Sydney Tamiia Poitier

Sydney Tamiia Poitier Biography

Sydney Tamiia Poitier (born November 15, 1973) is an American television and film actress.

Early life and family

Born in Los Angeles, Poitier is the daughter of Bahamian actor Sidney Poitier and former Canadian actress Joanna Shimkus. Her mother is of Lithuanian, and Irish decent. 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 Tisch School of the Arts where she earned a Bachelor's degree in acting. She also studied at Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

Career

Poitier began her career in the late 1990s. In 2001, she landed her first role on television in the NBC drama series First Years. The series was canceled after three episodes. In 2003, she starred in the UPN sitcom Abby. That series was also canceled after 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.

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 Knight Rider, as FBI Agent Carrie Rivai. In 2011, she guest starred on two episodes of Private Practice.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Park Day	Sophia Johnson
1998	Free of Eden	Nicole Turner	TV movie
1999	True Crime	Jane March
1999	Noah's Ark	Ruth	TV movie
2001	MacArthur Park	Linda
2001	First Years	Riley Kessler	9 episodes
2001	Happy Birthday	Hannah
2003	Abby	Abigail Newman	10 episodes
2003	'	Dr. Leslie Coburn	Episode: "The Placebo Effect"
2003"2004	Joan of Arcadia	Rebecca Askew	8 episodes
2004	'	Hellena Handbasket
2004	Veronica Mars	Mallory Dent	7 episodes
2005	Nine Lives	Vanessa
2006	Grey's Anatomy	Deborah Fleiss	Episode: "17 Seconds"
2006	Hood of Horror	Wanda
2007	Grindhouse	Jungle Julia	Segment: "Death Proof"
2007	'	Cecile
2008	Blues	Dee
2008"2009	Knight Rider	Carrie Rivai	12 episodes
2010	Page 36	Miss Gray	Short film
2010	Yard Sale	Kate Butler	Short film
2011	Big Tweet	Big Tweet's Girl	Short film
2011	Private Practice	Michelle	Episode: "Love and Lies"
2011	Supah Ninjas	Katherine Sharp/Katara	Episode: "Katara"
2012	Hawaii 5-0	Grace Tilwell	Episode: "I Ka Wa Mamua (In a Time Past)"

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