Biography
Sydney Tamiia Poitier is an American-Canadian actress. She was born on 15 November 1973 in Los Angeles, California, and is the daughter of actor Sidney Poitier and actress Joanna Shimkus. She studied acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.
Poitier began her career in the late 1990s. She is known for her role as Jungle Julia in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof (2007), part of the film Grindhouse, and for television appearances including Veronica Mars (2004), Knight Rider (2008), and Carter (2018–2019).
