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Personal life. Saba Homayoon was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She has been married to actor Neil Hopkins since 2007. The pair starred in the TV movie Hit Factor in 2008, which she also executive produced. She played Jinny in Charmed, Yasmin in How I Met Your Mother, and Faatin Amal in NCIS .
Jinny (Saba Homayoon) is the main villainess from Charmed episode 6.15, "I Dream of Phoebe" (airdate February 15, 2004). She is a genie trapped in an ancient bottle found by Phoebe, but in actuality, she was a demon who was turned into a genie by a sorcerer as punishment for refusing to marry him.
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"Well, it's about time. Who's the master now?"
—Jinny upon being freed from the bottle.
Centuries ago, a sorcerer turned Jinny into a Genie for refusing to marry him, and wrote a description on her bottle in Arabic saying that whoever would try to free her would have to switch places with her. Since then, Jinny's bottle had been passed around demon to demon, including members of the Ordo Malorum, until 2004, when it landed in the hands of Bosk.
Bosk tried to use Jinny to resurrect the city of Zanbar, but she managed to get a message to "Ask Phoebe" posing as an archeologist. Later Phoebe Halliwell freed her, and became a genie herself, restoring Jinny's demonic form. After getting revenge by vanquishing Bosk, she took over his army of Demonic Forty Thieves and the quest to find Zanbar, so she could use its power to rule over the Underworld.
Meanwhile, Phoebe had been freed from her bottle by Richard Montana, who became the Genie instead. When Jinny gained control over the bottle, she wished the Charmed Ones dead. However, Leo was able to heal Piper before she moved on, thus trapping the sisters on earth as spirits. Phoebe then used her new powers to possess Jinny and freed Richard with a wish, resulting in Jinny being trapped in the bottle once more. Richard then became Jinny's new master and used his first wish to bring the Charmed ones back to life. Richard asked Chris to get rid of the bottle, but not before he used it to destroy the city of Zanbar again. Back at the manor, once Piper and Leo awoke from their sleep, Chris asked Leo to take care of it.
In the episode Repo Manor, Phoenix alludes to Phoebe being trapped in Jinny's bottle and suggests getting her trapped again so they can wish for the knowledge of how to get the Power of Three. Pilar says it won't work because Leo got rid of the bottle.
•Shimmering: A mode of teleportation in which the user teleports through shimmering.
•Fireballs: The ability to throw balls of fire covered in swirling metallic rings, capable of vanquishing beings.
•Super Strength: The ability to possess physical strength beyond humanly possible.
•Sensing: The ability to sense and locate other beings and objects.
•Calling: The ability to summon the Magic Carpet through concentration.
•Immortality: Having in infinite lifespan and be immune to the effects of aging.
Jinny appeared in a total of 1 episode throughout the course of the series.
Saba Homayoon (born April 12, 1977) is a Canadian actress who portrayed Jinny in the Season 6 episode "I Dream of Phoebe" in Charmed. Saba Homayoon was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She has been married to actor Neil Hopkins since 2007. The pair starred in the TV movie Hit Factor in 2008...
Feb 15, 2004 · 630. YOUR RATING. Rate. Drama Fantasy Mystery. Phoebe is turned into a Genie and Chris tries to use Phoebe's power to grant wishes to get Piper and Leo back together. Director. John T. Kretchmer. Writers. Constance M. Burge. Curtis Kheel. Henry Alonso Myers. Stars. Alyssa Milano. Rose McGowan. Holly Marie Combs. See production info at IMDbPro.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
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Charmed (TV Series 1998–2006) Saba Homayoon as Jinny.
Saba Homayoon as Jinny; Mark Deklin as Bosk; Joey Naber as Demonic Forty Thieves Leader; Co-Stars [] Jason Shaw as Greg; Amanda Sickler as Sophie; J. Michael Flynn as Benjamin Montana; David Greene as Steve Montana; Marco Kahn as Demonic Thief; Magical Notes [] Book of Shadows [] Bosk []
