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Acting

Yara Shahidi

Career

Active from 2009 to 2026, busiest in 2012 and 2023 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for black-ish
black-ish
GoodWatch score72/100

Characters

6

The characters Yara Shahidi played, best-known titles first.

Yara Shahidi as Brenda
Yara Shahidi as Tinker Bell
Yara Shahidi as Zoey Johnson
Yara Shahidi as Darci Scott
Yara Shahidi as Natasha Kingsley
Yara Shahidi as Zoey Johnson

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Yara Shahidi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.4, average 2.5
  • Violence
    2.1, average 4.1
  • Crime
    1.7, average 3.5
  • Tension
    4.2, average 5.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Feel-Good 2
  • Wholesome Entertainment 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

35
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

11 titles · average score 57
Street Smart
Street Smart (2026)

as Stella

God Sleeps on Sundays
God Sleeps on Sundays (2026)

Executive Co-Producer

The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Summer
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Summer (2025)

TV show

Paint Me a Road Out of Here
Paint Me a Road Out of Here (2024)

Executive Producer

Sitting in Bars with Cake
Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023)
GoodWatch score 71

as Jane

Peter Pan & Wendy
Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)
GoodWatch score 48

as Tinker Bell

Extrapolations
Extrapolations (2023)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Carmen Jalili

My Father's Dragon
My Father's Dragon (2022)
GoodWatch score 73

as Callie (voice)

PAW Patrol: The Movie
PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021)
GoodWatch score 67

as Kendra Wilson (voice)

Fearless
Fearless (2020)
GoodWatch score 37

as Melanie (voice)

The Drew Barrymore Show
The Drew Barrymore Show (2020)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show · as Self

2010s

19 titles · average score 62
The Sun Is Also a Star
The Sun Is Also a Star (2019)
GoodWatch score 56

as Natasha Kingsley

grown-ish
grown-ish (2018)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Zoey Johnson

Summer Camp Island
Summer Camp Island (2018)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Beanie (voice)

Explained
Explained (2018)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Darci (voice)

black-ish
black-ish (2014)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Zoey Johnson

Butter
Butter (2012)
GoodWatch score 47

as Destiny

The First Family
The First Family (2012)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Chloe Johnson

Scandal
Scandal (2012)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Young Olivia

The Finder
The Finder (2012)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Adina Abreu

Salt
Salt (2010)
GoodWatch score 62

as Salt's Young Neighbor

Unthinkable
Unthinkable (2010)
GoodWatch score 66

as Katie

2000s

5 titles · average score 60
Imagine That
Imagine That (2009)
GoodWatch score 49

as Olivia Danielson

Lie to Me
Lie to Me (2009)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Olivia

In the Motherhood
In the Motherhood (2009)
GoodWatch score 31

TV show

Wizards of Waverly Place
Wizards of Waverly Place (2007)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Olive

Cold Case
Cold Case (2003)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Meesha Sullivan (1991)