as she is named the New Gen Gamechanger at Glamour’s Women of the Year Awards By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 17:53 GMT, 11 March 2021 | Updated: 17:54 GMT, 11 March 2021 Yara Shahidi has been named the New Gen … Read more

Yara Shahidi rocks two show-stopping ensembles as she attends the 29th Annual Bounce Trumpet Awards

She is famous for playing the role of Zoey Johnson on Black-ish, as well as the ABC sitcom’s spin-off series Grown-ish. But Yara Shahidi was recognized for her activism on Sunday night during the 29th Annual Bounce Trumpet Awards held at the The West Hollywood EDITION. The actress, 20, donned two show-stopping ensembles for the event, which honors African-American … Read more

Yara Shahidi is set to play Tinker Bell in Disney’s live-action reboot of Peter Pan

Disney has tapped Yara Shahidi to sprinkle a little bit of pixie dust as Tinker Bell in the upcoming live-action reboot, Peter Pan & Wendy, bound for theaters not Disney+.  The 20-year-old Grown-ish star’s casting makes her the ‘first person of color’ to portray the sassy sidekick of the film’s title character, which has traditionally been … Read more

Black-ish star Yara Shahidi talks pushing doors open: ‘Burn down the traditional infrastructure’

Yara Shahidi has said she is not an activist but ‘a creative and socially engaged human.’  Now the 20-year-old black-ish and grown-ish star told the Wall Street Journal that she is hoping to make changes that will last. ‘The goal at the end of the day is to make powerful media but to also push the … Read more

Yara Shahidi speaks out against executions in Iran and mentions the dangers for her family there

Yara Shahidi speaks out against executions in Iran and acknowledges the dangers for her family living there: ‘If you know me, you know I value life’ By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 08:15 BST, 16 July 2020 | Updated: 09:33 BST, 16 July 2020 Yara Shahidi is speaking out against scheduled executions of anti-government protestors … Read more