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Sitara Attaie is an Afghan born American actress. Like many Afghan families, Sitara & her family too had to flee Afghanistan at an early age after her father received dead threats from the then governing regime. She ended up living in 5 different countries and four different continents. As an immigrant and later refugee, Sitara faced many challenges while constantly having to move. However, as a young optimist Sitara fully devoted herself to learning about the new cultures, environments and languages she found herself in. Ultimately, Sitara learned to be proficient in five languages and nine dialects in total. It started with the Indian language and culture which she already was well accustomed to thanks to Bollywood movies she grew up watching. Then in Thailand and Nepal, Sitara grew fond of the spiritual and mystical qualities that those cultures had to offer. Soon after, The Netherlands is where Sitara found her new home. Sitara grew up in the outskirts of Veendam, a quaint little town in the North Eastern part of Groningen. She completed her education in the Netherlands receiving an Associates degree in Journalism from Hoge School van Utrecht, An Associates degree in Teacher Training from Hanze Hoge School and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Universiteit van Groningen. After fully having settled and integrated in Dutch society, the once little young refugee child Sitara, was crowned Miss Groningen in 2004. An avid supporter of Women's rights, Sitara Majored in Gender Studies and wishes to use her platform to be the face for the faceless and the voice for the voiceless. She has been vocal about the injustices towards women of Afghanistan and wishes to contribute in making the necessary changes.

Sitara's passion for the movies started as early as the age of one, when she would dance in front of the camera to the tunes of her favorite Bollywood songs. Young Sitara would insist on watching movies before going to bed. In New Delhi India, Sitara would ensure she competed in every local dance and acting competition with victory always on her side. In The Netherlands Sitara continued to grow her passion for arts. Sitara won the national competition "Kunstbende" in 1999 after which her after school hours and weekends were filled with dance and theater performances. Sitara participated in various school programs to educate children about different cultures through the art of Acting and Dancing. She also gave private lessons to schools and corporate events. Sitara toured Europe with the renowned live band "The Jungle Warriors" for their "World Groove Project". She also fulfilled the role of Jury for "Kunstbende" and other Talent shows across The Netherlands.

The pursuit of her Hollywood dream led Sitara to move one last time to The United States. Sitara started from the bottom up and worked her way up working in productions like: "Homeland", "The Fault in our Stars", "United States of Al" and "Super Giant Robot Brothers". Sitara attended several acting schools such as: The Lee Strasberg, The Actors Workshop and The Imagined Life. Being a polyglot served Sitara well in Hollywood where she has performed as a voice-over artist for numerous hit movies and tv shows such as: "The Fault in our Stars", "Jingle Jangle", "Vice", "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle", Spiderman: Away from Home' and many others. Sitara's passion for the rights of women is what led her to lend her voice to the Audiobook: "My Pen is the Wing of a Bird", which consists of short stories by female Afghan authors.

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