Aahoo Jahansouz "Sarah" Shahi (Persian: آهو جهانسوز سارا شاهی ‎‎; born January 10, 1980) is an American television actress and former NFL Cheerleader. She played Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama Fairly Legal in 2011–12 and currently stars as Sameen Shaw on the CBS crime drama Person of Interest. She has also appeared as the main female role in Life, and in supporting roles in The L Word and Alias.