Sydney Tamiia Poitier (/ˈpwɑːtjeɪ/ PWAH-tyay; born November 15, 1973)[1] is an American-Canadian television and film actress.

[5] Poitier attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she earned a bachelor's degree in acting.

In 2007, Poitier starred in Death Proof, director Quentin Tarantino's segment of the movie Grindhouse, as radio DJ Jungle Julia.

The next year, she had a co-starring role in the new Knight Rider series, as FBI Agent Carrie Rivai.

Poitier starred as Detective Sam Shaw in the Canadian crime comedy series Carter, which ran for two seasons in 2018 and 2019.