EXCLUSIVE

: Following major roles in everything from Netflix’s

Sex/Life

to the hit Prime Video pic

Red,traditions restaurant at reunion resort White & Royal Blue

and New Line/Warner Bros’

Black Adam

, actress Sarah Shahi has signed with agency Independent Artist Group, at the same time inking with Untitled Entertainment for management.

Shahi is perhaps best known for leading Stacy Rukeyser’s show

Sex/Life

, which had her playing Billie Connelly, a Connecticut mother of two suffering a midlife crisis, whose wild child past winds up on a collision course with her very married present. Inspired by BB Easton’s novel

44 Chapters About 4 Men

, the drama wrapped up a two-season run in March.

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The actress has more recently been seen starring in the hit Prime Video film

Red, White & Royal Blue

, based on Casey McQuiston’s bestseller, which debuted as the streamer’s #1 movie globally in August and ultimately became one of its three most-watched rom-coms of all time. Directed by Matthew Lopez, the film examines the complications that ensue when a romance blossoms between the son of the U.S. President (Taylor Zakhar Perez) and a British prince (Nicholas Galitzine). Shahi portrays Zahra Bankston, the deputy chief of staff for POTUS Ellen Claremont (Uma Thurman).

Shahi last fall starred opposite Dwayne Johnson in

Black Adam

, which came in at No. 1 at the domestic box office for three straight weeks. In the superhero flick, which grossed close to $400 million globally, she portrayed Adriana, a university professor and freedom fighter who fights alongside Black Adam to restore freedom to her country.

The thesp also received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Rachel Behnam, a street-smart investigator for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office, in Showtime’s

City on a Hill.

Additional credits include series like

The Rookie

,

Chicago Fire

,

Person of Interest

and

The L Word

, along with the films

For Your Consideration

and

Old School

. Shahi continues to be represented by attorney Lev Ginsburg of Ginsburg Daniels Kallis.

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