Hailie Sahar

Sahar was born in 1988.^[1] She is of African, Latin American, Indian, German, and Jewish descent.^[2] Her father was a preacher in a Baptist church.^[3] She grew up in a religious household in Los Angeles with five brothers. As a child, Sahar was a dancer for L.A.'s WNBA team, the Sparks. Sahar participated in Los Angeles Ball scene, and at 18, she became one of the youngest leaders of a house in the ball community by becoming the "mother" of the House of Rodeo, roughly a year after initially joining the house. Later, Sahar moved to the House of Allure.^[4] She describes herself as a woman of trans experience.^[5]

Sahar landed her first on-screen role in the 2011 film Leave It on the Floor. She was also cast as a minor character in USA Network's television series Mr. Robot and Amazon MGM Studios's comedy-drama series Transparent. Sahar also starred in the Off-Broadway production of Charm.^[6][7] Sahar portrays Lulu Evangelista-Ferocity as part of the main cast of Pose, an FX TV series that began in 2018.^[8][5] In 2019 Sahar began playing the recurring character Jazmin on the Freeform TV show Good Trouble.^[9] Sahar released her first single "Star Traveler" on 1 June 2023, with its accompanying music video released on 15 June 2023 starring Sahar and transgender actress Ryanne Parker, directed by Jayce Baron and Sahar.^[10][11]