<P> Aahoo Jahansouz `` Sarah '' Shahi ( Persian : آهو جهانسوز سارا شاهی ‎ ; born January 10 , 1980 ) is an American television actress and former NFL Cheerleader of Iranian and Spanish ancestry . She played Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama Fairly Legal in 2011 -- 12 , Carmen on The L Word in 2008 , and also starred as Sameen Shaw on the CBS crime drama Person of Interest . She has also appeared as the main female role Det . Dani Reese in Life , and in a supporting role in Alias . In 2018 she stars in the series Reverie . </P>
<P> Aahoo Jahansouz `` Sarah '' Shahi ( Persian : آهو جهانسوز سارا شاهی ‎ ; born January 10 , 1980 ) is an American television actress and former NFL Cheerleader of Iranian and Spanish ancestry . She played Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama Fairly Legal in 2011 -- 12 , Carmen on The L Word in 2008 , and also starred as Sameen Shaw on the CBS crime drama Person of Interest . She has also appeared as the main female role Det . Dani Reese in Life , and in a supporting role in Alias . In 2018 she stars in the series Reverie . </P>
actress who plays shaw in person of interest
actress who plays shaw in person of interest
Aahoo Jahansouz `` Sarah '' Shahi
Aahoo Jahansouz `` Sarah '' Shahi