Yasmine Al-Bustami ( ar, ياسمين البسطامي : Yāsmīn al-Busṭāmī) is an American actress. She is most known for her roles on '' The Originals'', '' NCIS: Hawai'i'', and '' The Chosen''.

Early life

Yasmine Al-Bustami was born in

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, to a

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father and Filipina mother, but moved with her family to

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at the age of three. After receiving a degree in Finance, she decided to enter the world of entertainment, and improved her studies in Chicago, Illinois.

Career

In 2013, Al-Bustami made her television debut in '' The Originals'' as the recurring role of Monique Deveraux, a season one villain. In 2014, she guest starred in a season 3 episode of ''

Nashville Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...

'' playing the role of Delissa Birch. In 2015, Al-Bustami guest starred in a season 4 episode of '' Switched at Birth''. In 2016-2017, she had a recurring role on season 2 of ''

The Inspectors ''The Inspectors'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Dave Morgan. and produced by Litton Entertainment. Centering on the criminal investigations of U.S. postal inspectors, it was the only show on commercial television paid ...

''. In 2017 she appeared in the music video of John Legend's single, "Surefire." Al-Bustami also had a role in the feature film '' You Get Me''. She was a series regular in the CW Seed series ''

I Ship It ''I Ship It'' is an American musical romantic comedy television series that premiered on June 22, 2016, on CW Seed with the second season on April 10, 2019 and the broadcast premiere on August 19, 2019, on The CW. The series, created by Yulin Kuan ...

'' playing Sasha. In 2018, Al-Bustami was cast as a series regular in the Alpha streaming service live interactive sci-fi series ''Orbital Redux'' playing the role of Tommie. In 2019, season 2 of ''

'' was released with Al-Bustami back as Sasha. The season premiered again on CW Seed, but also premiered this time on The CW. In 2021, she reprised the role of Ramah in multiple episodes of ''

The Chosen Chosen or The Chosen may refer to: The chosen ones *Chosen people, people who believe they have been chosen by a higher power to do a certain thing including **Jews as the chosen people Books * ''The Chosen'' (Potok novel), a 1967 novel by Chaim ...

''s second season and third season, after appearing in a season one episode in 2019. She was also cast as a series regular in ''

NCIS NCIS or N.C.I.S. may refer to: Law enforcement * National Criminal Intelligence Service, the predecessor to the Serious Organised Crime Agency of the United Kingdom * Naval Criminal Investigative Service, a United States law enforcement and intelli ...

'' spin-off '' NCIS: Hawaii'' playing the role of Special Agent Lucy Tara.

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bustami, Yasmine 21st-century American actresses Living people American child actresses American film actresses American people of Emirati descent American people of Palestinian descent American people of Jordanian descent American people of Filipino descent American television actresses Emirati emigrants to the United States People from Abu Dhabi Actresses from Dallas Year of birth missing (living people)