---
name: "Amirah J"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/amirah-j"
fi1m_id: "amirah-j"
imdb_id: "nm8165151"
tmdb_id: 3046586
wikidata_id: "Q134287612"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 June 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:07:13.752421+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Amirah J

## Identity

Amirah J

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/amirah-j
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** amirah-j
- **IMDb ID:** nm8165151
- **TMDB ID:** 3046586
- **Wikidata ID:** Q134287612
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134287612, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8165151/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3046586

Actor. Born 18 June 2007 in Washington, D.C., United States of America.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 June 2007, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- **Also known as:** Amirah Johnson
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134287612, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8165151/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3046586

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*High Potential*](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Amirah J, also credited as Amirah Johnson, is an American actress from Washington, D.C. She began acting professionally as a child and has appeared in television series and short films.

She is known for playing Xan Galvez in season nine of the Showtime series *Shameless* (2018–2019) and Ava Sinquerra (also credited as Ava Gillory) in the ABC series *High Potential* (2024–). She has also appeared in the short film *How Not to Be a Junkie* (2022) as Katie.

In addition to acting, she has competed as a cheerleader.

*Sources: imdb.com, high-potential.fandom.com, screenrant.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *High Potential* (2024), Fi1m 72, as Ava Gillory — [page](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *High Potential* (2024), series, as Ava Gillory — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md)
- *How Not to Be a Junkie* (2022), Actor
- *The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead* (2016), series, as Young Saliyma
- *Shameless* (2011), series, as Xan Galvez — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)

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