'grown-ish' Star Yara Shahidi Talks Zoey's Complicated Life, Saweetie Joining the Series, and More

'grown-ish' Star Yara Shahidi Talks Zoey's Complicated Life, Saweetie Joining the Series, and More

Complex - Pop Culture·2021-01-22 13:01

Whether she’s playing Zoey Johnson or being the powerhouse that she is in real life, Yara Shahidi’s dedication to everything she loves and is involved in is admirable. Her character has evolved so much from the social media-obsessed teenager fans grew to love on black-ish, and now she has spent three seasons as the lead in grown-ish. Her character has struggled to find a place where she belonged since the beginning. After being undecided freshman year, she chose fashion and sociology as her majors, but she still had difficulty balancing her classes and work responsibilities. During the midseason finale last year, she began coming into her own and revealed that she would be quitting school to become a full-time celebrity stylist. 

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