Sitara Hewitt

Sitara Hewitt (also known as Tara Hewitt; born December 27, 1981) is a Canadian-American film and television actress and model.

Background Sitara Hewitt is the daughter of a Pakistani mother, Farida Hewitt and a Welsh father, Kenneth Hewitt. Her parents are professors at Wilfrid Laurier University. Sitara was raised primarily in Elora, Ontario, where she attended St. John's-Kilmarnock School. During her childhood she spent time living in the Himalayan mountains, specifically in the Hunza Valley of Gilgit-Baltistan where her parents did their academic field research on both the glaciers and in the small villages in the valleys.

Hewitt was married to American actor Jessie Pavelka and they have a son, Rowan, who was born in 2010. Pavelka and Hewitt separated in 2015 and divorced late 2016. She is fluent in both Urdu, and English and is semi-fluent in Balti. Hewitt was raised Christian as both of her parents are Anglican Christians. Her first name "Sitara", means "star" in Urdu.

Hewitt revealed in a post that she had been a citizen of the United States for some time.

Career In Canada Hewitt starred on CBC Television's Little Mosque on the Prairie as Dr. Rayyan Hamoudi for 6 seasons. She is known across America as the Spokesperson for Hughesnet internet. She was a recurring on CBS's The Young and the Restless as well as on All Rise and plays the lead in several Hallmark Movies. She was also a co-host on the Comedy Network's pop-culture game show You Bet Your Ass.

She owns a Meditation company, and is a wellness expert. Hewitt also hosted TV shows for Sportsnet and TSN while studying acting in Toronto and trained with World Wrestling Entertainment in the United States.

Filmography + Television and film roles Year Title Role Notes 2002 Bollywood/Hollywood Dancer 2003 Code Sara Short 2005 Sohni Sapna Evil Sister Short 2005 Fragile Zahra 2006 Bolly Double Cham-Cham 2007–2012 Little Mosque on the Prairie Rayyan Hamoudi Lead Role 2011 Lost Girl Lita Episode: Can't See the Fae-Rest 2013 Cracked Juvina Kapoor Episode: Inquest 2013 Torment Deputy 2017 My Crazy Sex Sara Episode: Love Hurts 2017 Escape the Night Blue Harpy Episodes: The Gingerbread Woman and Endless Winter Night 2017 Criminal Minds Billie Williams Episode: Lucky Strikes 2017-2018 Past Malice Adelle Fisher Episodes: Site Unseen: An Emma Fielding Mystery and Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery 2018 The Young and the Restless Helen Wallace 3 episodes 2018 Dirty John Casey Episode: Red Flags and Parades 2019 The Fusion Generation Catherine Teejay Sahota 2019 All Rise Priya Chavan Episode: A View from the Bus 2019 The Michael Jackson Magical Moon-Tour Eve Zarifa 2020 Hudson & Rex Vanessa Maddox Episode: Old Dog, New Tricks