The girl in the Kohl’s commercial is actress and model, Yara Shahidi. Shahidi is best known for her starring role as Zoey Johnson on the ABC sitcom Black-ish.
Shahidi was born in February 2000 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to African-American parents. Her father is an actor and her mother is a writer. Shahidi has two older brothers, one of whom is also an actor.
Shahidi began her acting career in commercials and guest starring roles on television shows such as ER and CSI: NY. In 2014, she was cast as the lead in Black-ish. The show has been a critical and commercial success, and Shahidi has been praised for her performance.
In addition to her work on Black-ish, Shahidi has also appeared in the films The Sun Is Also a Star and Grown-ish. She is set to star in the upcoming film The Photograph.
Shahidi is an outspoken advocate for social justice and has been involved in various charitable organizations. In 2018, she was named one of Time magazine’s “25 Most Influential Teens”.
The girl in the Kohl’s commercial is actress and model, Yara Shahidi.
