CSI: Las Vegasa sequel series to the hugely popular original series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ran for 15 seasons from 2000 to 2015, premiering on CBS in October 2021. Months later, as the show continued to gain popularity, it brought in a few new medical examiners. And among them was Sara Amini, who the rest of the article called ‘Sara Amini Biography’ is about.
Sara Amini Above CSI: Las Vegas
Sara Amini has joined the cast of CSI: Las Vegas midway through alongside Joel Johnstone. While Sara joined as Sonya, Joel, who played Archie The Marvelous Mrs. Maiseltakes on the role of Sonya’s intelligent, curious, and optimistic older brother, and medical examiner’s assistant.
As for Sonya, the TV channel describes her as a rigorous, methodical and passionate medical examiner.
Both of these actors are contracted as recurring cast members, so unlike William Peterson and Jorja Fox, who didn’t return from Season 1, it’s likely that Sara will be on the show for multiple episodes over the course of this run or the entire series (i.e., upcoming seasons).
Early August 2022, as Duration magazine first broke the news of her and Joel’s debut on CSI, Sara told the internet that Hollywood’s best kept secret is that CSI is the best show to be on. And to be able to be a part of one of its shows, Sara believes she has found luck.
Also, read through ‘Joel Johnstone Biography’ to see what the actor has to say about working with Sara.
Sara Amini Net Worth
Sara Amini reportedly has a net worth of over $500,000 as of 2022.
She is best known for Hulu Future Man and everyone also knows she’s a writer for Jordan Peele Twilight Zone reboot. You might want to explore all of her writing including “A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian-Colombian-American-Confused” on her blog: saraamini.com/write.
Of course, Sara is also the author of the upcoming book Blended comic book series for Scholastic Books, scheduled to launch in 2024.
Currently, the projects It’s our time where she plays Monica, and Mack and Rita where she plays Michelle is awaiting release, sometime in 2022.
“2016 CBS Diversity Showcase Performer” trained at The Second City Hollywood and graduated from the Conservatory in 2012.
Is Sara Amini married?
Yes. Sara is definitely married.
On this day, March 10, 2019, Sara married Alex Backes in an almost magical ceremony attended by their friends and family. If you need to see too, memories of the day are all over Sara’s Instagram and her husband’s Instagram (@alexbackes). Right after the overwhelming celebration, they flew to the island of Maui in Hawaii for their honeymoon.
Speaking of Alex, he has been working as an award-winning writer/director in Los Angeles for the past 15 years. Prior to LA, he lived happily in Northern California and Southern California.
His original concept Shark bite found its way to the Walt Disney Company where it was developed into an animated comedy. Additionally, his recent work for Star Wars: The Old Republic has attracted tens of millions of views online.
In the short film Kick, he even worked with his beautiful and talented wife.
Sara Amini Height
Sara Amini is beautiful, radiant and 5’3″ tall. Her eyes are a beautiful brown color, her hair is also brown and she recently cut her hair short, wavy and shoulder length.
Sara Amini Family
Sara’s “Baba” (father), Ali Amini came to the United States with his own American dream in the late 70s-early 80s. As of January 2022, he is 64 years old. At this time, he lives around Houston, Texas with Patricia Amini (Sara’s mother), who is 58 years old as of December 2021.
So, from her immigrant parents, Sara has first-generation Iranian and Colombian ancestry. In some of her writings, she has shared about growing up in a mixed-race household where Navidad and Norooz were celebrated, empanadas and kabobs were eaten, and Farglish (English, Spanish, and Persian) was spoken.
She also recalls that a combination of her parents’ strong desire for her to become an academic, coupled with the fear that pursuing an arts degree would lead her nowhere, led her to drop out of college and study Child Psychology instead.
Another story related to her Iranian-Persian roots is: she was told early in her career that she didn’t fit in. And so she should change her last name to something like “Sara Rodriguez” to shout out that she was Latina.
Regarding Sara’s siblings, they could be Jasmine Amini (born 1988) and Davud Aghaamini (born August 1994).
Is Sara Amini on Instagram?
Yes. You can find Sara Amini on Instagram @itssaraamini and has 62 posts and 2,976 followers as of August 3, 2022.
She also shares about her personal and professional life on Facebook @saraaminiactor and her YouTube channel has 1.02k subscribers; her Twitter account has been deleted.
Sara Amini’s age
Born in 1987, Sara Amini turns 34 in 2021.
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When is Sara Amini’s birthday?
Sara Amini’s birthday is September 12 and that means she falls under the zodiac sign of Virgo.
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Where is Sara Amini from?
Sara Amini was born and raised in Alief, a working-class suburb of Houston, Texas, from where she moved to Los Angeles on a whim in 2010.
She worked full-time in Austin at a tutoring and mentoring organization while taking acting classes downtown at night. A local casting director referred her to a six-week summer program in LA. And since her work was slow during the summer because schools were closed, she was mostly doing lesson plans and prepping for the upcoming school year. So she auditioned and got in. And LA has been her home ever since.