What is Sydney Tamiia Poitier?
{{Infobox person | name = Sydney Tamiia Poitier | image = Sydney Tamiia Poitier.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Poitier in 2007 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1973|11|15}} | birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1998–present | parents = {{ubl|[[Sidney Poitier]] (father)|[[Joanna Shimkus]] (mother)}} | spouse = {{marriage|Dorian Heartsong|2012}} | children = 1 }} '''Sydney Tamiia Poitier''' (born November 15, 1973) is an [[Americans|American]] actress. In 2007, she starred in ''[[Death Proof]]'', director [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s segment of the movie ''[[Grindhouse (movie)|Grindhouse]]'', as radio DJ Jungle Julia. She also acted in movies such as ''[[Free of Eden]]'' (1998), ''[[True Crime (1999 movie)|True Crime]]'' (1999), ''The Devil Cats'' (2004), ''[[Nine Lives (2005 movie)|Nine Lives]]'' (2005) and ''[[The List (2007 movie)|The List]]'' (2007). She starred as lead role Abby Walker in the [[UPN]] sitcom ''[[Abby (TV series)|Abby]]'' in 2003. In 2018, she began starring as Sam Shaw in the [[Canadian]] series ''[[Carter (TV series)|Carter]]''. She has also appeared in episodes of ''[[Joan of Arcadia]]'', ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', ''[[Private Practice (TV series)|Private Practice]]'' and ''[[Hawaii Five-0]]''. Poitier was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. She is the daughter of [[Bahamian]]-American actor [[Sidney Poitier]] and Canadian actress [[Joanna Shimkus]]. Her mother is of [[Lithuania]]n [[Jew]]ish and [[Irish people|Irish]] ancestry. She is married to Dorian Heartsong.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/sydney-tamiia-poitier/bio/190990/|title=Sydney Tamiia Poitier|work=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons ca