Sydney Tamiia Poitier

Actress

Birthday November 15, 1973

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Age 50 years old

Nationality United States

Height 5′ 11″

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1973

Sydney Tamiia Poitier (born 1973/1974) is an American-Canadian television and film actress.

Born in Los Angeles on November 15, 1973, Poitier is the daughter of Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier and Canadian actress Joanna Shimkus.

Her mother is of Lithuanian Jewish and Irish Catholic descent.

She has an older sister, Anika.

She also has four older half-sisters, Beverly, Pamela, Sherri, and Gina, from her father's first marriage.

Poitier attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she earned a bachelor's degree in acting.

She also studied at Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

1990

Poitier began her career of acting in the late 1990s.

2001

In 2001, she landed her first role on television in the NBC drama series First Years.

The series was canceled after three episodes.

2003

In 2003, she starred in the UPN sitcom Abby.

That series was also canceled during its first season.

Later that same year, she had a recurring role in Joan of Arcadia, where she played Rebecca Askew, the love interest of Joan's older brother, Kevin (Jason Ritter).

She was also a regular on the first season of Veronica Mars.

However, she left the show after only appearing in four episodes because of budget cuts.

2007

In 2007, Poitier starred in Death Proof, director Quentin Tarantino's segment of the movie Grindhouse, as radio DJ Jungle Julia.

The next year, she had a co-starring role in the new Knight Rider series, as FBI Agent Carrie Rivai.

2011

In 2011, she guest-starred on two episodes of Private Practice.

2015

Poitier and her husband, musician Dorian Heartsong, have one child together, a daughter born in 2015.

2018

Poitier starred as Detective Sam Shaw in the Canadian crime comedy series Carter, which ran for two seasons in 2018 and 2019.