Aahoo Jahansouz Shahi is an actress and an NFL Cheerleader. She was born on January 10th 1980 in Texas, so she is 37 now. She changed her first name when she was in primary school due to the fun her fellow friends make of her. Her father is from Iran and her mother from Spain. Her father's family left Iran a few years before the Iranian revolution. Sarah Shahi is also the great-great-granddaughter of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, who was the Qajar emperor of Iran from 1797 until his death. She also has a brother and a sister, their names are Cyrus and Samatha respectively.

She grew up learning both English and Persian, but she did her school in English. She attended Trinity High School, where she played in the Volleyball and the basketball team. Later