Sitara Hewitt


Sitara Hewitt is a Canadian film and television actress.

Background

Sitara Hewitt is the daughter of a Welsh father, Dr. Kenneth Hewitt, and a Pakistani mother, Dr. Farida Hewitt. Her parents are professors at Wilfrid Laurier University. Sitara was raised primarily in Elora, Ontario. 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, Hindi and English and semi-fluent in Balti. Hewitt was raised Christian as both of her parents are Anglican Christians.

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 Jeopardy-style 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.