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Sitara Hewitt

Sitara Hewitt
Hewitt in 2021
Born (1981-12-27) December 27, 1981 (age 42)
Elora, Ontario, Canada
Other namesTara Hewitt
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active2002–present
Spouse
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(m. 2008; div. 2016)​
Children1
Website[1]

Sitara Hewitt (also known as Tara Hewitt; born December 27, 1981)[1] is a Canadian American[2] film and television actress and model.

Background

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Sitara Hewitt is the daughter of a Pakistani mother, Dr. Farida Hewitt and a Welsh father, Dr. Kenneth Hewitt. Her parents are professors at Wilfrid Laurier University. Sitara was raised primarily in Elora, Ontario, where she attended St. John's-Kilmarnock School.[3] During her childhood she spent time living in the Himalayan mountains, specifically in the Hunza Valley of Gilgit-Baltistan where her parents did their academic field research on both the glaciers and in the small villages in the valleys.[4]

Hewitt was married to American actor Jessie Pavelka and they have a son, Rowan, who was born in 2010. Pavelka and Hewitt separated in 2015 and divorced late 2016.[citation needed] She is fluent in both Urdu, and English and is semi-fluent in Balti. Hewitt was raised Christian as both of her parents are Anglican Christians. Her first name "Sitara", means "star" in Urdu.[5]

Hewitt revealed in a post that she had been a citizen of the United States for some time.[2]

Career

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In Canada Hewitt starred on CBC Television's Little Mosque on the Prairie as Dr. Rayyan Hamoudi for 6 seasons. She is known across America as the Spokesperson for Hughesnet internet. She was a recurring on CBS's The Young and the Restless as well as on All Rise and plays the lead in several Hallmark Movies. She was also a co-host on the Comedy Network's pop-culture game show You Bet Your Ass.

She owns a Meditation company, and is a wellness expert. Hewitt also hosted TV shows for Sportsnet and TSN while studying acting in Toronto and trained with World Wrestling Entertainment in the United States.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Bollywood/Hollywood Dancer
2003 Code Sara Short
2005 Sohni Sapna Evil Sister Short
2005 Fragile Zahra
2006 Bolly Double Cham-Cham
2007–2012 Little Mosque on the Prairie Rayyan Hamoudi Lead Role
2011 Lost Girl Lita Episode: Can't See the Fae-Rest
2013 Cracked Juvina Kapoor Episode: Inquest
2013 Torment Deputy
2017 My Crazy Sex Sara Episode: Love Hurts
2017 Escape the Night Blue Harpy Episodes: The Gingerbread Woman and Endless Winter Night
2017 Criminal Minds Billie Williams Episode: Lucky Strikes
2017-2018 Past Malice Adelle Fisher Episodes: Site Unseen: An Emma Fielding Mystery and Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery
2018 The Young and the Restless Helen Wallace 3 episodes
2018 Dirty John Casey Episode: Red Flags and Parades
2019 The Fusion Generation Catherine Teejay Sahota
2019 All Rise Priya Chavan Episode: A View from the Bus
2019 The Michael Jackson Magical Moon-Tour Eve Zarifa
2020 Hudson & Rex Vanessa Maddox Episode: Old Dog, New Tricks

References

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  1. ^ "Sitara Hewitt". Amazon.
  2. ^ a b https://www.instagram.com/sitara_hewitt/p/CPPgrdrtAHJ/ [self-published source]
  3. ^ McKenzie, Heidi (February 7, 2008). "Little Mosque's Sitara Hewitt heads home — to the GTA — for the holidays". Toronto Star. Toronto. Archived from the original on August 13, 2007.
  4. ^ Azhar-Hewitt, Farida (2011). The Other Side of Silence: The Lives of Women in the Karakoram Mountains. iUniverse. p. xii-xvi. ISBN 978-1450287678.
  5. ^ EGO Magazine: Sitara Hewitt EGO Magazine. October 8, 2008.
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