Sydney Tamiia Poitier Biography
Sydney Tamiia Poitier is an American-Canadian film and television actress. Poitier began her acting career in the late 1990s. She made her television debut in the NBC drama series First Years in 2001. She then appeared in the mystery drama flick ‘True Crime’ and the TV movie ‘Noah’s Ark’ in 1999.
Sydney Tamiia Poitier Age
Poitier was born on November 15, 1973, in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. She is 49 years old as of November 2022.
Sydney Tamiia Poitier Education
Poitier received her bachelor’s degree in acting from the Tisch School of the Arts. She later studied acting at the Stella Adler Studio.
Sydney Tamiia Poitier Height
Tamiia stands at a height of 5’11” (180 cm) tall.
Sydney Tamiia Poitier Family- Siblings
Poitier was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Canadian former actress Joanna Shimkus and Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier. She has an older sister named Anika, as well as four half-sisters from her father’s previous marriage, Pamela, Sherri, Gina, and Beverly.
Sydney Tamiia Poitier Married- Husband
Poitier married to her husband, musician Dorian Heartsong, and they have one child together, a daughter born in 2015.
Sydney Tamiia Poitier Grey’s Anatomy
He appeared in Grey’s Anatomy an American medical drama television series as Deborah Fleiss. The series focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings as they develop into seasoned doctors while balancing personal and professional relationships.
Sydney Tamiia Poitier Career
Poitier began her acting career in the late 1990s. She made her television debut in the NBC drama series First Years in 2001. After three episodes, the show was canceled. She appeared in the UPN sitcom Abby in 2003. That show was also canceled after only one season. Later that year, she appeared in Joan of Arcadia as Rebecca Askew, the love interest of Joan’s older brother, Kevin (Jason Ritter). She was also a regular on Veronica Mars’ first season. However, due to budget cuts, she left the show after only four episodes.
Poitier played radio DJ Jungle Julia in Death Proof, a segment of the film Grindhouse directed by Quentin Tarantino. The following year, she co-starred as FBI Agent Carrie Rivai in the new Knight Rider series. She appeared in two episodes of Private Practice in 2011. Poitier starred as Detective Sam Shaw in Carter, a Canadian crime comedy that aired for two seasons in 2018 and 2019.
Sydney Tamiia Poitier Net Worth
Sydney has an estimated net worth of 5 million dollars as of 2023.
Tamiia Poitier Movies
- 2018 Homecoming
- 2018-2019 Carter
- 2014 Chicago P.D.
- 2012 Hawaii Five-0
- 2012 Kendra
- 2011 Supah Ninjas
- 2011 Private Practice
- 2008–09 Knight Rider
- 2006 Grey’s Anatomy
- 2004 Veronica Mars
- 2003 The Twilight Zone
- 2003 Abby
- 2003–04 Joan of Arcadia
- 2001 First Years
- 1999 Noah’s Ark
- 1998 Free of Eden
