Sitara Hewitt

Sitara Hewitt
Hewitt in 2021
Born	(1981-12-27) December 27, 1981 (age 43) Elora, Ontario, Canada
Other names	Tara Hewitt
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Jessie Pavelka ​ ​ (m. 2008;div. 2016)​
Children	1
Website

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

Background

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

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

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

1. "Sitara Hewitt". Amazon.
2. 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.

External links

• The Hour Interview with George Stroumboulopoulos
• Sitara Hewitt at IMDb
• andPOP Interview
• Sitara Hewitt Biography