Suteara Vaughn was born Suteara Vathansombat in Chicago, Illinois. She was raised in Whittier, California. Vaughn is a Thai-American actress/producer known for her role as Ariel on Showtime's Shameless. She has a bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts from Cal State Fullerton. Vaughn also works as a Real Estate Agent in Southern California and has her culinary degree from Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts.