Sitara Hewitt (also known as Tara Hewitt; born 27 December 1981) is a Canadian Americanhttps://www.instagram.com/sitara_hewitt/p/CPPgrdrtAHJ/ film and television actress.

Background

Sitara Hewitt is the daughter of a Pakistani mother, Dr. Farida Hewitt and a

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father, Dr. Kenneth Hewitt. Her parents are professors at

Wilfrid Laurier University Wilfrid Laurier University (commonly referred to as WLU or simply Laurier) is a public university in Ontario, Canada, with campuses in Waterloo, Brantford and Milton. The newer Brantford and Milton campuses are not considered satellite campus ...

. Sitara was raised primarily in

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where she attended

St. John's-Kilmarnock School St. John's Kilmarnock School (often called SJK or Kilmarnock ) is a private school in Waterloo Region, Ontario, operating under the International Baccalaureate program. The school has graduated many notable alumni. SJK has 425 students and is a hig ...

. During her childhood she spent time living in the

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, specifically in the

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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. But they remarried 2022. She is fluent in both

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, and

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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

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. October 8, 2008. Hewitt revealed in a post that she had been a citizen of the

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for some time.

Career

In Canada Hewitt starred on

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's ''

Little Mosque on the Prairie ''Little Mosque on the Prairie'' is a Canadian television sitcom created by Zarqa Nawaz and produced by WestWind Pictures, originally broadcast from 2007 to 2012 on CBC. Filmed in Toronto, Ontario, and Indian Head, Saskatchewan, the series was s ...

'' 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 ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City ...

'' 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

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and TSN while studying acting in

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and trained with

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in the United States.

References

External links

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1981 births Living people Canadian Anglicans Canadian people of Welsh descent Canadian television actresses People from Centre Wellington Actresses from Ontario Canadian actresses of Pakistani descent 21st-century Canadian actresses Canadian emigrants to the United States Naturalized citizens of the United States People with acquired American citizenship American Anglicans American people of Welsh descent American people of Pakistani descent {{Canada-tv-actor-stub