Shannon Elizabeth
Biography
At age
two I started taking ballet, tap and jazz. I loved to sing and dance
and show off in any way possible (and obviously still do!). Somehow,
I found time to slip in a year of baton too! Around my third grade
year we all moved to Waco, Texas, where a ton of my relatives already
lived. My parents figured it would be safer to raise me in a small
town versus the big city (little did they know that Waco was wacko!).
Looking back, Waco was really boring, but I'm sure I did have more
freedom living there. Everyone seemed to make the best of what the
city had to offer.
I auditioned
for and was accepted into the Waco City Choir. Then I discovered
a new love and talent – TENNIS! I became number one on my
high school tennis team and competed in state tournaments regularly.
At one point I wanted to go pro and make tennis my life. Unfortunately,
our high school tennis coach was not a good role model and one by
one everyone quit the team. It was hard to keep up with my game
after that and my attention turned to my other various extra curricular
activities: Cheerleading, Dance Team, Student Council Treasurer,
Class Treasurer and National Honor Society Historian. I remember
loving to do two things in particular when I was growing up: making
my mom laugh so hard that she couldn't breathe and arguing until
I proved I was right (remember, I was an only child). So, with that
in mind, my options seemed to be entertainer or lawyer. Well, during
my senior year I had the opportunity to be in a video for a local
band. The producer of the project thought that I should be in New
York modeling and proceeded to pitch the idea to my parents. That
Christmas my family and I ended up going to New York to have some
pictures taken and meet with some agencies. I was soooo nervous!
By the end of our trip I had an agent who was waiting for me to
graduate and move to the Big Apple.
Being
alone in New York City for the first time was fascinating and a
bit terrifying. I was definitely homesick, but it got better quickly
seeing as I was living in NYU dorms for the summer. I made friends
with most of the building and some of the other young models with
my agency. That was the beginning of me working with various magazines
and doing a bit of traveling. Amongst my travels I hit such places
as Japan, Paris, Milan, Australia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. How lucky
was I to get paid to travel and see the world at the same time?!
Finally, I made it back to the good ol' USA. There really is no
place like home! After spending an awesome season in South Beach,
Miami I made my way out to LA. I loved South Beach, but it was time
to move on. I actually was just planning on visiting a friend for
a couple of weeks, thinking that I wouldn't be able to compete in
LA quite yet. I had always planned to end up in LA and start my
acting career, but I thought it would eat me alive at that point.
During my visit, I decided to go ahead and get a modeling agent
and have some pictures done, as long as I was there. I started out
with the Ford Modeling Agency and have since moved to Elite Model
Management. Within a couple of weeks of arriving in LA I ended up
booking a Taco Bell commercial. Maybe it wasn't as scary as I pictured
it after all! In no time I had relocated to LA and joined an acting
class.
I guess
that was the beginning of the rest of my life! Before I knew it
I had met my soul mate and started booking acting jobs. I have been
fortunate enough to have great people helping me with my career
all along the way. If you want to see what work I have done since
getting to Los Angeles, just go look at my resume …all the
cool stuff I have done in TV and film is there for you to see! I
am so excited about what is around the corner. Hopefully my resume
will be the page I get to update the most often!
Shannon Elizabeth Filmography
The Kid & I (2005)
.... Shelby Roman
Confessions of an American Bride (2005) (TV) .... Sam
Cursed (2005) .... Becky
"Cuts" (2005) TV Series .... Tiffany Sherwood
Johnson Family Vacation (2004) .... Chrishelle Rene Boudreau
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Serena
St. Germaine
... aka Everything or Nothing (USA: short title)
Love Actually (2003) .... Harriet, the sexy one
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003) (TV) ....
Courtney
Survivin' the Island (2002) (uncredited) .... Office Worker
Thir13en Ghosts (2001) .... Kathy Kriticos
... aka 13 fantômes (Canada: French title)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) .... Justice
American Pie 2 (2001) .... Nadia
Tomcats (2001) .... Natalie Parker
Dish Dogs (2000) (V) .... Anne
Evicted (2000) .... Princess
Scary Movie (2000) .... Buffy Gilmore
American Pie (1999) .... Nadia
Dying to Live (1999) (TV) .... Vanessa Canningham
Seamless: Kidz Rule (1999) .... Nicole
Blade Squad (1998) (TV) .... Nurse
Blast (1997) .... Hostage
Jack Frost (1997) .... Jill Metzner |
